James Ryan rugby player
James Ryan rugby player

James Ryan

24th Jul 1996 2.01m/107kg No 5 Lock

Caelan Doris makes his 100th Leinster appearance and Niall Smyth to make debut against Connacht

6 days ago by Ultimate Rugby

  RG Snyman joins James Ryan in the engine room while centurion Doris is flanked on either side by Will Connors and Alex Soroka. Harry Byrne starts at out-half with Fintan Gunne at scrum-half, while...

Andy Farrell has named his Six Nations Squad

1 week ago by Ultimate Rugby

Ireland Head Coach Andy Farrell has today named a 37-player squad, sponsored by Vodafone, for the 2026 Guinness Men’s Six Nations. Farrell’s side open their 2026 Championship against...

Post match interviews: Cullen, Ryan, Goodhue, Brex, Masi, Skivington 

1 week ago by Ultimate Rugby

Day 2 of the fourth round in the Champions Cup saw mammoth clashes with must win games for teams who wanted to to top their pools. Amongst those teams were Irish giants Leinster, who secured a hard fought...

Joshua Kenny to make Champions Cup debut as Leo Cullen names team for Stade Rochelais clash

3 weeks ago by Ultimate Rugby

Joshua Kenny is set to make his Champions Cup debut on the wing with Tommy O’Brien on the opposite side and Ciarán Frawley at full-back. Sam Prendergast has been named at out-half with Jamison...

Porter returns as Leo Cullen names team for Munster clash

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Leinster Rugby team, proudly sponsored by Bank of Ireland, to take on Munster Rugby in the URC at Thomond Park on Saturday (KO: 7:45pm, live on Premier Sports 1) has been named by Head Coach, Leo Cullen.   Club...

Rieko Ioane set for first Leinster start ahead of Leicester Tigers clash

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Leinster Rugby team, proudly sponsored by Bank of Ireland, to take on Leicester Tigers in Round 2 of the Investec Champions Cup at Mattioli Woods Welford Road on Friday (KO: 8pm, live on Premier Sports...

Independent Disciplinary Update: James Ryan

2 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Ireland number 4, James Ryan, appeared before an independent Disciplinary Committee this afternoon via video link having received a red card for an act of foul play contrary to Law 9.20a in the...

Crowley owns up to 'costly' sin-bin error as Ireland reduced to 12 versus Springboks

2 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Jack Crowley took responsibility for a "costly" sin-bin error after Ireland were reduced to 12 players in Saturday's 24-13 defeat to South Africa. Ireland brought the curtain down on 2025 with a frustrating...

Boks break Dublin hoodoo with scrappy victory

2 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Springboks maintained their winning streak on the 2025 Castle Lager Outgoing Tour when they outplayed Ireland by 24-13 (halftime 19-7) at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, in a performance that...

Ireland Player Ratings

2 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Ireland were out scrummed and out played when they hosted the Springboks at the Aviva. As dominant as the South African's were they never were allowed to pull away. Here are the Ireland player ratings.   Andrew...