Former out-half Paddy Wallace says Ulster’s decision to sever ties with Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding was commercially driven.

Ulster’s all-time appearance record holder has played just once in the past 15 months.

The 34-year-old back has been struggling to recover from a long-term knee injury.

Ken Quarrie’s fascinating study on goal kicking success has shown that David Humphreys delivered between 2002 and 2011.

Mark Anscombe’s men were pushed all the way at Ravenhill by the Italians.

CJ Stander gets a chance to impress, Connacht on the search for consistency and an excellent Ulster centre pairing.

There was also good news for Paddy Wallace who is nearing a full recovery from a long-term knee injury.

The Ulster centre ruptured his ACL in Friday night’s Pro12 defeat.

The veteran centre has suffered a stress fracture in his foot.

A late Niall O’Connor conversion sealed the 25-27 win in Parma.

The Wexford man is back in the centre for Ireland after missing the Waikato wipeout.

We caught up with the Monaghan man at Ravenhill this week and got his views on the upcoming season.

The Grand Slam team of 2009 are well and truly a distant memory after Ireland’s record defeat.

The Munster man returns from a shoulder injury to face the All Blacks and is joined in the Irish backline by Paddy Wallace.

The Leinster duo are returning to Ireland after sustaining a fractured finger and calf strain in Saturday’s narrow loss to New Zealand.

In the absence of TV coverage, we’re down to amateur footage of Ireland’s 29-28 defeat.

The Ulster winger acknowledges that Joe Schmidt’s men are favourites, but believes his side can spring a surprise.

The province will begin the biggest match of its recent history with Irish U-20 captain Paddy Jackson at fly-half.

Chris Henry and Paul Marshall may not be able to take part in the province’s encounter with Edinburgh.

The underdogs are more than capable of causing a shock, according to Whiff of Cordite’s Egg Chaser.

The visitors gained a narrow victory over the Italian side, which looked unlikely at one stage.

Ireland v Wales seems an awful long time ago. ROG wants a game, you know you feel the same.

Ireland centre went under the knife yesterday to repair tendon damage in his left thumb, ruling him out of the province’s Heineken Cup group games.

“There wasn’t much to say in the dressing room and in the team room afterwards. Deccie didn’t even say that much. What could you say?” Jenno checks in with the final installment of his World Cup diary.

Several big names are rested ahead of Ireland’s final pool clash with Italy, with five changes in the back line alone.

“It’s an unbelievable disappointment. I would love to play – but these things happen and you just have to get on with it. That’s the reality.”

Next stop New Zealand as Ireland’s rugby stars gear up for September’s trip to the southern hemisphere.

Big weekend of European Cup action ahead for provinces.

Internationals come back but Pienaar must wait longer for his debut.

What sort of a name is Ospreys anyway?