Kildare’s Ruth Campbell put in a heroic 80-minute performance at the Women's Rugby World Cup today as Ireland suffered a 40-0 defeat at the hands of New Zealand.

Kildare’s Ruth Campbell has earned a place in the starting lineup for Ireland’s final pool game this Sunday against the reigning World Champions, New Zealand.

Kildare's Ruth Campbell drops out of the starting XV as Scott Bemand makes seven changes for Sunday's game against Spain

Having come through the ranks at Naas RFC, Ruth Campbell made her international debut last year and has quickly established herself on the Ireland team

In a profile that the Kildare LGFA posted on their Facebook page in April 2020, then U14 county star Heidi Lyons listed two answers under the section ‘Biggest hope for the future’.

After a man of the match display in the first test, Tadhg Beirne was again to the fore as the British & Irish Lions snatched a late win over Australia to secure a series win.

Rathangan native Sarah Delaney has endured an injury 18 months but is back fully fit in time to be in contention for a place in the Ireland World Cup squad next month

Jamie Osborne has been named in the starting XV for the final midweek game of this year's British & Irish Lions tour of Australia

Tadhg Beirne delivered an all-action display as the Lions won the first test against Australia in Brisbane

Naas man Jamie Osborne will leave the Ireland camp in Portugal to link up with the British & Irish Lions squad in Australia ahead of next weekend's first test

Eadestown's Tadhg Beirne will captain The British & Irish Lions against the New South Wales Waratahs on Saturday at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney. Beirne is joined in the second row by fellow Irishman and Leinster Rugby’s James Ryan.

Eadestown's Tadhg Beirne is one of three Irish players named in the team to face Argentina at the Aviva Stadium

Ger Brennan shares his highlights and how much the club means to him

Eadestown's Jimmy O'Brien and Suncroft's Sam Prendergast have been named on the Leinster team to take on the Vodacom Bulls in the BKT United Rugby Championship Grand Final on Saturday at Croke Park (KO: 5pm, live on TG4 and Premier Sports 1) but ...

Jimmy O'Brien will earn his 100th Leinster cap against Scarlets in the quarter-finals of the BKT United Rugby Championship on Saturday at Aviva Stadium (KO: 3pm, live on RTÉ2 and Premier Sports 1) on Saturday after the team was named by Head Coach, ...

A cornerstone for both Munster Rugby and Ireland, Tadhg Beirne was this evening recognised by his fellow players as the OCC Consulting Men’s XVs Players’ Players of the Year 2025 at the Rugby Players Ireland Awards.

Ruth Campbell has been named in a 37-player Ireland Women's preparation squad ahead of Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 in England later this summer.

There was huge disappointment in the manner that Leinster's Champions Cup campaign ended last weekend but Jamie Osborne still has his sights set on silverware this season 

Eadestown’s Tadhg Beirne is one of 15 Irish players named by Head Coach Andy Farrell in British & Irish Lions Men’s squad for this summer’s tour to Australia – but there is no place for Suncroft’s Sam Prendergast.

James Harris captained the Kildare U20 footballers as they were beaten in the Leinster Championship semi-finals but that despair turned to joy when he was part of Athy RFC's Towns Cup winning squad later in the same week