New ✍️ EPCR R4 Previews ☘️ On today’s substack, I preview four French-Irish club affairs with knockout rugby on the line.

New ✍️ Eye on France with @huwgriffinrugby.bsky.social The teams are in, but how well do you know the squads? Ahead of 4 Irish-French matchups, Huw has all the latest on Castres, Bayonne, Stade and Montauban. Enjoy! 🏉

Here is this week's Jouez: The French Rugby Dispatch Is Toulouse's season about to collapse? #ChampionsCup open.substack.com/pub/illtudda...

A fun extened squad for the Ireland men's u20s friendly with Italy on Saturday ©️ Sam Bishti captains the side from THP 🦾 Josh Neill and Alex Lautsou get a chance to stake a claim on the flanks 🔟 Christopher Barrett and Tom Wood retained at half-back

Savea in Ireland… cool NZ players demanding a change in coach… also cool… until you remember what happened last time they did

NEW 🎙️ Cromwell, Chants and Castres On a day where we say goodbye to JK, we return to discuss a novel pairing of Munster and Castres Olympique... Enjoy! 🔴 open.spotify.com/episode/4OgG...

New ✍️ The Irish Eye ☘️ Three games, one win and a total of five points of margins. CINEMA!

New ✍️ Ireland 6N Squad Prediction ☘️ Ireland’s injury list is now a king size sheet, so will Andy Farrell stick with what he knows, or chose to evolve and move on? You can guess which approach I'd be taking... Enjoy! ⬇️

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New ✍️ Toulon v Munster Preview 🔴 With over 3,000 loyal supporters descending upon the French town today, Munster must learn to embrace the pressure if they want to secure a coveted home Ro16 game.

New ✍️ Leinster v La Rochelle Preview "No matter how strong or depleted; Leinster don’t lose at home in Europe; but if they did, then shockwaves will reverberate around the continent." Enjoy! 🏉

This was fun to write! The TOP 14 is fast moving and constantly evolving - things you knew a year ago are no longer true Are La Rochelle still good? Are Toulon washed? Are Montpellier still employing criminals? Answers below 👇

New ✍️ Top14 Focus with @huwgriffinrugby.bsky.social I’m en route to Toulon, so French rugby aficionado Huw Griffin has written a guest article, looking ahead to this weekend’s Irish-French matchups Enjoy! 🏉

European squad changes: 🔴 Seán Edogbo for Conor Ryan 🔵 JJ Kenny for Jordan Larmour and Andrew Sparrow for Conor O’Tighearnaigh 🟢 Matthew Victory and Albert Linder for Shayne Bolton and Matthew Devine ⚪️ Ben Moxham for Stewart Moore

Huge coup for Premier 👏

New ✍️ Connacht's Precarious Position "Connacht play 8 games between now and April... They need to pick up at least 6 points in Europe to give them any shot a home Round of 16 tie, and start turning over results in the URC." Read here ⬇️

EXCLUSIVE 🚨 Ireland tighthead Jack Aungier could be on his way to Munster! It’s believed multiple internationals are on the market as IRFU seek to re-balance the spread of talent in 2026 Read more below 👇

England duo Matthew Carley and Karl Dickson will take charge of Leinster and Munster’s Round 3 games against La Rochelle and Toulon respectively Carley then has Munster v Castres in round 4, with Luke Pearce in Bayonne with Leinster

New ✍️ Celtic Challenge Recap ☘️ "Individual performances and the return of long-term absentees will mean more to Scott Bemand than the scoreline." Read here 👇

Today's Sunday column for @allthingsrugbybs.bsky.social looks at Richie's Ravenhill Revival I ventured up to a frosty Belfast on Friday to take a look at the brewing redemption arc. Read more 👇

Hard to know where Connacht’s season goes from here They’ll need to beat Montpellier, in France, to improve their challenge cup seeing, and they have 3 Interpros and a Saffa tour in their final 10 URC games But right now, they’re conceding points at a rate of knots, and look way off

New ✍️ Leinster v Connacht Preview 🏉 “Connacht need a performance, but Leinster have the opportunity to show that the master plan is coming together nicely” Read here 👇

It’s never been easier to get Six Nations tickets in Wales, and never been more difficult in Ireland Wouldn’t be surprised if that means 10k+ Irish in Cardiff next year

You have to think the URC will go through Ulster in some way after last night They welcome the Stormers, Leinster and Glasgow to Ravenhill in the back end of the season, which feels less and less daunting as the weeks go by It's a crowdpleasing revival up north that's for sure

my Irish rugby wish list for 2026.... READ MORE HERE: thecurrency.news/articles/213...

NEW ✍️ Ulster Sizzle in Second Half Snow to Smother Rivals Munster 📝 Ulster moved 2nd in the URC table tonight courtesy of an impressive win over Munster in Ravenhill. Full report 👉 open.substack.com/pub/caolansc...

