IRELAND hooker Rory Best will lead Ulster in Sunday’s Magners League clash with Leinster at the RDS.

Connacht coach Michael Bradley has recalled scrum-half Kieran Campbell and back five forward Micahel Swift ahead of their Magners League clash against Edinburgh in Murrayfield on Friday (kick off: 7.30pm).

Frank Hadden today insisted Phil Godman could handle the pressure of kicking goals for Scotland after gambling on leaving Chris Paterson out of the RBS 6 Nations opener against Wales.

EDINBURGH coach Andy Robinson has opted to rest captain Mike Blair for tonight’s Heineken Cup clash with Castres.

DANNY CIPRIANI put his England misery behind him as Wasps survived a sterling Edinburgh fightback in another Heineken Cup thriller at Murrayfield.

LEINSTER finally overcame their Edinburgh Heineken Cup bogey at Murrayfield on Saturday to secure victory and gain a priceless away bonus point.

Scotland coach Frank Hadden has dropped stand-off Dan Parks as one of four changes to his starting line-up for the second Test against Argentina.

Scotland coach Frank Hadden has named three new caps in the side to face Argentina on Saturday while Chris Paterson will equal Scott Murray’s record cap total.

Hooker Fergus Thomson will make his first start for Scotland in Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations wooden-spoon decider against Italy in Rome.

SCOTLAND have named a squad of 25 players from which the team to play Ireland in Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship match in Croke Park at 5pm will be chosen today.

Scotland have recalled Chris Paterson for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations clash with Wales in Cardiff.

Scotland coach Frank Hadden has confirmed back-row forward Jason White as captain for the forthcoming 2008 RBS 6 Nations Championships.

MUNSTER rugby chiefs have released 250 additional ten-year-tickets for their new ground in Limerick.

FRANK HADDEN may have sprung few surprises when naming his Scotland team for tomorrow’s World Cup eliminator against Italy — but he insisted it had not been such a straightforward selection.

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden has made four changes to his team for the World Cup Pool C clash against Romania at Murrayfield.

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden believes his World Cup squad is the “most competitive” he could have selected.

Scotland's 38-man World Cup training squad, announced this morning by head coach Frank Hadden, is:

EXPECT a rush by several of Leinster’s established senior clubs to acquire the services of Seapoint full-back Felix Jones after this performance.

Scotland have dropped Phil Godman and restored Dan Parks to their team for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship clash against Ireland at Murrayfield.

Nathan Hines returns to the Scotland team for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship clash with Italy.

FORMER Ireland lock Trevor Brennan will appear before an independent disciplinary committee today accused of lashing out at an Ulster fan during a Heineken Cup clash.

MARK JONES has recovered from ankle ligament damage and is named on the wing for Wales’ RBS 6 Nations clash with Scotland at Murrayfield.

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden has called the Edinburgh trio of Rob Dewey, Phil Godman and Scott Murray into his team to face Wales at Murrayfield in the RBS 6 Nations Championship on Saturday.

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ENGLAND head coach Andy Robinson has challenged his experimental squad for the two-match tour to Australia to stake their claims for regular places in the build-up to the 2007 World Cup in France.

SCOTLAND head coach Frank Hadden believes the current uncertainty over the three professional teams in Scotland can act as an incentive for players.

Scotland coach Frank Hadden has made three changes to his line-up as his team sign off from this season’s RBS Six Nations Championship against Italy in Rome.

Nathan Hines and Scott Murray return to the Scotland team for the Six Nations Championship clash with Ireland at Lansdowne Road on Saturday.

Scotland international Allister Hogg is aiming to cap a fine personal week with a Calcutta Cup win over England on Saturday.

Scotland coach Frank Hadden has made one change to the team who will face Wales in the RBS 6 Nations Championship at the Millennium Stadium on Sunday.

Scotland coach Frank Hadden has named two uncapped players in a 32-strong squad for training at Murrayfield next week as the Scots intensify their preparations for the forthcoming RBS 6 Nations Championship.

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden has handed Hugo Southwell the number 15 jersey for the Bank of Scotland Corporate Autumn Test against New Zealand on Saturday.

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden has restored Chris Cusiter to the starting 15 for the Bank of Scotland Corporate Autumn Test against Samoa on Sunday.

IN 1998 New Zealander Jason Holland had put all thoughts of playing representative rugby out of his mind.

Simon Taylor has been named in the Scotland team to face Italy in the RBS 6 Nations Championship at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Scotland coach Matt Williams has kept faith with the same 15 which narrowly lost in France for the RBS 6 Nations Championship clash with Ireland at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Scotland international Allister Hogg is facing an anxious wait on his fitness ahead of the RBS 6 Nations opener against France on February 5.

Scotland coach Matt Williams has reduced his squad ahead of Saturday’s Autumn Test against Australia to 23 players.

MARK McCall hopes that Ulster respond to the new Celtic League season with a victory over Edinburgh at Murrayfield today (2.30).

Hugo Southwell completed a remarkable rise to prominence today when he was named as Scotland’s starting full-back to take on Australia, the World Cup finalists, in Melbourne on Sunday.

Head coach Matt Williams today admitted Scotland face a “massive task” in Sunday’s first Test against Australia in Melbourne but backed his players to rise to the challenge.

Glasgow winger Sean Lamont will make his Scotland Test debut against Samoa in Wellington on Friday.

Scotland coach Matt Williams has named five uncapped players in the 22-man squad for Saturday's Staffware Tour challenge match against the Barbarians at Murrayfield.

EDINBURGH centre Tom Philip believes an ongoing groin injury was a greater danger to his Heineken Cup hopes than the recent citing with Scotland.