Ireland face a difficult task in Portugal, while three Irish provinces are in URC action.

Ireland progress as runners-up and will face the winners of Pool D in the quarter-finals.

MUNSTER U/19s 18 LEINSTER U/19s 52 LEINSTER U/19 side put in a stunning second half display in Virgin Media Park on Sunday to see off the Munster challenge and claim this season’s interprovincial title.

WHILE a lot of the attention of Portlaoise RFC members will be focussed on Eimear Corri-Fallon this weekend, two of the club’s underage players will also be representing the club at inter-provincial level.

GREAT news for Laois rugby supporters today with the announcement that Portlaoise’s Eimer Corri-Fallon has been selected to start against Spain in tomorrow’s second round of the Women’s World Cup.

THE 2025 Atlantic Youth Touch Cup was the largest international Touch Rugby tournament ever held in Ireland with 45 international youth teams from 12 countries descending on the University of Limerick.

IN recent week’s a couple of girls who started playing rugby at youth level with Portlaoise RFC have been hitting the headlines at representative level.

The €425,952 post-tax profit followed a post-tax loss of €83,240 in the prior year - a positive swing of €509,192.

The views and attitudes of over 520 IRFU-registered rugby players from 17 clubs and five schools were surveyed as part of the research.

Squash Ireland has lodged an appeal with An Coimisiún Pleanála against the recent decision by Dublin City Council to grant planning permission to Old Belvedere Rugby Football Club for alterations to facilities at its clubhouse off Anglesea Road in Ballsbridge.

IT was a proud weekend for Portlaoise RFC with the club well represented on representative teams. Pride of place has to go to former member Eimear Corri-Fallon who made a return to international rugby.

Joe Schmidt has made four changes to the Wallabies starting side

Three young players from Co. Laois will take the field to represent Ireland next weekend in the 2025 Atlantic Youth Touch Cup.

Earlier, Meath dethroned Kerry in the first semi-final.

Lions dominate early to down Wallabies 27-19 in first test

Reliable sources said an apology was offered to Mr McManus and his family at the closed meeting, but that the gift was no longer on the table “as things stand” however it could yet be salvaged, they said.

Leinster hooker Sheehan will lead a Lions starting 15 packed with eight with Ireland internationals, including Tadhg Furlong. 

The 555-mile cycle set off from Belfast on Sunday in memory of the late Scottish rugby star Doddie Weir.

45 teams from 10 countries will battle it out for the title of Europe's number one International Gay Rugby team.

There was better news for Connacht, as Bundee Aki returns from injury that kept him out of the games in South Africa.

Northampton Saints will take on Leo Cullen's side from 5:30pm

Leinster are preparing for their semi-final against Northampton on Saturday in the Aviva Stadium, as they aim to compete in a fourth straight final.

Leinster Provincial Towns Cup Final Athy 18 Carlow 17 THE growth of rugby's popularity was clear for all to see in Forenaughts on Sunday afternoon, as the home of Naas RFC hosted the 2025 Leinster Provincial Towns Cup final between Athy and Carlow.

Impressive when given his opportunities in the last two seasons, injuries have been a stumbling block for Culhane, who is relieved to put the latest setback behind him.

Munster now have home games against Benetton Rugby and Ulster in which to ensure they can reach the play-offs.

After the tour to Australia, Sexton will take up a full-time coaching position with Ireland

The tone for an absorbing contest was set when Damian Penaud ran half the pitch for a dynamic finish in the seventh minute to punish a gap in Ulster’s kick chase.

Former Munster and Ireland fly-half O’Gara had guided La Rochelle to two Champions Cup final wins during the past three seasons.

The four-time tournament winners cruised into this season’s quarter-finals, with a home tie awaiting them on Friday.

The former teacher at Terenure College is currently serving a global sentence of 10 and a half years for his offending against 45 boys, all of whom were students at the Dublin secondary school.

Leinster Rugby U/13 League  Wicklow 7 Portlaoise 26 PORTLAOISE RFC delivered a dominant performance on Saturday last, securing a 19-point victory away to Wicklow RFC in a thrilling match.

NOT long after being recognised as Volunteer of the Year at the NZ Rugby Awards for 2024, Conor Croke is making further rugby ripples in New Zealand.

Provincial Towns Plate q/f  Edenderry 19 Portlaoise 28 PORTLAOISE travelled to Coolavacoose on the Offaly/Kildare border on Friday night for their Leinster Towns Plate quarter-final, under the ...

News of the appointments had been leaked to the media earlier in the week

Leinster Girls Schools Junior Cup Final Scoil Chríost Rí Portlaoise 12 St Mary’s College Arklow 5GIVEN that Scoil Chríost Rí in Portlaoise only began playing rugby competitively last September what ...

Provincial Towns Plate Rd 1  Portlaoise 26 Portarlington 19IT might be classed as an end of season competition by some, but on Friday night at ...

Leinster Rugby Girls U/16 League semi-final Mullingar 29 Portlaoise 33 PORTLAOISE returned to the astro pitch in Mullingar where they had earlier suffered their first league defeat in years.

Son Heung-min scored in the 84th minute to make things equal between the two sides. Manchester United will go up against Arsenal from 4:30pm

Later, Scotland welcome Wales to Murrayfield.

Ducrot recently won a Grammy for co-writing SZA's song Saturn in the Best R&B Song category

Leinster U/16 Girls Cup q/f Portlaoise 44 Kilkenny 0 PORTLAOISE welcomed Kilkenny to Togher for the quarter-final of the Leinster U/16 Girls Cup.

(L-r) Cian Healy, Peter O'Mahony, and Conor Murray will call time on their careers in green when the Six Nations competition ends on March 15th.

Leinster Girls U/16 Premier League q/. f Portlaoise 48 Wicklow Warriors 15 AFTER two trips to the home of the Wicklow Warriors, it was their turn to head to Portlaoise for a place in the semi-final of the Leinster League.