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Some friendly advice for Rugby Country from your long-suffering football cousins
Rugby analysis is suddenly veering into existential debates about structures and pathways that are usually the staple of the football fan.
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FAI say they will play Israel - but this Nations League controversy is only just beginning
Ireland’s games with Israel will be played – but we don’t yet know where the games will be.
This month
February 2026
Winter Olympics
'Impossible to put into words how devastating this is' - The Irish athlete who feels wronged by her Olympics exclusion
Strand Pitch
'I probably would have gone down a much, much darker path if this pitch wasn’t here'
Keith Treacy is part of a group fighting to save a concrete pitch in Dublin’s north inner city which has nurtured some of Ireland’s sporting greats.
after diarra
Why Ireland's players union are backing a class action suit that could cost Fifa billions
Last month
January 2026
Permutations
Here's who has qualified for the Europa League knockouts - and who they can face in the next round
Troubled Waters
Sport Ireland chief to defend organisation's handling of rowing allegations before Oireachtas Committee
AnalysisComment
Carrick is rewarded for taking a gamble where Arteta's dreary Arsenal show old faults
Arsenal left themselves open to bad luck by ceding control in the first half while wasting most of the second half with more utterly sterile excuses for attacking.
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What the disgraceful treatment of James McClean has told us about modern England
With McClean returning to Derry City, we reflect on his 15-year career in England.
Fixture List
Leinster to face Edinburgh as Champions Cup last-16 ties confirmed
Munster travel to Exeter in the Challenge Cup as Ulster and Connacht play at home to URC opposition.
Profile
‘He hasn't anglicised himself at all’: ‘Authentic’ Brian Barry-Murphy climbing UK football ladder
We profile Cardiff City manager Brian Barry-Murphy, flying at the top of League One and tipped for bigger things.
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In defence of the Saipan movie
Saipan movie plays fast and loose with some facts – but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t get to the truth.
Interview
'I still haven’t fully processed it' - The Mayo teenager flying out for Junior Australian Open bid
Mayo tennis prospect Eoghan Jennings speaks to The 42.
AnalysisOpportunity
No 1 issue: Gavin Bazunu must improve stats and consistency at Stoke City
Data gurus rank the Irish international as the worst performing goalkeeper in the championship by one key metric.
weekend in amsterdam
Ulster awarded 28-0 win as postponed Cheetahs game is officially cancelled
The game was due to be played in Amsterdam but was postponed twice owing to snowfall and freezing temperatures.
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Why football's posturing, meddling corporate class prevent good management
There is no evidence that United and Chelsea’s structures can succeed at the elite end of English football.
Analysisbrittle and broken
Ruben Amorim at least stood for something - unfortunately for him, it was never going to work
Amorim’s inflexibility now looks absurd, and the United hierarchy have run out of patience.
AnalysisBack to the drawing board
Assessing Ireland's midfield options after the shattering injury to Josh Cullen
Cullen has started every competitive game for which he has been available for the last five years – how can Ireland replace his influence?
bizarre episode
The Atomic Bowl: The untold story of the American football game played at Ground Zero in Nagasaki
A new documentary unearths the bizarre and chilling tale of the American military’s New Years’ game on the site on which they dropped the bomb.
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