(CNN) — The mystery of the black balls that washed up on some of Sydney’s most iconic beaches last month has now been solved – and it’s more disgusting than you could ever imagine.

It is a recent phenomenon but, with every instalment, you get the sense that there is now no fixture in world rugby quite like Ireland v the All Blacks. Ireland took over 100 years of trying to ...

Rugby returned to the temple of hurling and Gaelic football earlier this year, as the Champions Cup semi-final between Leinster and Northampton brought a sell-out crowd of 82,000 to Croke Park ...