IRELAND half-back pair Sam Cronin and Barry Keeshan will be keen to return to some unfinished business when they face their Scottish counterparts in a Club International at Donnybrook tonight (7pm).

DAVE O’MAHONY has stepped down as Dolphin head coach, describing his time in charge of the AIB League Division One club as “a magnificent journey”.

CORK CONSTITUTION coach Brian Walsh insists Ballymena will be anything but cannon fodder as his side look to win a desperately tight race for a semi-final playoff place in the AIB All-Ireland League.

THE race to win a place in the AIB League Division One play-offs enters its final hurdle this weekend with seven teams still in the hunt for one of the top four places.

Dolphin 14 Garryowen 9

THE JOY and pride that swept through the O’Leary household in Glounthaune, Co Cork shortly after lunch time yesterday when they learned of the selection of Tomás on the Irish team to play the New Zealand All Blacks at Croke Park on Saturday next can be well imagined.

JASON HOLLAND is the new Munster backs coach after head coach Tony McGahan completed the make-up of his back room team yesterday, while the Australian also made several key appointments within the provincial coaching structure.

THE capture of former ACT Brumbies and Australia A head coach Laurie Fisher may be described as a huge coup for Munster, but it brought into sharp focus the dearth of indigenous coaching talent coming through the professional provincial system in Ireland — or those willing to forego a steady job for the insecure world of professional coaching.

THE AIB League Division One play-offs lie tantalisingly in sight for Dolphin, after this win built on discipline and character at Musgrave Park.

Presentation Brothers College added another major piece of silverware to their 2006/07 collection after capturing the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup title at rain-swept Dooradoyle yesterday.

CASTLETROY College enjoyed the biggest day in their seven-year history at Thomond Park yesterday when they defeated Presentation College Cork by 5-3 in the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup.

Club rugby dead? Not so, according to Hugh Farrelly who was amongst the healthy crowd at a lively AIB League derby on Saturday.