Ireland internationals Alan Quinlan and Malcolm O’Kelly will face their countrymen as part of the Barbarians line-up for Friday’s non-cap international at Thomond Park in Limerick.

Coach Steve Meehan has gone for his strongest side at home to Ulster in the final round Heineken Cup Pool on Saturday.

Coach Steve Meehan and captain Michael Claassens will plot the way forward for Bath against Ulster in the Heineken Cup at Ravenhill tomorrow night.

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BATH boss Steve Meehan has thrown down the gauntlet to French giants Toulouse ahead of tomorrow’s s Heineken Cup showdown, declaring: “They should be very concerned.”

Paul McCloskey is the new British light-welterweight champion after beating Colin Lynes in Essex, England last night.

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THE Rugby Football Union has written to Premier Rugby and the chairmen of all 12 Guinness Premiership clubs highlighting the stark legal implications of their proposed Heineken Cup boycott.

England’s growing injury problems could be eased if players were centrally managed, according to Bath prop David Barnes.

Players’ union chief David Barnes warned England could miss out on top candidates for the vacant head coach’s job unless a solution is found to the ongoing club-versus-country row.

Bath prop David Barnes has been appointed tour captain of the newly-named England Saxons in this season’s Barclays Churchill Cup competition.

Leicester coach Pat Howard has stressed the need for his Tigers side to preserve their place in the Guinness Premiership’s top four as defeat against London Irish tomorrow could suck them to mid-table.

THOMOND PARK’S future as the home venue for Munster’s Heineken European Cup matches isn’t a whole lot clearer after yesterday’s statement by the Munster Branch Development Committee.

Bath’s Heineken Cup preparations have been dealt a double blow after centre Andrew Higgins and prop David Barnes were banned by disciplinary chiefs.

London Irish are ready to hit the high spot of their season tomorrow after what coach Gary Gold admits has been a “rollercoaster” ride.

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BATH have been left to pick through the pieces of a botched Italian job which has effectively left their Heineken Cup hopes in tatters.

Bath tonight began picking through the pieces of a botched Italian job which has effectively left their Heineken Cup hopes in tatters.

Hugh Vyvyan will captain England in next Sunday’s non-cap clash against the Barbarians at Twickenham.

Bath have received a triple fitness boost ahead of Saturday’s Zurich Premiership final against Wasps at Twickenham.

A man was arrested today by detectives investigating the murder of man in Belfast city centre three years ago.

BATH captain Danny Grewcock has dismissed his team’s 14-point advantage over Parker Pen Challenge Cup rivals Montferrrand as irrelevant.

Eamonn Magee believes that claiming the WBU welterweight title on Saturday night will put him back in the frame for a rematch with Ricky Hatton.

Police investigating the murder of a man who was shot as he lay in bed with his girlfriend charged another man tonight.

A 16-year-old youth today became the fourth person to be charged in connection with the murder of a man who was shot as he slept beside his girlfriend.

Two men have been charged in connection with the murder of a man shot dead as he slept beside his girlfriend in a north Belfast flat.