United Rugby Championship

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Hanrahan nudges Connacht home

By BEN JAYCOCK Sharks …………. 12 Connacht …….. 13 FLY-HALF JJ Hanrahan’s second-half penalty edged Connacht to victory in Durban to make it four wins […]

Dogged Ulster grind out victory

By SAM JACKSON Ulster ………….. 24 Lions ……………. 17 ULSTER came from behind to beat the Lions at a windswept Kingspan Stadium scoring three tries […]

Flanagan: We threw off all the shackles

By SIMON THOMAS Dragons……………. 20pts Conversion: Evans 39, 66 Penalty: Evans 24, 30 Ospreys………………5pts Tries: Roberts 38, Dyer 65 DRAGONS claimed their first URC win […]

Krumov’s try denies Cardiff at the death

By SIMON THOMAS Zebre……………….22pts Tries: Smith 34, Morisi 38, Krumov 86 Conversion: Prisciantelli 35, 87 Penalty: Prisciantelli 59 Cardiff…………….22pts Tries: Thomas 10, Timani 53, Grady […]

Crowley makes sure for Munster

By KEVIN FALLON Munster ………. 10 Stormers ……….. 3 JACK Crowley led from the front to steer Munster to victory over the Stormers in a […]

Clinical Warriors march on

By BRYN PALMER Glasgow ……….26 Benetton ……… 12 GLASGOW moved into the top two of the URC with a clinical bonuspoint win at Scotstoun. First-half […]

Coetzee red lets Edinburgh in

By BEN JAYCOCK Edinburgh ……. 31 Bulls ……………..23 EDINBURGH claimed a fourth win out of five as Bulls found it hard going following Marcell Coetzee’s […]

Zebre claim first win in 29 games

By BEN JAYCOCK Zebre …………… 12 Sharks ………… 10 Zebre secured their first win since April 2022 as they narrowly saw off the Sharks thanks […]

Umaga kick kills off the Stormers

■By SAM JACKSON Benetton ……..20 Stormers …….. 17 THE travel woes of South African teams continued as the Stormers stumbled to a defeat against Benetton. […]

Ospreys fall just short as Dell gets late winner

■By ROGER PANTING Ospreys ……………………….. 23pts Tries: Williams 5, Morgan-Williams 67 Conversions: Walsh 5, 57 Penalties: Walsh 25, 55, 73 Glasgow…………………………31pts Tries: Matthews 37, 44, […]

Healy puts boot into Connacht

■By JOHN FALLON Edinburgh …….25 Connacht ……..22 BEN Healy broke Connacht’s hearts with a drop goal in the final play of the night to end […]

Ulster end Munster’s run

■By JOHN FALLON Ulster …………… 21 Munster ……….14 CAPTAIN Tom Stewart paid tribute to recordbreaker Rob Herring on his 230th appearance and debutant prop Scott […]

Dragons call on Wales cavalry

■By BEN JAYCOCK Preview: Dragons v Leinster Today. Kick-off 1.15pm DRAGONS head coach Dai Flanagan has made nine changes ahead of today’s encounter with Leinster […]

David Humphreys

Humphreys to take charge at IRFU

David Humphreys has been appointed as the Irish Rugby Football Union’s new performance director. The 52-year-old succeeds Australian David Nucifora, who will leave the role […]

Kriel hat-trick as Bulls storm home

■By SAM JACKSON Zebre ……………29 Bulls …………… 54 ZEBRE’S search for a URC victory continues after they suffered their 28th consecutive defeat at home to […]

Impressive Ospreys enjoy London life

■By ROGER PANTING Ospreys …………. 19pts AN error-ridden performance from Sharks ensured Ospreys celebrated their first URC visit to London. With crowds in Swansea dwindling, […]

Osborne keeps Leinster on top

■By TOM SHEEDY Leinster ………..36 Edinburgh …….27 LEINSTER centre Jamie Osborne said they needed to show patience before they got on top at the RDS […]

