Edge. Bite. Slog. These are the words McCarthy produces when looking ahead to the weekend. There’s no menace in the delivery.

"It is almost like Munster, similar to that, it is a proper rivalry, usually it’s a bit niggly the games we play, getting hit ...

JOE McCARTHY reckons the La Rochelle rivalry is up there with Munster. Leinster visit France on Sunday for the sixth meeting in the past five seasons in the Ronan O’Gara coached La Rochelle.  The ...

RONAN O’Gara and La Rochelle have been dealt a second blow ahead of their Champions Cup clash against Leinster. The French outfit will be without Tolu Latu for their fixture against Leo ...

Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle will be without another key player for Sunday's Champions Cup rematch with Leinster after it ...

La Rochelle will be without Tolu Latu for Sunday’s Champions Cup game against Leinster at the Stade Marcel Deflandre after ...

The clash is, on paper, a pool game but it would be mistaken to underestimate its importance as the result will define the ...

La Rochelle will be up against it when they take on Leinster this Sunday, but they still have a love for the Champions Cup, ...

Ronan O’Gara has conceded his La Rochelle team is “suffering” and “in pain” as the struggling French side prepare to welcome ...

Last season however, it was Leinster who came out on top, with victory in France in the group stage, followed by a ...

Full-back Hugo Keenan is among the Ireland internationals set for a Leinster return in Sunday's Investec Champions Cup match ...

Hugo Keenan, Jack Conan and Ciarán Frawley are all is in line to return for Leinster's Champions Cup collision with La ...