Ireland release 13 players to feature in this week's inter-pro derbies
21-year-old lock Ryan Baird is one of 23 players who will remain with Ireland this week.
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21-year-old lock Ryan Baird is one of 23 players who will remain with Ireland this week.
The Ireland U20s international has joined on a seven-week contract.
Max Deegan, James Lowe, and Scott Fardy have racked up the most minutes in the squad.
The Ireland boss suggested the Tottenham teenager is unlikely to feature in the upcoming Euro 2020 play-off with Slovakia.
Ireland will host an open session in CIT on Thursday.
The Ireland U19 international midfielder has yet to break into the first-team picture at Parkhead.
The 19-year-old Waterford native will spend the remainder of the season with Partick Thistle.
Canice Carroll will spend the 2019-20 campaign on the books of League Two club Carlisle United.
The 22-year-old starts for Leinster today but his return to provincial duty means a positional change too.
The Premier Division is to begin slightly earlier, with the first games scheduled for 16 February.
Slaven Bilic confirmed to the Ireland goalkeeper that Joe Hart would be his new number one at West Ham next season.
The midfielder has been at the centre of an anti-doping violation case over the past few weeks.
Eddie Brennan discusses some of the selection issues facing Kilkenny boss Brian Cody.
Johnny Sexton will be fending off cleaving tackles from the likes of Fritz Lee on Saturday.
Head coach Pat Lam says short-term switches such as this one are great for Irish rugby.
The Ireland talisman will start the first game of a Lions tour for the fourth time tomorrow.
Ewan MacKenna previews the All-Ireland champions’ last-eight showdown with their Leinster rivals at Croke Park. Here’s how he reckons it’ll go.
“Eben, Juandre, Marcell and Coenie have all put their hands up this season and I know they can succeed at Test level,” coach Heyneke Meyer says.
Manager Jack O’Connor has made eight changes from the side that lost to the Dubs in last September’s All-Ireland final.
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Wales have made just one change to their starting XV ahead of Saturday’s World Cup semi against France.
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