England may be chasing immortality, but David Wallace believes Ireland will be the hungrier team when the pair meet on Saturday.

Ireland Club’s coach Paul Cunningham is expecting a stern test and plenty of top class rugby in tonight’s Ulster Bank sponsored Dalriada Cup clash with Scotland at Temple Hill, Cork (7.30pm).

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Cork County Board secretary Frank Murphy believes moving the All-Ireland Club senior finals from their current St Patrick’s Day slot would be a retrograde step. 

While there are those in Limerick who bemoan the fact the Treaty are again plying their wares in Division 1B of the Allianz Hurling League, that is not a sentiment shared by first-year manager TJ Ryan.

Dolphin 23 Young Munster 10

Clontarf 32 Shannon 17

Clontarf 35 UL Bohemian 10, Castle Avenue

Dolphin 21 Old Belvedere 15

After sitting out this year's Bord na Mona Walsh Cup, it has been confirmed that the Antrim hurlers will compete in the early season Leinster-based competition in 2013.

Dolphin 23 Lansdowne 30

Ireland’s Club XV retained the Dal Riada Cup, beating their Scottish counterparts 26-21 at Anglesea Road last night.

Ireland club xv 26 Scotland club xv 21

The Ireland Club team that will defend their Dal Riada trophy in the Ulster Bank Club International against the Scotland Club team at Anglesea Road on Friday, March 9 has been named.

ALL-IRELAND Club senior hurling champions Clarinbridge yesterday won the trip of a lifetime to Australia but their involvement in this year’s Galway championship may prevent theirleading stars from jetting off later this month.

The Ireland Club team to play England Counties in the Ulster Bank Club International at Anglesea Road on Friday evening has been named.

The Ulster Bank Club International team to play Scotland Clubs in Netherdale on Friday March 11 has been named.

Ballymena 15 Dungannon 25

Shannon 26 Clontarf 32

Dolphin 31 Blackrock College 13

THE Ireland Club team to play their Scottish counterparts in the AIB Club International (tomorrow, Donnybrook, 7pm) shows several changes from the side defeated by England Counties in February.

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

MUNSTER sides provide the backbone for the Ireland Club side to face England Counties at Stourbridge on Friday night (7.30pm)

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

JUST like their senior counterparts, ‘Grand Slam’ is not a term being used loosely around Allen Clarke’s Ireland U-20 camp.

Galwegians ensured their top-flight status for another year with a hard-fought 14-10 win over Dungannon at Crowley Park this afternoon.

A 49-man squad has been named to prepare for the first AIB Club International between Ireland and England Counties on Friday, February 23.

Dublin University 14 Shannon 15

Dublin University 25 Dungannon 12

STILL only the first week of January, and hurling clubs and counties the length and breadth of Ireland are girding themselves for another tilt at their own particular Holy Grail.

ALL-IRELAND Club champions Nemo Rangers may have taken three and a half hours of football and two replays to decide the issue, but the Cork kingpins finally delivered at Bishopstown on Saturday, proving too strong for St Finbarr’s, 1-10 to 0-09, in a lively Kelleher Shield quarter-final.

TIPPERARY senior football coach Tom McGlinchey is none too pleased at having to play Clare in the McGrath Cup final next Sunday.