IRISH rugby star Ronan O’Gara is to be accorded a civic reception in Cork within weeks to mark his 100th Irish cap.

Dolphin’s Sam Cronin will captain the Ireland Club against the Scotland Club side in the AIB Club International in Donnybrook on Friday evening.

Coach David O'Mahony has selected players from 12 different clubs for the Ireland Club international against England Counties in Stourbridge on Friday night.

RUGBY legend Jack Kyle believes there is more to come from Brian O’Driscoll’s Ireland and hasn’t ruled out the possibility of the side capturing a rare back-to-back Six Nations Grand Slam title.

GRAND slam-winning Ireland rugby coach Declan Kidney is about to line out for an honorary doctorate.

IRELAND’S Second and Third Division rugby clubs look set for confrontation with their first division rivals.

THE good news for Munster rugby continues, with the Higher Education and Training Awards Council announcing yesterday that it has validated the Diploma in Professional Rugby run by Munster Rugby.

A HIT-AND-RUN driver involved in a crash resulting in the death of a senior official of a Cork rugby club has walked free from a Canadian court.

ANTHONY FOLEY, described by former Munster coach Alan Gaffney as one of the most astute brains in rugby, will lead Munster again this season.

The Munster Rugby Academy will be launched at Dolphin RFC next Saturday.

MICK O’CONNELL got a massive boost in his bid to come to grips with the serious injury sustained while playing rugby when thousands turned out for a charity walk/fun run yesterday.

DOLPHIN have withdrawn from merger discussions with their Musgrave Park neighbours Sunday’s Well which could have seen the emergence of a new Cork senior rugby club.

RONAN O'GARA is still limping but he has a good chance of making Ireland's starting line-up for the Six Nations Championship opener with Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday.