Munster supporters watching Donnacha Ryan’s man of the match performance and Sean Cronin making a massive impact off the bench in Ireland’s victory over Scotland must have been wondering why the former is being closely linked with Leinster for next season and the latter is already one of the boys in blue.

HAVING consolidated his place at the top of the world rankings by finishing third in the WGC Cadillac event at the weekend, Rory McIlroy takes a three-week break before the Masters at Augusta on April 5.

As Rory McIlroy became golf’snumber one-ranked player,three-time major champion Pádraig Harrington slipped out of West Palm Beach almost unnoticed on his way back home to Ireland.

It’s not just Ireland but Munster who have been left reeling by last night’s shock news concerning Paul O’Connell and Conor Murray.

Anthony Foley back with Ireland, Niall O’Donovanagain part of the Munster set-up.

Rory McIlroy’s relentlessmission to become thenumber one golfer in the world continues this week at the Honda Classic at PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Rory McIlroy versus George Coetzee; Graeme McDowell facing YE Yang and Darren Clarke against Nick Watney.

RBS 6 Nations chiefs have lifted the lid on the evidence from the hearing into Stephen Ferris’s controversial yellow card against Wales.

JP McManus had a shot on his 14 handicap playing the famous 18th hole at Pebble Beach on Sunday.

The final whistle had hardly sounded at the Aviva when the usual suspects were at it.