Here's your lunchtime bulletin.

It’s rare now I get an instant buzz from something that’s not on a pitch in front of me, but such was the sensation, even in a different hemisphere, when Joey Carbery confirmed his career direction yesterday.

Ulster and the Irish Rugby Football Union have said winger Craig Gilroy is now the subject of an internal review and will not be playing for his province this weekend.

Meanwhile, Finlay Bealham returns from a knee injury to make his 100th appearance for Connacht.

“You always feel pressure, and that noise has been out there for a while, but there’s a weird nature in us beasts in that you almost revel in criticism and stand up and fight against it.”

South African flanker Chris Cloete makes his debut in Munster's Pro 14 meeting with Bernard Jackman's Dragons tonight.