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Daisy Earle and Lindsay Peat celebrate Railway’s victory. Source: Oisin Keniry/INPHO Railway Union 13-8 UL Bohemian RAILWAY UNION CLINCHED their first Women’s All-Ireland League title with a dramatic 13-8 win over defending champions UL Bohemians in Donnybrook this afternoon. The first-time finalists, coached by John Cronin and captained by centre Niamh Byrne, denied UL a…

SCARLETS ARE NOW in real danger of missing out on qualification for next season’s Heineken Champions Cup after Wayne Pivac’s side were stunned by Dragons on the final day of the Pro14 regular season. The 2017 Pro14 champions went into this afternoon’s round 21 encounter at the Principality Stadium knowing a bonus-point win would boost…

1. Jimmy Spratt at the Aldi Play Rugby Festival in Letterkenny RFC Click Here: Real Betis soccer tracksuit Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO 2. Ruby Walsh celebrates with the Coral Punchestown Gold Cup Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO 3. Davy Russell after winning The BETDAQ Punchestown Champion Hurdle  Source: James Crombie/INPHO 4. Peter O’Mahony as Munster survived a major scare against Benetton Source: Billy…

CONNACHT BOSS ANDY Friend says the province still have three new signings to announce for next season, including a non-Irish-qualified [NIQ] player. The western province’s season ended on Saturday as they lost to Ulster in the Guinness Pro14 quarter-finals. It has been a positive campaign overall for Friend’s side, however, with a return to the…

MAKO VUNIPOLA WILL miss the climax to Saracens’ pursuit of the double after being ruled out for the rest of the season with a “significant” hamstring injury, the club’s director of rugby Mark McCall said on Thursday. Vunipola lasted just half an hour of the Champions Cup final victory over Leinster on Saturday before being…

IT WAS NO surprise that MU Barnhall featured prominently in the All-Ireland League Awards last week, with Adrian Flavin named AIL Coach of the Year after guiding the club to promotion from Division 2B with a stunning 18 wins from 18 games. Second row Brendan McSorley, an Ireland Students international, also picked up the Division 2B Rising…

Murray Kinsella reports from Glasgow FROM DEVASTATION TO delight. Last night’s Guinness Pro14 title, the province’s sixth, won’t completely extinguish the memories of Leinster’s defeat in the Champions Cup final to Saracens a fortnight ago, but it did mean they ended their 2018/19 season with a trophy. Jack Conan kisses James Lowe. Source: Billy Stickland/INPHO…

WHEN FIJI BEAT France in Paris last November – their first-ever win against les Bleus and arguably their best result in Test rugby – scrum-half Frank Lomani was one of the stars of the show. Rewind to March of last year and Lomani was standing out as the best player at the Pacific Combine, a week-long camp…

WARREN GATLAND HAS ‘definitively’ ruled himself out of contention to replace Eddie Jones in the England hot-seat, and says his preference would be to take up a role in Super Rugby following the 2021 Lions tour. Gatland will depart Wales following the Rugby World Cup this year and then lead the Barbarians against the Welsh…

ENGLAND DEFENCE COACH John Mitchell has extended his contract until 2021 and Eddie Jones intends to stay on as head coach for another two years. Mitchell was appointed by Jones last September after the Rugby Football Union (RFU) agreed a compensation package with Super Rugby franchise the Bulls. Click Here: Military Working Dogs Stamps 2019…