Clontarf and Blackrock College will meet in the 2024  Bank of Ireland Metropolitan Cup Final at Ollie Campbell Park on Friday evening (KO: 7.30pm). BLACKROCK COLLEGE v CLONTARF There are not too many in the know who would have forecasted this pairing for the Metropolitan Cup Final. Primarily, this would be based on the giant-killing actions of Blackrock, one of the lowest ranked clubs coming into the competition. Blackrock College aims to take their fourth Metro 1 scalp to add to last year’s winners Lansdowne, Dublin University and Old Wesley. It would be no small feat to keep it going f ..read more

Leinster Rugby take on the Emirates Lions at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday, 20 April in Round 14 of the 2023/24 BKT United Rugby Championship with a 2pm kick-off. The Official Leinster Supporters Club (OLSC) has compiled the following broadcast information: Ireland: LIVE on RTE2 from 1:30pm UK: LIVE on Premier Sports UK Player / Viaplay App from 1:55pm Italy: LIVE on Sky Italia (please check your local area for coverage time) South Africa: LIVE on SuperSport Rugby (please check your local area for coverage time) USA: LIVE on FloSports (please check your local area for coverage time) Canad ..read more

Four Leinster Rugby players have made the list of eight nominees for the 2024 Investec Player of the Year award. After coming through the games unbeaten to this point, including defeating the reigning back-to-back champions La Rochelle twice, Leinster Rugby’s four nominees are Caelan Doris, Jamison Gibson-Park, James Lowe and Dan Sheehan. Josh van der Flier, Seán O’Brien and Rob Kearney have all previously won the trophy. Leinster’s opponents in the Champions Cup semi-final, Northampton, have two nominees in Courtney Lawes and Fin Smith. The remaining two nominees are Toulouse scrumhalf Antoi ..read more

Ireland head coach Scott Bemand has announced the Ireland team for their Round 4 Guinness Women’s Six Nations clash with England at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday (kick-off 2.15pm). Bemand has made two changes to the starting fifteen from the team who came out on top against Wales last weekend in Cork, as Leinster captain Hannah O’Connor comes into the second row and she is joined by Leinster teammate Aoife Dalton who starts in the centre. There is also one change on the bench, as Méabh Deely joins the replacements. The front row remains the same with Linda Djougang, Neve Jones and Christy Ha ..read more

Bank of Ireland today announced a five-year extension of its sponsorship of Leinster Rugby, including title sponsorship of both the men’s and women’s senior teams, to run until 2028. The Bank has a long association with the province dating back to 2007, and today’s announcement reaffirms the Bank’s commitment to the game across all levels of the game in the 12 counties of Leinster. The enhanced sponsorship agreement, building on the recently announced national partnership with the Irish Rugby Football Union, will see Bank of Ireland extend its support for both the Leinster men’s and women’s t ..read more

Tyler Bleyendaal has agreed to join Leinster Rugby ahead of the start of the 2024/25 season as Assistant Coach in place of the departing Andrew Goodman, who has agreed to join Andy Farrell’s Irish senior set-up. Bleyendaal is no stranger to these shores having played 62 times with Munster before a persistent neck injury forced him into early retirement in May 2020. Before joining Munster, the outhalf had played 21 games for the Crusaders and 32 games for Canterbury in Super Rugby. Since retiring, the former New Zealand U-20s captain, has been part of the Hurricanes coaching team initially und ..read more

Arklow Rugby Club has a long-established history in Junior Rugby having won two Provincial Towns Cups and a number of area leagues throughout many years. The Club now seeks applications for a the Lead Academy Development Coach.   This role will be responsible for the design, delivery, and coordination of the individual athletic performance programmes for all Arklow RFC Academy Players (Under 18’s and Under 17s boys). The Academy Coach will provide the required leadership and management of systems and personnel to ensure that players develop the skills and physical competencies requi ..read more

With Bath Rugby confirming his signature this morning, Leinster Rugby lock Ross Molony has issued an open letter addressing his move, his thoughts on his time in Leinster blue and his motivations for the rest of the season. The 29-year-old has played 177 times for Leinster so far since his debut in February 2015, scoring five tries, and most recently came off the bench in Saturday’s Champions Cup win over La Rochelle. “It’s hard to write these words and to finally confirm my move to Bath Rugby for next season, but here we go! “Growing up in Dublin, down the road from the RDS, pulling on a Lei ..read more

Leinster Rugby Head Coach Leo Cullen has issued an injury update ahead of Saturday’s BKT United Rugby Championship Round 14 match against Emirates Lions in Emirates Airline Park (KO: 2pm Irish time, live on RTÉ2 and Premier Sport). Luke McGrath came through the game at the weekend with no issues after his return from the Graduated Return to Play Protocols Jimmy O’Brien will be further assessed this week as he nears a return from a neck injury. Charlie Ngatai will be further assessed this week as he nears a return from a calf injury. Garry Ringrose will be further assessed this week for a sho ..read more

Clontarf and Blackrock College will meet in the 2024 Bank of Ireland Metropolitan Cup (J1) Final at Energia Park on Friday night. There was plenty of high-class, attacking rugby which produced 19 tries in the semi-finals on Sunday. ST MARY’S COLLEGE 20 CLONTARF 48 Hard-charging Clontarf struck for seven tries in qualifying for the final at Templeville Road. Ireland Under-19 out-half Sam Wisniewski took the confidence from his international experience against France over Easter to put on a fine display. He had a solid partner in Sam Owens at scrum-half, thriving on the heels of the pack in whi ..read more