Ireland will give first caps to Shayne Bolton, Alex Kendellen, and Hugh Gavin against Portugal in Lisbon. Interim coach Paul ...

Alex Kendellen deservedly secured his first Ireland call-up at the end of a busy season that saw him make 22 appearances for ...

Ireland will hand first caps to winger Shayne Bolton, flanker Alex Kendellen and centre Hugh Gavin as a much depleted side ...

Ireland interim head coach Paul O'Connell includes two more new caps in his line-up for Saturday's Test against Portugal in ...

The all-Leinster front row of Jack Boyle, Gus McCarthy and Thomas Clarkson is unchanged, and in the second row, Munster’s Tom ...

Jack Crowley has been named to start against Portugal while Shayne Bolton and Alex Kendellen are both in line to make their ...

Alex Kendellen and Shayne Bolton will make Ireland debuts in Saturday evening’s match against Portugal. Munster back-row ...

There are two changes in the backline, the 25-year-old Bolton replacing the luckless Jacob Stockdale who has returned home ...

In the backline, Crowley joins Munster clubmate and Ireland skipper Craig Casey as the halfback combination while Stuart ...

Munster’s Alex Kendellen, who led Emerging Ireland on last year’s winning tour to Bloemfontein, will make his first ...

Alex Kendellen admits he nearly bit Simon Easterby's hand off when he was offered the Emerging Ireland captaincy. Kendellen, 23, was due to travel on the first Emerging Ireland tour of South ...