It’s the job of the Ireland U20s coach to push and prod the players of tomorrow further down the development line but Noel McNamara found himself talking about one from the past yesterday.

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Ashton and Catholic Institute will size each other up yet again in an overly familiar Munster Senior Cup semi-final clash at Rosbrien tomorrow (1pm).

Three consecutive defeats at the start of the Ulster Bank League campaign now seem a distant memory as Sundays Well have quickly found their feet in Division 2A.

Ireland rugby coach Joe Schmidt has brought in Ulster's Roger Wilson and Munster's Billy Holland to the Ireland squad ahead of Sunday’s Six Nations clash with England at the Aviva.

The Ireland coaching staff has named a 38 player squad for the first two rounds of the RBS 6 Nations Championship.

The Ireland coaching staff has today named an extended squad of 46 players for the upcoming RBS 6 Nations matches against Italy and France, as well as the Ireland Wolfhounds fixture against the England Saxons.

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Ireland coach Joe Schmidt has named a 37-man squad for the forthcoming Guinness Series against South Africa, Georgia and Australia.

Monkstown Golf Club will be a hive of activity this week as it plays host to the national finals of the Private Home Care inter-club women’s championships from tomorrowthrough to Saturday.

IRISH hotel operating group Choice Hotels have taken over management of the Blarney Golf Resort, which was snapped up this year by Northern Ireland-based investor Tommy O’Gorman for c€2.5m, after seeing a c€40 investment in its initial resort and hotel development.

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Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has named Munster's Simon Zebo in his 33-man Ireland squad.

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Mike Ruddock has given his blessing to the decision to call Robbie Henshaw and Stuart Olding into the senior tour to North America next month rather than make the pair available to his U20 side at the upcoming Junior World Cup.

Rory Best will captain a senior Ireland squad featuring six uncapped players for the summer tour of the USA and Canada.

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Munster number 8 James Coughlan has been chosen to skipper the Ireland Wolfhounds against England Saxons in tomorrow night’s clash at the Sportsground (7.35pm).

Ulster's Andrew Trimble and Tom Court will join Leinster players Luke Fitzgerald and Isaac Boss in a match-squad of 23 players for the Ireland Wolfhounds when they take on the England Saxons in Galway this Friday evening at 7.45pm.

Jamie Heaslip will captain Ireland for the RBS 6 Nations Championship after leading the side during the Guinness Series in November.

The traditional rivalry between Cork Constitution and Garryowen alone will push today’s Ulster Bank League clash at Temple Hill into the must-see category.

It has been a disappointing start to the season for Ulster Bank League champions St Mary’s College, and Dolphin are keen to heap on the misery at Musgrave Park today.

Ireland coach Declan Kidney has named four uncapped players for the 2012 Guinness Series games against South Africa, Fiji and Argentina.

New Bruff coach and former Munster centre Mike Lynch could hardly contain his admiration for a developing team, following a surprising but thoroughly deserved Ulster Bank League Division 1B victory over favourites Ballymena at Kilballyowen Park on Saturday.

Paul O’Connell, Stephen Ferris, Tom Court and Tommy Bowe have been named in a 33-strong Ireland squad today for a two-day training camp.

The Ireland Management has today announced the squad for the summer tour game against the Barbarians in Gloucester on May 29.

Ireland and Lions back row forward Stephen Ferris scooped the top accolade of Heineken Personality of the Year at the annual Heineken Ulster Rugby Awards Ceremony last night.

The Ulster Bank League title race is over for Young Munster as Dublin clubs Clontarf and St Mary’s College slug it out for the big prize.

Munster backrow Peter O’Mahony, who was initially selected as an ‘additional player’ to help in training ahead of the Six Nations, has today been included in the extended squad ahead Ireland’s the first game of the tournament.

There have been several enforced changes to the Ireland senior and the O2 Ireland Wolfhounds squads.

Luke Fitzgerald and Tomás O’Leary are two of the big names who must be content with a place in the Irish Wolfhounds having missed out on Declan Kidney’s first choice Six Nations squad.

Luke Fitzgerald, Tomás O'Leary and John Hayes have been left out of the 30-man squad named by Declan Kidney this lunchtime to travel to the World Cup in New Zealand.

The Ireland team to play Scotland in the first pre-World Cup warm-up game on Saturday has been named, with second row Leo Cullen named as captain for the first time.

The Ireland squad that will take part in the first preseason camp in preparation for the Rugby World Cup in September has been named today.

PAUL CUTLER reproduced the sort of form yesterday that has brought him so many honours over the past couple of years to sweep into the third round of the Amateur Championship at Hillside on the Lancashire coast.

WITH the likelihood of another passionate full house at Thomond Park on Saturday night, it promises to be another great Munster-Leinster occasion, even if there is every possibility that the two sides will meet again in the knockout stages of the Magners League.

Declan Kidney has no fresh injury concerns ahead of Ireland’s opening RBS 6 Nations Championship match with Italy next Saturday.

Ireland rugby coach Declan Kidney has left Munster's Jerry Flannery out of his squad to play in next month's international series, but has left the door open for his return from injury.

Rory Best and Paul O'Connell have both been ruled out of the Ireland summer tour to New Zealand and Australia due to injury.

An Ireland squad of 33 players was today announced for the 2010 summer tour to New Zealand and Australia, with Munster talisman Paul O'Connell included.

Cork Constitution will have to wait and see if their centre Scott Deasy is available to play – he is a replacement for Munster against Leinster – against UL-Bohemians at Annacotty tomorrow as they bid to return to the top of Division 1A of the AIB League.

Leaders Cork Constitution plan to utilise Munster's Jeremy Manning at out-half with David Lyons slipping back to full-back for the first-versue-second tussle with St Mary's College in Division 1A of the AIB League at Templeville Raod on Saturday.