Matthews rolls a double

■ By BEN JAYCOCK Glasgow ……….20 Stormers ……….. 9 HOOKER Johnny Matthews’ brace led Glasgow to a comfortable victory at Scotstoun. Sione Tuipulotu opened the […]

Kilgallen try seals fightback win

■ By JOHN FALLON Connacht ……..22 Ulster ……………20 CONNACHT flanker Conor Oliver said that his side’s remarkable comeback at the Sportsground was down to them […]

Campbell training with Fury

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Former Glasgow Warriors and Jersey Reds lock Nick Campbell, the current Scottish heavyweight boxing champion, has been in a […]

Tipuric on fine form as Ospreys hold out

By ROB COLE Ospreys ………………………….34pts Tries: Morgan-Williams 15, Protheroe 21, Nagy 42, Smith 49 Conversions: Walsh 16, 22, 43; O Williams 50, Penalties: Walsh 35, […]

Stormers too good as Scarlets suffer

By ROB COLE Stormers………..52pts Tries: Theunissen 7,12, de Wet 25, 42, Blommetjies 28, Loader 35 Feinberg-Mngomezulu 58, Skosan 71 Cons: Blommetjies 7, 29, Feinberg-Mngomezulu 36, […]

Ewers set for home debut

PREVIEW… Ulster v Bulls Today. Kick-off 5pm By BEN JAYCOCK Kieran Treadwell, who hopes to pick up where he left off after being awarded the […]

Rowntree makes double change

PREVIEW… Benetton v Munster (Today, Kick-off 2pm) By BEN JAYCOCK Munster will be hoping to secure back-to-back wins today as they travel to Italy to […]

Connacht make it tough for Ospreys

By JOHN FALLON Connacht ……… 34pts Tries: Blade 12, 24, 34, Forde 58 Conversions: Hanrahan 13, 25, 34, 59 Penalties: Hanrahan 3, 6 Ospreys ………….26pts […]

Stormers edge it in day of drama

Lions …………….33 Stormers ……..35 By MARK DOCHERTY The Stormers managed to edge the Lions 35-33 in a thrilling match that swung back and forth throughout […]

Penny ready for Glasgow clash

Preview… Glasgow v Leinster Today, ko 4pm By BEN JAYCOCK SCOTT Penny captains Leinster for the first time as the Irish province begin their campaign […]

Healy’s on target to take it for Edinburgh

By ROGER PANTING Dragons…………………………17pts Tries: Tomkinson 2, Baldwin 17 Conversions: Evans 2, 17 Penalties: Evans 45 Edinburgh…………………….. 22pts Tries: Vellacott 65 Conversions: Healy 65 Penalties: […]

Umaga holds nerve to cut down Cardiff

By ANDY HOWELL Cardiff……………22pts Tries: Belcher 18, Carre 27, Bevan 32 Conversions: De Beer 19, 27 Penalties: De Beer 59 Benetton………….23pts Tries: Lucchesi 37, Albornoz […]

Ulster head coach Dan McFarland

Zebre push Ulster all the way

Zebre …………….36 Ulster ……………40 By BEN JACKSON Ulster survived a major scare on the opening day of the new URC season as they recovered from […]

Carbery shows his worth

Munster ……… 34 Sharks …………. 21 By KEVIN FALLON Joey Carbery, who lost both his Munster and Ireland places last season, led from the front […]

New signings face tough test

Preview… Bulls v Scarlets Today, ko 2pm By BEN JAYCOCK NEW Scarlets signings Ioan Lloyd, Taine Plumtree and Alex Craig make their URC debuts today […]

Rhys Carre - Wales

Saracens keep eye on Carre

ON THE BLINDSIDE Premiership Champions Saracens could re-sign out-of-favour Wales loosehead Rhys Carre for next season. Carre, 25, made eight appearances after joining Sarries following […]