- trimble out until october
- Peter Bills: Ireland should run with All Blacks' new attacking philosophy
- Peter Bills: De Villiers caught in middle of massive split in Boks camp
- Kidney calls in tour absentees
- Peter Bills: Disjointed Springboks vent fury at ref justice
- Smit bemoans lacklustre Boks
- Leamy close to Munster return
- Brittle Boks enter last-chance saloon
- Bowe set to face Ulster in opener
- De Villiers blows up storm over Irish refs
- Pedrie's in bullish mood over future with Ulster
- Peter Bills: Deans in battle for Aussie future
- Deans in battle for Aussie future
- Summer tour felt like waste of my time, says O'Gara
- Heineken Cup Fixture List
- Exiles opener a massive test -- McGahan
- Opportunity is knocking for a flying Ulster start
- HEINEKEN CUP FIXTURE LIST
- Exiles opener a massive test -- McGahan
- Peter Bills: New Zealand are revolutionising rugby
- Peter Bills: All Blacks throw down gauntlet
- All Blacks throw down gauntlet
- Peter Bills: Weepu inspires All Blacks to another Bok-busting display
- Peter Bills: Henry wary of Springbok backlash
- Peter Bills: Shamed Botha lives up to enforcer myth
- Peter Bills: All Blacks fire warning to world
- Peter Bills: Devastating All Blacks start as they mean to go on
- All Blacks fire warning to world
- Peter Bills: Boks can lay down World Cup marker
- Peter Bills: Springboks have duty to dazzle world
- Irish prospects on hiding to nothing
- Groundwork still undone
- IRFU close to clearing Aviva bill
- Peter Bills: O'Driscoll not getting fair crack of whip from IRB
- The good, the bad and New Plymouth
- Ireland depth offers hope to Kidney
- Wales look to Gatland for stability beyond 2011
- Aussies hold no world cup fears for Ireland
- Contepomi rips France apart
- Super Steyn inspires Springbok romp
- Game at a glance
- Player ratings
- Battered, bruised and beaten, defeat brings curtain down on poor season for Ireland
- Hard to put positive spin on yet another postcard from the edge
- Gaping flaws a genuine cause for Irish alarm
- Kidney has tools to move forward
- Diminishing returns from a season filled with promise
- O'Driscoll demands 'head-first' approach and '80-minute job'
- Lievremont bids to save 'ruined' tour
- Kidney hopes rest on packing a punch
- Wallace recall a statement of creative intent
- DO THE DOUBLE
- Burger wants more ruthless Boks
- Deans expects passionate Irish backlash
- Aussie PM's lustrous mane gets my vote number of the day
- Kiss plans to make up for defensive meltdown
- Kiss has faith in Ireland attack
- Trimble keeps faith on road to redemption
- Peter Bills: Three words of warning from Gatland
- Maori pain for Johnson
- Touchlines Down Under: Eales crowned new Sudoku wizard of Oz
- Eales crowned new Sudoku wizard of Oz
- Munster legend Williams will use insidetrack to subdue Ireland pack
- three words of warning from gatland
- Cooper targeting O'Driscoll
- Henry's dream realised as 'fringe' benefits
- Timing just perfect for Henry to deliver
- Wounded Wallabies focused on redemption after 'letting ourselves down'
- Quinlan still in the mix for place on World Cup squad - Kidney
- Touchlines Down Under: O'Driscoll's Brisbane record a lift for Irish
- Henry set for first cap as Ireland make six changes
- Touchlines Down Under: Styling a heady brew in Elan Down Under
- O'Driscoll backs Ireland to upset Australia
