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On The 42Star Performers

Ireland's magnificent Maz leads our World Cup team of matchday 1

10 Aug 2017

5.1k

Analysis

The Rugby Show: Lynne Cantwell breaks down Ireland's nail-biting start to the Rugby World Cup

10 Aug 2017

2.5k

Pastures new

Charles Piutau to leave Ulster and join Pat Lam's Bristol next year

10 Aug 2017

9.6k

Recovery

'It starts the minute they get back to the dressing room': Recharging Ireland on a 3-day World Cup turnaround

10 Aug 2017

4.2k

On The 42sumptuous scores

Second row rampage tops the list of best tries from the WRWC opening day in Dublin

10 Aug 2017

4.2k

opportunity knocks

Ireland U20s star Larmour starts at fullback for Leinster's pre-season trip to Perpignan

10 Aug 2017

9.1k

audience

Dramatic finish to Ireland's opening World Cup win over Australia draws over 320,000 viewers

10 Aug 2017

5.7k

long and short of it

This photo of the tallest player in the Women's Rugby World Cup standing next to the shortest player is delightful

10 Aug 2017

21.8k

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A night of noise, colour and drama but there's much more to come from Ireland

10 Aug 2017

5.7k

Finishers

Spence just one of the match-winning 'impact subs' that delivered victory for Ireland

10 Aug 2017

4.5k

Douze points!

Gone in 11 seconds: Quickest try of the day helps France rout Japan and top Ireland's pool

10 Aug 2017

6.2k

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'Ugly' win a beautifully firm foothold in the tournament for Tierney

9 Aug 2017

5.4k

Opinion

Magnificent Maz and more talking points as Ireland begin the World Cup with a bang

9 Aug 2017

8.8k

coygig

Ireland edge epic, energy-sapping tussle with Australia to get World Cup bid up and running

9 Aug 2017

26.3k

BringIt

Ireland make seriously hard work of Australia but open WRWC with win

9 Aug 2017

18.4k

room for improvement

Slick Winiata hat-trick helps Black Ferns gloss over set-piece struggle with Wales

9 Aug 2017

4.4k

On The 42Up and Running

Wilson crosses four times as powerful England lay down an early marker

9 Aug 2017

5.5k

made to last

Lessons from O'Callaghan and Stringer ensure 'hungry' Sexton not winding down any time soon

9 Aug 2017

20.2k

Thomond Park will host the final match of the Barbarians tour in November

9 Aug 2017

5.5k

On The 42World Cup Memories

'At the end of a World Cup, you need to sleep for about a week'

9 Aug 2017

4.5k

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Set-piece, structure and incessant work-rate critical for Ireland in home World Cup opener

9 Aug 2017

2.5k

On The 42Redemption

'We're hissing to get out there and have a crack': Black Ferns ready to end 2014 hurt

9 Aug 2017

2.7k

Ready to go

Snap happy! President Michael D Higgins presents the Ireland side with their jerseys

8 Aug 2017

5.4k

Opinion

Leading the charge for women in sport: How important this World Cup is

8 Aug 2017

3.0k

Concern

Former Irish international worries for inexperienced players ahead of World Cup

8 Aug 2017

4.9k

First Dates

Leinster face early tour of South Africa as Pro14 fixtures released

8 Aug 2017

11.7k

On The 42wrwc 2017

Talking over as Ireland Women prepare to take hold of jersey and Australia

8 Aug 2017

2.7k

On The 42Rory's story

Connacht snap up former Ulster winger from Edinburgh

8 Aug 2017

8.9k

Medical grounds

Former England lock Botha forced to retire due to concussion

8 Aug 2017

6.5k

Green Party

Ireland team named for World Cup opener against Australia

8 Aug 2017

15.1k

the Wallaroos

'The pressure is on them. We're the underdogs': Australia out to gatecrash Ireland's party

8 Aug 2017

2.8k

Own the blue

Here's a first look at the new Leinster rugby home jersey

8 Aug 2017

8.3k

On The 42The Time Is Now

'They'll just be dying to get onto the pitch and do the nation proud'

8 Aug 2017

2.4k

On The 42Time quizzes by

Quiz: How well do you remember the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup?

8 Aug 2017

3.6k

Home Advantage

Tierney's Ireland fully locked, loaded and ready to take on the world

8 Aug 2017

3.8k

wrwc 2017

Quiz: Name the sport/team this player represented before turning to rugby

7 Aug 2017

11.1k

belief

'No one thought we would beat New Zealand three years ago - anything can happen'

7 Aug 2017

3.2k

On The 42punished

Tuilagi, Solomona sent home from England camp

7 Aug 2017

20.1k

lunch crunch

Poll: Will you watch the Women's Rugby World Cup?

7 Aug 2017

25.2k

On The 42growing the game

How one Irish woman helped turn rugby into a sport for both sexes

7 Aug 2017

7.1k

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