The British and Irish Lions will convene for the first time as an almost full squad today following the conclusion of the URC ...

Leinster win the United Rugby Championship for the first time since 2021 as they produced a dominant display to beat Bulls 32 ...

(Reuters) -Three early tries helped Irish side Leinster to a comprehensive 32-7 victory over South Africa’s Bulls in the ...

Josh van der Flier reckons he will be "training away", fully focussed on this weekend's BKT URC tie against Zebre when the Lions squad is announced tomorrow. The Ireland flanker can rest easy.

Which still leaves us with perhaps the most intriguing, and certainly most contrasting, match-up in this semi-final with potential Lions overtones − namely Josh van der Flier v Henry Pollock.

Now 31 years old, Josh van der Flier was asked this week about luck. He recalled his dad Dirk pointing to a terrifying article he had read which stated the average rugby career is “something ...

"It was really, really frustrating,” Josh van der Flier says on a grey day in Dublin as, just briefly, his sparkling good cheer and disarming modesty give way to something more tangled.

Josh Van Der Flier believes he has become a marked man since being crowned world player of the year as he seeks to celebrate his 50th Ireland cap with Grand Slam glory. Flanker Van Der Flier swept ...

Rewind to the 2021 Six Nations behind closed doors and Josh van der Flier had lost his place in the Irish squad after the opening two defeats by Wales and France. He had been replaced for the last ...

This is not supposed to happen with a player who has turned 28, but the reinvention of Josh van der Flier as a potent ball carrier to augment his voracious workload continues apace. Granted ...

Every week he’s brilliant. He puts in a shift every time. He gives his all.” Josh van der Flier has never cut himself adrift from his public and private mooring of basic virtues. If modesty or ...