‘Easy to believe chances might not come again’: Perseverance pays off for Nick Timoney
Inspired by Ulster team-mate Stuart McCloskey’s late rise, backrow now looks to first Six Nations start
Rugby sevens
David Humphreys: ‘Leinster are incredibly good at nearly everything ... the challenge is to make the others more competitive’
The IRFU high-performance director discusses closing the gap between Leinster and Connacht, Ulster and Munster
Matt Williams: Decision to abandon men’s Sevens programme has shattered the dreams of generations of players
Irish rugby administrators wasted years resisting the eyecatching format and now they have dashed the hopes of another generation
Letters to the Editor May 19th: On famine in Gaza, cars as weapons and scrapping Sevens Rugby
Palestinians could starve to death in the coming weeks unless immediate action is taken
Sevens cull shows rugby blazers no longer agree with players. Who is right?
Zac Ward is among those who see the short format as having been crucial to their development; the IRFU has taken a different view
Gerry Thornley: IRFU decision on Sevens reflects the cold, hard business of sport
Cutting the men’s programme is not necessarily a huge saving, although it could be around the €400,000 mark
Ireland will ‘feel impact’ of not having Sevens programme, says Harry McNulty
Captain at Paris Olympics says decision will mean Ireland miss out on global reach ‘bigger than any World Cup’
Vikki Wall: ‘I think there is room for GAA players to be paid in some capacity’
Me & My Money: Wall, a two-time All-Ireland winner, on her most extravagant purchase an, pay for GAA players and more
Drug dealer who planned to sell cocaine at Kinsale 7s rugby tournament avoids jail
Mamadi Sialou (21) sentenced to 120 hours of community service in lieu of four months in prison
From missing out on the Olympics to winning an AFLW title, nobody had a year like Vikki Wall
The Meath footballer came close to making the cut in rugby Sevens just nine months after taking up the sport but used her disappointment to go back to Australia intent on ending 2024 on a high note
Jordan Conroy sees a Sevens event in Dublin as a logical next step
The 30-year-old will play in the World Series for another season, with a possible third Olympic appearance at Los Angeles 2028 too far away to make a call
Ireland’s Olympics were emotional – deeply, achingly, and beautifully so
The athletes who wore green over the past 18 days at the Olympics gave so much of themselves to the challenge that you couldn’t but be moved by it
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