Portlaoise RFC were the winners of a national competition run by Kellogg’s, offering the chance to win a training session with Rob Kearney, professional rugby coaches and an IRFU nutritionist.

"We played 40 minutes," said Tiatia afterwards. "We didn't play too much rugby in the first-half. "We weren't at the races. We've just got to be on when you play at this level for 80 minutes.

This year the award was presented to Tom Ashe of Naas RFC at the NBorth Midlands finals in Portlaoise RFC on Sunday. Tom’s introduction to rugby came in the early 1980’s at the behest of one of the ...

PORTLAOISE RFC ended 2024 in third place in Division 2B of the Leinster League, finishing behind only Newbridge and North Meath. That is enough to see them safely through to the next phase of the ...

“Humble, loving and caring man, patient, beautiful wairua.” Cotter played for Eskview and Districts Rugby Football Club as a winger and is remembered by club member Jake Pocock as a “top ...

Old Trafford has the highest stadium capacity of any domestic sports club in the UK with only Wembley Stadium, Cardiff’s Principality Stadium and rugby’s Allianz Stadium ahead on the complete ...

Fullback Warrick Gelant will play his 50th game for the Stormers in the United Rugby Championship encounter with the Sharks at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday. The injured Leolin Zas is replaced on the ...

It might not be as highly paid as football and other popular sports, but if you are an elite-level performer in the rugby world, you can earn yourself a pretty penny, to say the least. When Owen ...

WHEN Conor Croke took the decision in 2008 to head off to Australia little did he foresee how his life would develop and that one day he would be lauded by New Zealand Rugby. Conor, from Portlaoise, ...

Tom Ilube, the chairman of the Rugby Football Union (RFU), has stepped down from his position under increasing pressure over the payment of executives at the organisation. His decision follows ...

Nigel Walker has left his role as the Welsh Rugby Union's executive director of rugby. The 61-year-old was appointed to the post in July 2023, although he continued as interim chief executive ...

Tom Ilube (right) could be removed if a two-third majority of the Rugby Football Union council vote against him The Rugby Football Union has announced an independent review of its controversial ...