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Rugby

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JJ Hanrahan helps Northampton beat high-flying Exeter
Should Josh van der Flier's game-clinching try have been awarded or not?
Start as you mean to go on! Leinster begin year with inter-pro win over Connacht
Leinster v Connacht, Guinness Pro12
8 unlikely sporting predictions that will almost certainly pan out in 2016
Four Irish stars looking to make a breakthrough in 2016
10 sportspeople who cannot wait for 2015 to end
7 times sport and celebrity collided in 2015
Injury blows for England and Scotland ahead of the start of the Six Nations
From the Bangor Bulldozer to Baby BOD: 5 Irish young guns who broke out in 2015
Hakas, heroes and hard yards: The international rugby year in 23 pictures
After another hearing Cian Healy has been handed a two-week ban
Cullen leaving door open for Madigan this season and in future
Tomás O'Leary: Blame the players, not the coaching staff
Ronaldo meets Stephanie Roche and 45 more of the best Irish sports pics from 2015
The sportspeople the world sadly lost in 2015
Ongoing disciplinary wranglings 'compromising' Leinster preparations
Connacht winger rewarded for impressive form with contract extension
O'Donnell starts and Keatley returns as Munster make seven changes
Cullen rings the changes for Connacht clash but Ringrose retained at outside centre
Andrew Trimble to become first Ulster player to reach 200 caps for the province
The future's bright: 7 Irish sports stars who made 2015 their own
Leigh Halfpenny reportedly set to stay in Toulon despite English link
Dear Irish fans, 7 things you really need to stop doing in 2016
Richie McCaw bypasses knighthood as he's awarded New Zealand's highest honour
From Savea to Gilroy: These are our favourite tries of 2015
The42's international rugby dream team for 2015
Munster tie down Robin Copeland and Dave O'Callaghan to new contracts
'It wouldn’t happen again in 1,000 tries': O'Donnell on the freak injury that ruined his World Cup
The white man in that photo -- 50 of the best sports articles of 2015 (part 2)
Bath have signed one of Japan's Rugby World Cup heroes
The year of McGregor: These were the most-read articles on The42 in 2015
No place for Bastareaud as Guy Novés names first squad as France head coach
Donnacha Ryan set for knee scan as Munster wait on Conor Murray's hip injury
Half-term report: Munster desperate to emerge from 'horrendous' run of defeats
The42's Guinness Pro12 team of the year
Ireland boost as Henshaw is on course to be fit for Six Nations
Sick of making New Year's Resolutions? Let Paul O'Connell refocus you
O'Brien's display against Munster bodes well for Joe Schmidt's Ireland
Here's the full transcript from David Nucifora's Aviva Stadium media briefing