Leinster rugby fans pledged to drink London dry tonight after their team clinched the Heineken Cup at Twickenham.

Luke Fitzgerald will undergo surgery in the coming weeks to address an ongoing neck problem and will not be available for the remainder of the season.

Ulster Rugby today announced that flyhalf Ian Humphreys will leave the club at the end of this season to take up a three year contract with London Irish.

Leinster centre Brian O’Driscoll revealed some “inspirational” words from man-of-the-match Jonathan Sexton helped men in blue turn the Heineken Cup final on its head as they beat Northampton 33-22 in Cardiff.

Northampton coach Jim Mallinder has today named his side for tomorrow’s Heineken Cup final clash with Leinster at the Millennium Stadium (kick-off 5pm).

Leinster coach Joe Schmidt has today named Brian O’Driscoll in his starting line-up for tomorrow’s Heineken Cup final against Northampton at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff (kick-off 5pm).

Northampton captain Dylan Hartley is braced for a punishing afternoon at the coalface when Saints bid for Heineken Cup glory against Leinster tomorrow.

Leinster captain Leo Cullen claimed it was good to put past disappointments behind them after beating Leicester 19-16 to win the Heineken Cup at Murrayfield.

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A barely-converted Jonathan Sexton penalty proved the difference as Leinster won this afternoon’s Heineken Cup final 19-16 at Murrayfield.

Despite taking the lions' share of possession and territory in the first half of today's Heineken Cup final, Leinster are losing 13-9 to Leicester at half time.

Leicester Tigers coach Richard Cockerill recalls Alesana Tuilagi and Martin Castrogiovanni to the team for Saturday's Heineken Cup Final against Leinster at Murrayfield.

Leinster coach Michael Cheika is determined to keep his players' feet on the ground in the build-up to Saturday's Heineken Cup final.

Captain Leo Cullen, Rocky Elsom and Brian O’Driscoll return to the Leinster Squad to prepare for the Heineken Cup final against Leicester Tigers on Saturday.

A 20-year-old Munster fan has been left fighting for his life after an attack in Bristol during the weekend.

Declan Kidney hailed Munster's "special" victory today after they brought down the curtain on his reign with a 16-13 Millennium Stadium victory over Toulouse.

President Mary McAleese tonight led tributes to Munster as they were crowned champions of Europe.

Alan Quinlan admitted he was proud to be part of the Munster side which won the Heineken Cup for the second time in the club's history.

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Munster are leading the Heineken Cup final against Toulouse 10-6 at half-time.

Munster returned to the Millennium Stadium targeting a repeat of their greatest European day and a second Heineken Cup title in three seasons.

Great teams win the cup twice - that's the main motivating factor for Munster this weekend as they go in search of the European cup that proved so elusive prior to their 2006 success.

Munster's rugby players are getting set to mount a superhuman effort to land the European Cup tomorrow.

It is Munster's biggest game in two years and the team officially ranked the best in Europe are

The President has led the tributes to Munster's Heineken Cup victory.

Munster skipper Anthony Foley declared his side worthy winners of the 2006 Heineken Cup and predicted today’s triumph over Biarritz is only the prelude to a dynasty of European glory.

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Munster have one the Heineken Cup by four points with an heroic performance in Cardiff.

Yachvili has cut Munster's lead back to four points with two well-taken penalties, making it four kicks from four, 11 minutes into the second half.

A Ronan O'Gara penalty has extended Munsters lead to 10 points within three minutes of the restart.

Peter Stringer has snatched a brilliant try from under the noses of Munster's Biarritz rivals in today's Heineken Cup final.

Cardiff's Millennium Stadium has erupted in a sea of red as Munster's Trevor Halstead went over for a hard-fought try.

A Ronan O'Gara kick has put Munster on the scoreboard against Biarritz in today's Heineken Cup final.

Biarritz have gone seven points up within minutes of the throw-in in today's Heineken Cup final against Munster.

Irish bookies will have to brace themselves for a €1.5m payout later today if Munster lift the Heineken Cup.

Europe's biggest TV screen is being erected in Limerick city centre today ahead of the Heineken Cup final.