- Burgess targets Irish to relaunch Wallaby career
- Wallace out of Aussie Test as he flies home to be with pregnant wife
- Gaffney's war cry to last men standing
- Styling a heady brew in Elan Down Under
- Conway hat-trick caps Ireland response
- Smal looks forward to building on promise in tight five
- Flannery '50-50' for Aussies
- Wallabies blow as duo ruled out of Ireland clash
- Clarke gunning for Scottish scalp
- Kellock hails flying Scots
- Touchlines Down Under: Still haunted by Kiwi slurs in Oz
- Henry wary of dragon's fire
- Ireland can put positive slant on a hellish tour
- Unions must protect their treasured assets
- Pre-match chat can prove very beneficial
- Brisbane victory would be tragedy in the long term
- Lesser lights give Kidney a welcome headache
- Gatland stresses intensity
- Sexton the form choice for clash with Aussies
- Kidney's men dig deep to restore pride
- Kidney is expecting real Test from mighty Maori
- Ireland fall to NZ Maori
- Irish eyes smiling at last as Boyle hat-trick helps see off Samoa
- 'Turn down' offer out of sync with my social clock
- Maori boss wary of wounded Ireland
- Striking right chords may not help Kidney find winning tune
- Henry eager to restore Ireland pride
- Murphy honoured to lead Ireland
- Rising star Afeaki plans to put visiting scrum on back foot
- Clarke: Ruddock won't let anyone down
- Leinster welcome new faces
- Johnson adds bite
- Kidney's men must slow down Gear to stifle Maori threat
- Henry's guide to the squad
- Kidney throws Ruddock in at the deep end
- Haka wheel goes full circle for Ireland captain Murphy
- Touchlines Down Under: Lessons for us in schoolboy edicts
- Banahan cited as England kick way to 'ugly' victory
- Murphy handed Ireland captaincy
- Ruddock to face Maori
- Irish paid All Blacks too much respect: Gaffney
- Test venue reaps bonanza from rugby fans' invasion
- Touchlines down under: Terror in the air as Biggles flies again
- Player Ratings
- Lethal Parks puts boot into error-strewn Argentina
- Clarke's troops fall to Pumas
- Heaslip's painful lesson
- Johnson feeling heat
- game at a glance
- Kidney faces his biggest test yet
- Five-week ban for Heaslip as U-20 Ruddock gets the call
- Lethal Parks puts boot into error-strewn Argentina French get Bok reality check
- Lambs to the slaughter
- Stroll for All Blacks as Irish fade to grey
- Johnson erupts as England fold
- Sending off should not be used as a smokescreen -- Ireland were dismal
- Horror show signals end of our golden era
- O'Callaghan laments missed chance to earn Kiwi respect as defence goes into meltdown
- All Blacks too strong for Ireland
- Hugh Farrelly: Even the horse has bolted from 'Newtownshambles'
- even the horse has bolted from 'Newtownshambles' IN SPECIAL EFFECTS
- no goodness in the kiwi guinness
- Johnson seeks southern comfort
- Boks ring the changes
- Butler inspired by partisan home fans
- All Black hero Fitzpatrick calls on Irish tofinally do talking on the pitch
- Smal: Irish pack can handle All Blacks
- Tight five must deliver to avoid tour from hell
- Kidney factor to help end Kiwi jinx
- Carter warns he is fully focused
- O'Leary throws down gauntlet
- Peter Bills: McBride fears money ruining baa-baas' magic
- Hansen: All Blacks will bully Irish pack
- Homer's boot kills hopes of an Irish World Cup odyssey
- Touchlines Down Under: Don't get the ears burnt off you in taxis
- O'Leary on...
