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# Analysis

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What most pundits are overlooking in the Premier League handball debate
Can Aaron Connolly succeed where most Irish strikers struggle?
How Leinster were left with an insurmountable hill to climb against Saracens
Seven scrum pens and five misses in the 22 - Leinster left with big regrets
Can a familiar face bail out Mourinho and Spurs?
How Leinster's relentless defence shut Ulster down after a promising start
Will Jose Mourinho's conservatism impede Matt Doherty? Graeme Souness doesn't think so
Sexton and Connors set the tone as Leinster's defence smothers Munster
The biggest challenge of the Stephen Kenny era is already obvious
McFarland's Ulster keep the faith in collective speed and ball-handling skill
Leinster have the classier touches in contrast to blunt, predictable Munster
Bold Adam Idah call a metaphor for new Ireland
Why Rob Kearney could have a big role against one of Munster's key weapons
How Will Connors' remarkable tackling helped Leinster to shut down Ulster
Analysis: Connacht's attack suggests 2020/21 could be a very exciting season
Analysis: Deception and work-rate key as Munster attack hints at progress
Leinster learn from England in pursuit of multi-threat attacking kicking game
Has excessive game time hindered some of Europe's biggest clubs?
Promising Irish starlet hands reality check to Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer
How Ireland learned to stop worrying and love Jack Charlton
Analysis: Super Rugby sides picking apart lineout seams with sharp attack
Is Jose Mourinho now yesterday's man?
Analysis: How the Crusaders hurt the Hurricanes with their classy kicking game
5 key questions ahead of the Premier League's re-start
Explainer: The latest controversy threatening to cause a rift within the FAI
How Joey Carbery could help Andy Farrell's Ireland to be less 'predictable'
When two brilliant offloads helped Connacht to end a 17-year drought in Dublin
Bully pulpit: Should US networks simply stop broadcasting Trump and his dangerous Covid-19 briefings?
When Joe Schmidt's Ireland went to Paris and won the Six Nations
Ireland v Italy off - so what happens next?
Analysis: The small details that make a huge difference in winning the aerial battle
Analysis: England's clever kicking pressures Sexton and Stockdale into errors
Man United ride their luck in Chelsea win
Analysis: The risk-reward of Shaun Edwards' linespeed defence with France
Analysis: How Ireland Women's attack has driven them to two Six Nations wins
Analysis: Andrew Conway delivers a brilliant wing display for Ireland
Analysis: "Murray, give it to me, Murray!" - Ireland show try-scoring edge
Banty: 'I've enough problems of my own without worrying about the problems Ciaran Branagan had'
Who will lose out in the Premier League's 6-team relegation battle?
'It's emboldened Trump. But then everything emboldens him': Focus turns to election after impeachment victory