Henshaw and Aki set for titanic midfield battle against Fickou and Vakatawa
The Leinster man was sharp off the bench against Italy last weekend.
The Leinster man was sharp off the bench against Italy last weekend.
The Leinster man has been excellent in recent weeks and will be key against Saracens.
David Clifford will be fit to line-out against Tyrone, Peter Keane confirmed.
The outside centre is focused on improving his own game, rather than try and be someone else.
The Leinster centre is back in the Ireland team after injuring his hamstring against England.
The Trinity outside centre has impressed in the opening two rounds of the Six Nations.
Joe Schmidt wasn’t ready to chance Henshaw with ‘Chris Farrell sitting in the wings, massively motivated’.
The 23-year-old is fully aware of the challenge that awaits as he steps back into the Test arena on Saturday.
Keith Earls knows the weight that comes with a 13 jersey for Ireland, but it has become easier to slip new talents into the outside centre channel.
The Munster centre will win his third cap against Wales this weekend.
The Munster centre is expected to replace Robbie Henshaw for the clash with Wales.
Robbie Henshaw’s take-down of Montpellier’s 130kg winger Nadolo was just one example of Leinster winning ‘the little victories’ on Saturday.
Rassie Erasmus will be without outside centre Francis Saili for up to four months.
The 29-year-old now has four goals in his last five games and 13 in total this season.
The Munster man takes over in the 13 shirt for Sunday’s game against Italy.
Paul O’Connell, Johnny Sexton, Conor Murray, Peter O’Mahony and Rob Kearney all return.
Nathan White is set for his first start at tighthead, while Dave Kearney is likely to get his chance.
The Munster man made his return to the international game after a break of more than two years.
Caroline O’Leary was turned away from a number 13 bus as a child’s buggy was occupying the wheelchair space on board.
We identify what makes England’s outside centre such a dangerous attacker.
The New Zealand native tells us about working with Joe Schmidt and playing alongside Robbie Henshaw.
The 20-year-old Leinster centre is back for his second year of international rugby at this level.
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Kieran Marmion and Rodney Ah You both return for Saturday evening’s game in the Sportsground.
Connacht and Ireland back wouldn’t look out of place in Super Rugby, says a man who knows a thing or two.
The retired Ireland legend has been helping the Connacht man out this month.
The new 13 faces a real test at the Aviva on Saturday.
The Connacht man partnered Gordon D’Arcy in the centre at today’s open training session at the Aviva.
Outside centres, the line-out, new caps, being clinical and the Georgia encounter.
Joe Schmidt had positive words about the two players who will battle it out for a midfield spot in November.
The Ireland head coach refuted the notion that he has told Ulster to pick Jared Payne at outside centre.
The wing stay the wing.
The 34-year-old played in both centre positions against the Cardiff Blues on Friday night.
The 30-year-old has prioritised first-team selection in November, but would be happy to start at outside centre.
19 countries have put forward one city each to host the new Europe-wide format.
The 27-year-old Ulster centre feels he could have done more to impress in Argentina in June.
The 19-year-old centre has impressed at the Junior World Championships in New Zealand.
The 27-year-old has a shot at proving to Joe Schmidt that he is a centre of international quality.
There’s enough BOD magic in here to make even the stoniest of hearts turn to mush.
We spoke with the outside centre’s Leinster and Ireland teammate Fergus McFadden, and old rival Paul Warwick, on rugby post-BOD.