- Kidney calls for breakdown contest
- DeVilliers rejoins Western Province
- Kidney opts for solidity as Connacht duo get call and O'Gara ousts Sexton
- Leinster and Munster face massive tasks in Heineken 'pools of death'
- O'Driscoll's high hopes
- Heineken Cup Pools
- Conway bids to put England to sword again
- Munster ready for long and grinding road ahead -- Foley
- Henry packing familiar punch in new-look side
- Touchlines Down Under: Henry's emotional celebration evokes tears of laughter
- Munster face opposition in Heineken Cup pool three
- O'Gara to start for Ireland
- Learning lessons
- Peter Bills: De Villiers admits to 'making the wrong decision' in signing up for Muns
- Brace puts Robinho in picture for Dunga
- Not guilty verdict frees Beale to play
- Flying start with a bleedin' urchin
- Foul 'foot passengers' make trip a living hell
- De Villiers admits to 'making the wrong decision' in signing up for Munster
- jaded stars in dire need of a hammock and a beer
- 'Strange disease' lets Boks off the hook
- Reaching for the turning point
- Clarke backs Irish aces to rise again
- Kidney must put positive spin on Herculean task
- Northern lights in need of southern comforts
- Flannery's tour hopes still alive
- More bravery than belief
- Boks make Welsh pay for mistakes
- Beginning of the end of the glory days of Irish rugby
- Kidney forced to make most of wrong tour at the wrong time
- Flannery set to miss tour after injury
- Gatland predicting dawn of Welsh 'golden era'
- Clarke targets last-four spot as Irish gear up for French revenge mission
- McFadden can make World Cup: Gaffney
- Muldoon and Ronan relishing chance to take on All Blacks
- No better time to Finally end this Kiwi curse
- Earls the latest tour casualty as inquest into Irish selection process begins
- Opportunity now knocks for rookies to stake claims
- Falcons swoop for Manning
- Earls out of Ireland tour
- Muldoon's chance to impress Kidney in 'audition'
- Peter Bills: Willie John has focus on greater good
- Bowe targets southern glory to prove Irish World Cup credentials
- '48 hero Callan passes away
- Head coach upbeat overdaunting Kiwi challenge
- O'Gara to lead Ireland against Barbarians
- Kidney faces key dilemma over O'Gara and Sexton
- To hell with talk of doomed tour
- Quinlan and O'Kelly to start for Barbarians against Ireland
- Kiss fears game is losing way on altered landscape
- Peter Bills: Leinster's reluctant leading man
- barren year the perfect world cup reality check
- Ospreys rewrite farewell script
- Kidney calls on Ronan as injuries mount ahead of tour
- Leicester triumph as Moody signs off in fitting finale
- Peter Bills: Leinster-bound Schmidt ends Clermont stay on high note
- Ospreys boast perfect mix of steel and flair
- Leinster fail to find final spark at the RDS
- The game at a glance
- Lambe and McCrohan fall just short
- Great stories don't always come with perfect ending
- Struggle to stay fighting fit will stretch Kidney's troops to limit
- Cheika leaves lasting mark
- Hipkiss pounces late to earn Tigers Premiership glory
- Hickey fears IRFU cuts could tear game apart
- Byrne makes Leinster pay price for sloppy showing
- O'Connell frustrated by fitness nightmare
- Elsom retains Aussie armband
- Tony Ward: Burying 'ladyboy' jibe Cheika's lasting legacy
- Bracken offers taste of big time
- Collins thirsting for taste of silverware
- Kidney drafts in Fogarty and O'donoghue as injury rules out star duo
- Sexton chomping at the bit
- Hugh Farrelly : Beware of IRB's textual harassment
- Leinster reveal financial deficit to tune of ?350,000
- Sky the limit for soaring Bowe
- Ledesma eyes elusive glory
- Murphy's Tigers face massive test
- Beware the birds of prey swooping down on RDS
- Sale Sharks swoop for for Tonetti
- Top rugby stars face up to 50pc cut in pay
- Captain Jennings relishing chance to justify Leinster place at top of pile
- Next stop europe for Ireland's golden generation
- Tommy tops 'dream' list
- Hodgson in England mix
- Holley's Ospreys ready to spread wings and fly
- Peter Bills: French stress folly of Ryan's 'free' agenda
- Toulouse highlight need for Irish sides to rebuild
- The Last Hurrah
- Wilkinson injury sparks victorious Blues into life
- Elissalde brings career curtain down in wings of Europe's greatest stage
- Ireland heralds return of three-Test rugby to New Zealand
- Going forward
- Tony Ward: Sorry Munster, Toulouse are True Euro kings
- All-Ireland League set for makeover as IRFU increase club numbers
- Incoming Leinster boss Joe Schmidt targets scrum
- Leinster debt shock
- Cheika keeps his emotions in check as he prepares Blues for final fling
- Munster seal du Preez deal
- Phillips revelling in role as stand-out star
- Cheika leaving no room for sentiment