NEW ZEALAND might be far away in many senses for Darren Cave and Eoin O’Malley right now, but Ireland’s potential future centre partnership have more pressing issues back home.

Leinster head coach Joe Schmidt admitted that fatigue was a factor after his side fell to a 19-9 defeat to Munster in the Magners League grand final today.

Munster 19 Leinster 9

Munster 19 Leinster 9

Tickets for next Saturday’s Magners League Grand Final between Leinster and Munster at Thomond Park (kick off 5.05pm) will go on public sale at 2pm today.

Munster 18 Ospreys 11

Brian McLaughlin has made just one change to his starting line-up for Ulster’s Magners League play-off match against Leinster at the RDS tomorrow night (kick-off 7.05pm).

Newport-Gwent Dragons 13 Ulster 20

Leinster 38 Glasgow Warriors 3

JAMES COUGHLAN was last night named Player of the Year at the Munster Rugby Awards, in association with the Irish Examiner.

Munster 22 Connacht 6

Munster coach Tony McGahan has named Tomás O'Leary and Alan Quinlan in his side for tomorrow night’s Magners League match against Connacht at Thomond Park Stadium (kick-off: 7.05pm).

Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin has named his starting line-up to face Newport Gwent Dragons in their decisive Magners League clash on Friday night, kick-off 7.05pm.

Leinster coach Joe Schmidt has named his side for tomorrow night’s Magners League match against Glasgow Warriors at the RDS (kick-off 7.05pm).

Ospreys 20 Munster 22

Aironi 8 Leinster 20

Leinster 34 Ulster 26

Scarlets 6 Munster 13

Munster 24 Leinster 23

Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin has named an experienced team to face the Scarlets for tomorrow night’s vital Magners League game at Ravenhill (kick-off: 7.05pm).

Munster today named a 27-man squad for Munster's Saturday evening clash with Leinster in Thomond Park (kick-off 7.30pm).

Newport Gwent Dragons 16 Leinster 26

Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin has brought back his Irish internationals ahead of Friday’s Magners League match away to Glasgow (kick-of 8.05pm).

Connacht 11 Aironi 6

Munster 38 Dragons 17

Aironi 10 Munster 20

Munster coach Tony McGahan has named his side for Sunday’s Magners League match away to Aironi at the Stadio Zaffanella, kick-off 2.00pm.

Cardiff Blues 11 Leinster 3

Treviso 18 Ospreys 34

Munster 23 Edinburgh 13

Scarlets 16 Ulster 18

Connacht 37 Glasgow 8

Ireland international Rhys Ruddock leads Leinster for the first time against Aironi in tomorrow night's Magners League tie at the RDS (K.O. 7.05pm).

Munster 22 Glasgow 20

CONNACHT coach Eric Elwood stopped short of using the term gamesmanship to describe Munster’s last ditch decision to change their loose head prop in the dying minutes of the Magners League clash of the sides at the Sportsground last night — but he was less than happy with the call.

DAN BIGGAR supplied 26 points as Ospreys completely crushed regional rivals the Scarlets by 60-17 with seven tries to two in this rearranged Magners League clash at the Liberty Stadium.

Ospreys' Magners League derby clash with the Scarlets suffered a late postponement because of frozen pipes at the Liberty Stadium.

Leinster coach Joe Schmidt has named a strong side for tomorrow’s Magners League clash with Ulster at Ravenhill in Belfast (kick-off 4pm).

MUNSTER coach Tony McGahan has welcomed Paul O’Connell’s return to provincial action but stressed that the management “don’t want to push him too early.”

Connacht’s Magners League clash with Aironi has been called off due to an unplayable pitch.