Introducing... my new Substack!! 🎉 Link 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/caolansc... In my opening piece of wall-to-wall rugby and sporting articles, I preview tonight's clash between Ulster and Munster 🥊 Make sure to subscribe to get all the latest content ahead of a busy 2026... 👀

New Article ✍️ 2026 New Cap Predictions ☘️ Yes it’s a Munster-Ulster centric list, but with four games against Tier 1.5 sides; surely there’s scope for these lads to wear green? 👀 Enjoy! 🏉

Berch once again, on the money here It’s only natural that Leinster are feeling the pressure, with rumours of departures increased this season They will have a leaner squad soon, which hurts their USP of interchangeable depth Will make for a more interesting URC though, but that’s not Leo’s remit

New Article for @allthingsrugbybs.bsky.social ✍️ The Irish Eye "It’s the season of goodwill, meeting family and friends and tearing lumps out of your interprovincial rivals." Positives for three, less so for one; here's my takeaways from the weekend. Enjoy! 🏉 www.allthingsrugby.com/news/the-iri...

Two fun and interesting squads for the opening round of Celtic Challenge action 🟢 Speedster Anna McGann named at 13 for the Clovers, with rising star Caitríona Finn handed the reigns at 10 🔵 Higgins/Dalton midfield restored as A Reilly and D O'Brien also team up at 9/10

Ireland's 2026 Six Nations Referees 🇫🇷 TBC 🇮🇹 Hollie Davidson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrea Piardi 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Karl Dickson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Luke Pearce

This week’s members only video is now out! ❤️ Access these for just 99p per month… ☘️ This week is the outtakes from my Irish rugby review with @caolanscully.bsky.social Link: youtu.be/n4wcKQHEOVc?...

New 🎙️ Inter-Pro Show ☘️ In a week where Munster cruised in Cork, Leinster got tested by Tigers and Connacht lacerated Lions… three of the lads returned to discuss all the EPCR action.

New - The Irish Eye☘️ 3 wins from 4, and more reasons to be positive. Enjoy!

Andrew Brace will take charge of Leinster v Ulster on Friday night Scotland duo Sam Grove-White and Ru Campbell (debut) on the whistle for Munster and Connacht respectively

New Red Army Podcast 🚨 Munster got their European season back on track in Páirc Uí Chaoimh; which means the Monday Club returns! Enjoy! 🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/583C...

Go back to 6 pools of 4 Use the saved Six Nations week to make space Drop the round of 16 Done

Ben O'Connor is one of 9 changes to the Munster squad to face Gloucester in Páirc Uí Chaoimh Jack Crowley, Mike Haley, Jean Kleyn and Jack O'Donoghue among those who return to start; while there is a European debut in the offing for Young Munster RFC's Conor Bartley

New Red Army Pod 🎙️ Pack the Páirc 🔴 In a week where no rugby happened (👀), it's time to talk jerseys, contracts, Cork and a weird Saturday night in England. Enjoy! 🏉 open.spotify.com/episode/42dV...

New 🎙️ The Inter-Pro Show ☘️ A full ensemble of mystified provincial fans regroup on Zoom to discuss another strange and inconsistent round in Europe for the provinces. Enjoy! 🏉 youtu.be/0FPkXJpEjHw?...

Ramos on Friday: "There are 24 teams in the competition, but if you count how many play it properly, I think you can count them on your two hands. Obviously it's problematic" #ChampionsCup

A Six Nations game in Galway!!

New Article 🏉 Irish Eye, EPCR R1 Edition ☘️ 4 games: 1 huge win, 1 good win; 1 horrible loss, 1 smashing on the road. Lots to discuss in today's Irish Eye column for @allthingsrugbybs.bsky.social Enjoy! ✍️ www.allthingsrugby.com/news/the-iri...

Pool of Death Preview ☠️ Pool 2 pits Munster, Toulon and Bath together in a true pool of death, and this throwback scenario is an epic tale waiting to be told Enjoy! ✍️ allthingsrugby.com/news/welcome...

Jack Crowley ruled out for Munster so JJ Hanrahan slots in at 10 for their trip to Bath Jean Kleyn is back at lock, as is Dan Kelly at 12; with Mike Ala’alatoa set for his debut 6/2 bench with Edogbo, Quinn and Kendellen

New Article ✍️ European Preview 🇪🇺 In a latest piece for ATR I compiled an easy guide previewing the provincial continental aspirations, all in one place. Enjoy! ☘️ allthingsrugby.com/news/a-begin...

Leinster have bolted early in naming their side to face Quins No Andrew Porter so it's McCarthy and Boyle as Tadhg Furlong starts from the bench. Joe McCarthy returns to start while Rieko Ioane is included on the bench. Ciarán Frawley and Jordan Larmour get the nod out wide

Angus Bell set for his Ulster debut from the bench in tomorrow night's Challenge Cup clash with Racing. Iain Henderon is out so Charlie Irvine starts; while Zac Ward and Jacob Stockdale return to the XV Youngsters Joe Hopes, Bryn Ward and Conor McKee among the replacements

New Article for @AllThingsRugbyX ✍️ Ireland RWC Draw Reaction ☘️ “For Andy Farrell and Ireland… it might be a dream draw. But they said that in 2019 too.” Enjoy! 🏉 allthingsrugby.com/news/ireland...