IT was the Italian hoodoo all over again as Connacht slumped to a 25-13 defeat away to Aironi on Saturday evening for their third Magners League defeat on Italian soil.

MUNSTER maintained their stranglehold on top spot in the Magners League with a scrappy victory at the Stadio Luigi Zaffanella yesterday but the win was tainted by the loss of Denis Hurley to a knee injury.

Emerging Springboks 13 British and Irish Lions 13

Cheetahs 24 British & Irish Lions 26

Cheetahs 14 British and Irish Lions 23