MUNSTER has scored an important victory for the future by securing Ian Nagle’s signature for a further two years.

THE Stoop will be virgin territory for the vast majority of Leinster’s players in Sunday’s Heineken Cup quarter-final, but not for Simon Keogh. Not by a long shot.

The Harlequins-Leinster Heineken Cup quarter-final is not yet a sell-out - there are a couple hundred tickets left to move - even though The Stoop has the smallest capacity of the four matches this weekend 12,638.

Harlequins have confirmed they will not be moving their Heineken Cup quarter-final tie with Leinster from The Stoop to Twickenham.

Harlequins’ continuing efforts to keep their top players for next season’s National Division One campaign have met with further success.

Connacht prop Peter Bracken will make the move to NEC Harlequins after four years with the province.

Connacht and former Ireland A prop Peter Bracken has signed a two-year deal with NEC Harlequins.

PERPIGNAN’S 22-year-old David Marty has been drafted into the French replacements for tomorrow’s Six Nations clash with Ireland at Lansdowne Road. He comes in for uncapped Toulouse back Benoit Baby, who will start at centre in place of the injured Ludovic Valbon.

ANTHONY FOLEY last night scorned suggestions that he and the other Irish internationals in the Munster team would suffer reaction to the three autumn tests, when they take on Castres at Stade Pierre Antoine tonight.

LEICESTER coach John Wells believes the Tigers could inflict a knockout blow on their fellow Heineken Cup heavyweights Biarritz today.

Harlequins ace Simon Keogh has signed a two-and-a-half year contract extension as reward for his good form at The Stoop this season.

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Connacht will have to travel to Harlequins for the first-leg of the Parker Pen Challenge Cup semi-final on the second weekend in April.

Gloucester boss Nigel Melville today put a brave face on prop Patrice Collazo’s shock departure to Toulouse after his unbeaten league leaders went four points clear of the Zurich Premiership pack.

Keith Wood has signed a new one-year contract with the Harlequins.