Runaway world number ones England will have to buck a losing trend if they are to win a home World Cup, with a host of ...

As Ireland name their Women's Rugby World Cup squad, the inclusion of star forward Aoife Wafer is the big news but there are ...

AOIFE DALTON has backed Ireland to shine at the Rugby World Cup. The centre will be hoping to start the Pool C opener against ...

Ireland face a tough task to get out of the pool stages in England, facing reigning champions New Zealand, top Asian side ...

But it’s Ireland ’s narrow, 13-8 win over South Africa that will go down as this tournament’s first true example of vintage, pure Test match rugby. And it was spell-binding.

Hopes are high that this will be the year for Ireland to challenge for a Rugby World Cup and improve their poor record at the tournament. Ireland have never been beyond the quarter-final stage at ...

Ireland’s Head Coach Andy Farrell, right, and Jonathan Sexton during the Ireland Rugby World Cup 2023 squad announcement at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, Sunday Aug. 27, 2023.

Ireland players bowing out at the 2019 Rugby World Cup following the comprehensive quarter-final defeat to New Zealand at the Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho ...

Ireland’s furthest progression at a Rugby World Cup is the quarter-final stage and only twice have they failed to do so, when losing a quarter-final play-off to Argentina in Lens (1999) and when ...

Through the years, Ireland’s coaches have had mixed experiences at world cups, with Warren Gatland, now a legend in Welsh rugby, disappointing massively in the 1999 World Cup before managing ...