When rugby went professional — officially, at least — in 1995, Shannon won the first of their four-in-a-row AIL titles.

DECLAN KIDNEY has rung the changes in the back-line.

SPORTS Minister John O’Donoghue yesterday locked the Government into the redevelopment programme for Lansdowne Road when he formally signed a legal agreement with the IRFU and the FAI to deliver the new €300m stadium by 2008.