The Ireland Women’s rugby squad to play England women in a historic first Autumn International match has been named.

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt will ring the changes for Sunday’s Autumn International with Georgia following his side’s bruising win over South Africa.

Paul O'Connell is relishing leading Ireland into this year's Six Nations Championship.

Damien Varley will take over Munster’s number two shirt for the foreseeable future after the province confirmed yesterday that Mike Sherry will miss the next six months due to a ruptured cruciate ligament in his left knee.

Jerry Flannery has returned to the Munster squad ahead of tomorrow’s Magners League meeting with Ulster in Thomond Park. (kick-off 7.30pm)

SOUTH AFRICA’S World Cup-winning coach Jake White has expressed surprise at Ireland’s poor display in Saturday’s opening Autumn International at the Aviva Stadium.

IRFU has tonight released a statement admitting mistakes in there ticketing strategy for the upcoming Autumn International series.

GORDON D’ARCY claims he has never experienced the intense environment that currently exists in the game of rugby in this country.

A PREVIEW copy of the RTÉ’s “Reaching for Glory: Inside Irish rugby 07” was passed amongst the press core in Santa Fe last week, but one player who probably wouldn’t have appreciated a viewing was Geordan Murphy.

MARCUS Horan is to miss Munster’s pre-Christmas Heineken Cup games against Cardiff.

WHILE the rest of the country is buttoning up against the onset of winter, a group of female players in Leinster are taking off their clothes.

NEWPORT Gwent Dragons have delayed naming their team to face Munster amid a catalogue of injuries ahead of the Heineken Cup clash.

The Ireland management team have made four additions to the Autumn International squad for next weekend’s game against Romania in Lansdowne Road.

Irish International Eric Miller broke a bone in his hand in Leinster's 42-14 defeat of Newport in the Celtic League at Donnybrook last night.