France were dealt a significant blow half-an-hour into their potential Six Nations title decider against Ireland with captain ...

Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile "Yeah, that's interesting,” Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby mused when the showdown ...

Both claimed the scrum-half, widely considered to be the best player in the world, was targeted by Beirne although the ...

Ireland have dominated prospective British and Irish Lions XVs, but does their humbling defeat to France change that? ESPN's Tom Hamilton and James Regan weigh in.

France crushed Ireland 42-27 but saw Dupont limp off the field. It emerged the scrum-half, widely regarded as the best player in the world, had ruptured the cruciate ligaments in his knee.

The French captain suffered a suspected cruciate ligament injury in a ruck in the first-half. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile "Yeah, that's interesting,” Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby mused when the showdown between the two best scrum-halves in the world was brought up on ...

French scrum-half Maxime Lucu is a paradox. He's never placed rugby on a pedestal, yet the game has always relied on him - as ...

The Scarlets man put in an outstanding performance on his Test debut in the narrow defeat to Ireland but struggled against ...