ANOTHER Irish rugby player has been forced to retire because of injury.

CONNACHT coach Eric Elwood reckons some of the emerging talent in the province will get a glorious chance to prove themselves when Samoa come to Galway next Tuesday.

Connacht coach Eric Elwood has named his side to play Samoa at the Sportsground in Galway on Tuesday night (kick off 7.05pm).

DIVISION 1B: Clontarf 25 Buccaneers 15

IRELAND trio John Fogarty, Jamie Heaslip and Shane Horgan were named in the Leinster squad to face the Glasgow Warriors in tomorrow night’s Magners League opener at Firhill Stadium (7.05pm).

Johnny O'Connor will lead Connacht out against Harlequins in their first pre-season match on Friday at the Sportsground in Galway.

CONNACHT’S growing determination to keep their Heineken Cup hopes alive was epitomised by a huge hunger against title hopefuls Leinster in the Galway Sportsground last evening.

Connacht 27 Leinster 13

CONNACHT’S injury-ravaged side won’t lack for incentive in this evening’s re-fixed Magners League game at the Galway Sportsground.

MUNSTER’S shadow side came good in a superb Magners League contest against luckless Connacht at the Sportsground last night, extracting an 18-12 victory that now places massive emphasis on next Saturday’s clash with the Ospreys at Thomond Park.

Connacht coach Michael Bradley means business as he makes just one change to play Munster in the Magners League at the Sportsground on Sunday (5.05pm).

Connacht captain John Muldoon returns from injury to lead his side out to play Bourgoin in the quarter-finals of the Amlin Challenge Cup at The Sportsground on Saturday.

Connacht coach Michael Bradley will have to wait on the fitness of John Muldoon, Robbie Morris, Niva Ta’auso and Ronan Loughney for this Friday’s Magners League clash with Edinburgh.

Coach Michael Bradley has left Ireland hooker Sean Cronin on the bench from the Connacht team to play Leinster at the RDS on Saturday (4.30pm).

Connacht 16 Newport Gwent Dragons 3

Ireland contenders Gavin Duffy and Sean Cronin will play for Connacht against The Ospreys in the Magner's League on Sunday at the Liberty Stadium (5pm).

Ronan Loughney, Johnny O’Connor and George Naoupu come into the Connacht side to play Olympus Madrid in the final pool game in the Amlin Challenge Cup in Spain on Saturday.

Connacht coach Michael Bradley has named his strongest side to tackle Montpellier in a shootout for a quarter-final place in the Amlin Challenge Cup at the Sportsground on Friday evening (7pm).

Full-back Gavin Duffy will take the privilege of captaining Connacht against Munster at Thomond Park on St Stephen’s Day.

CONNACHT have gone from underdogs to favourites in just six days to record back-to-back wins over Worcester in tonight's Amlin Challenge Cup fixture at the Galway Sportsground (7pm).

Coach Michael Bradley has gone for the same 15 that inflicted the 26-21 defeat on Worcester for the return match at The Sportsground in the Challenge Cup on Friday night.

Scrum-half Kieran Campbell and hooker Adrian Flavin have been brought back into the the Connacht squad to play Worcester at the Sportsground tomorrow evening (7pm) in the Amlin Challenge Cup.

CONNACHT coach Michael Bradley has resisted the temptation to bring fit-again players back into action and is sticking with most of the squad which defeated Worcester last weekend.

Hooker Sean Cronin and out-half Ian Keatley have been brought into the Connacht team to play Glasgow in the Magners League tomorrow evening (7.30pm).

PAURIC Mahony scored 2-8 as former champions De La Salle maintained their perfect record in this season’s Dr Harty Cup.

Connacht coach Michael Bradley has made five changes to his side to play Montpellier in the Amlin Challenge Cup tomorrow evening in France.

CONNACHT will be expected to open their 14th European campaign this evening with a victory over unknown visitors Olympus Rugby XV Madrid to the Sportsground

Clifden's Tiernan O’Halloran, 18, will make his competitive debut for Connacht against Olympus Rugby Madrid in the Challenge Cup tomorrow at the Sportsground.

Dragons 23 Connacht 10

Centre Niva Ta’auso returns to the Connacht squad after being out since the opening day of the season ahead of the Magners League game against Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade on Saturday.

Connacht have made two changes for their Magners League game against Cardiff Blues at the Sportsground tomorrow (kick-off 7pm).

There should be a fresh look to Connacht as five of their new signings are included in the squad to play The Ospreys in the opening game of the Magners league at the Sportsground on Friday (kick-off 7pm).

CORK football continued on the rise at Pairc Ui Chaoimh last where the junior team picked up their third Munster title in five years with a convincing victory over Clare in the provincial final.

Connacht 39 Newport Gwent Dragons 17

Connacht coach Michael Bradley has announced a 22-man squad for their Magners League clash with Edinburgh in Murrayfield on Friday (kick off: 7.30pm).

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Buccaneers 17 Ballymena 21

Connacht have announced a 25-man squad ahead of their European Challenge Cup second-round clash against London Irish at the Sportsground on Friday (7pm).

RUGBY legend David Humphreys is battling to be fit for his final game with Ulster at Ravenhill tomorrow night.

Connacht 5 Munster 16

Connacht 10 Leinster 16

INJURIES and international duties will deprive Leinster of seven front-line players at the Sportsground this evening but Michael Cheika has still been able to name a hugely experienced first 15 for the Magners League tie against Connacht (kick-off 7.30).

Connacht 20 Llanelli 18

CONNACHT kept their European hopes alive with a last-gasp victory over the Newcastle Falcons at the Galway Sportsground last night.