A single point separated the sides as a hard-fought 5th-8th place play-off finished in France's favour at Stade Henri Desgrange on Tuesday night. Check out some photos from Ireland's fourth IRB Junior World Championsip match.

Three penalties from the boot of Jesse Mogg, allied to an early try from Tevita Kuridrani, steered the ACT Brumbies past a Rory Best-led Lions team on Tuesday. Check out our match photo gallery from Canberra.

Connacht Rugby and BLK Sport have announced a comprehensive four-year official kit supplier agreement for BLK to supply the full range of technical performance apparel for all of Connacht's representative teams and support staff.

Ireland pulled clear of hosts Canada with four tries in the closing half hour as they earned a 40-14 victory at the BMO Stadium on Saturday night. Check out some photos from the Toronto tussle.

The Ireland Under-20 team, sponsored by PwC, to face tournament hosts France in Tuesday's 5th-8th place play-off at the IRB Junior World Championship has been named.

Fergus McFadden's desire to play international rugby on a regular basis was encapsulated by his last-minute try against Canada. The game was well won but Ireland wanted a sixth and final try and the in-form winger was only too happy to deliver, taking Paul Marshall's pass off a scrum and handing off Sean White to crash over in the left corner.

The 2013 IRFU Beach Tag season got underway in style as Culleenamore Beach at Strandhill welcomed tag teams from all over to its shores.

Ireland bid farewell to the 2013 international season with a runaway victory over Canada, with a new captain and interim head coach presiding over a successful summer tour which saw six players make the step up to Test rugby.

Toronto's BMO Stadium will play host to Ireland's final summer tour match when they meet Canada for the first time in four years. You can keep up-to-date with tonight's Test via our O2 MatchDay Live service right here on IrishRugby.ie.

The Ireland Women's Sevens team claimed the scalp of reigning European champions England tonight as Jon Skurr's side ended the first day of the Marbella Sevens competition in fine style.

Rory Best will become the third Ireland player to captain the British & Irish Lions during the 2013 tour when he leads them out against the ACT Brumbies on Tuesday.

See below for a statistical preview of Saturday's summer tour Test match between Ireland and Canada at the BMO Stadium in Toronto (kick-off 8pm local time/1am Irish time).

The British & Irish Lions ran five tries past the NSW Waratahs as they marked the halfway point of their ten-match tour Down Under with another win. Check out our match photo gallery from Sydney.

'HeadCam 2: Kickin' It' with Ian Madigan and Paddy Jackson. We have all seen them land conversions and penalties but this week we put the headcam on Ireland's goal-kickers for a very different view.

The Ireland Women's Sevens squad compete in the second leg of the FIRA-AER European Sevens Grand Prix Series in Marbella, Spain this weekend, while the Emerging Ireland Women's side are in action in England as preparations continue for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow at the end of the month.

Down days on tour do not just mean a break from training. They also offer a chance for the squad to take in some of the local sights - in this case the spectacular Niagara Falls.

James Downey has waited a while for his first Ireland cap, but his move back to Munster this season has helped to land him a senior debut in the green jersey.

A big part of any rugby tour is getting to know the locals. With that in mind five of the Ireland squad headed out to Balmy Beach Rugby Club in Toronto for a training session with their youth teams.

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Ireland. We are currently inviting applications for the position of 'Head of Medical Services'