Referee Pierre Brousset issued a yellow card to Beirne after his clumsy collision with Beauden Barrett during the opening ...

The worrying incident saw the player suffer 'seizure activity' on the sidelines and has been slammed as 'sickening' and 'indefensible' ...

Forget the caveats and the wet conditions. By any measure, restricting an opponent to just seven points – those coming from a 90-metre interception try – represents an impressive defensive performance ...

England began their latest Autumn Nations Series campaign with a comfortable win over Australia at Twickenham. Steve Borthwick’s side got revenge following their surprise defeat in this same fixture ...

All Blacks earn Chicago redemption with scrappy win - Ireland 13-26 New Zealand: Nine years after Ireland’s landmark success ...

Stefano Utoikmanau was unimpressed with a high shot by Francis Molo that ended his Tonga debut after 90 seconds and cost him ...

Tongan enforcer Stefano Utoikamanu has hit out at the circumstances surrounding his failed HIA having suggested Francis Molo ...

Samoa went down in a thriller to New Zealand last week and need to win this to remain a chance of progressing to the Pacific ...

Full-time: A sensational win for Samoa to the tune of 34-6 with veteran fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck running for 276 metres ...

Meanwhile, Clontarf captain Dylan Donnellan continued his try-per-game strike-rate since the new season began, as the defending champions powered their way to a bonus point win at Old Belvedere.

Lions prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye goes on the charge against Ulster in their URC match. The Lions had the perfect riposte for their critics on Saturday afternoon when they crushed Ulster 49-31 with a ...

Makazole Mapimpi had been on the standby list for South Africa's upcoming games against Japan, France, Italy, Ireland and ...