Aer Lingus will continue in its role as official airline of Irish Rugby for a further three years, having renewed its sponsorship arrangement with the Irish Rugby Football Union.

Ireland Under-20 head coach Noel McNamara has begun a three-month professional development placement with New Zealand's North Harbour who kick off their Mitre 10 Cup campaign against Northland on Thursday.

The final two episodes of the 'On The Road with the Ireland 7s' series are now live. The sixth and seventh installments follow the Ireland Men's and Women's Sevens team on their path across the closing rounds of the 2017/18 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in London and Paris.

World Rugby has announced that five legends of the game - Ireland's Ronan O'Gara, Liza Burgess (Wales), Stephen Larkham (Australia), Pierre Villepreux (France) and Bryan Williams (New Zealand) - will be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2018.

The Irish Rugby Football Union and Scottish Rugby have reached an agreement to allow Forwards Coach Dan McFarland to begin working with Ulster Rugby tomorrow, Monday.

The first round of games in the IRFU U18 Interpro festival kicked off in University of Limerick yesterday and there was plenty of action to enjoy.

The nominations for the 2017/18 GUINNESS PRO14 Dream Team have been confirmed ahead of Monday night's Awards and Season Launch Party in Glasgow.

TV3 has announced its live pool matches for this season's Heineken Champions Cup. Nine games will be broadcast on the free-to-air channel, which will be re-branded to Virgin Media One on Thursday, August 30.

The Women's All Ireland League fixtures for 2018/19 season have been announced and for the first time many of the matches will be played on a Saturday afternoon as part of a double header with the men's All Ireland League team.

The All-Ireland league fixtures for the 2018/19 season have been confirmed. Division 1A kicks off with Clontarf hosting champions Lansdowne under lights on October 5th while Divisions 2A, 2B and 2C are first into action a week earlier.

Long summer evenings mean more time to get outside and get active. Getting out into the fresh air to exercise is good for everything from your mood to your bones to your immunity.

From the 'Try Babies' to the 'Space Cadets', last Saturday was a fun-filled festival of Tag rugby at the Volkswagen Tag All-Ireland Championship finals in Old Belvedere RFC.