THE buzz and excitement once the sole preserve of Munster’s home games in the Heineken Cup is likely to be transferred to the RDS this afternoon (5.15) when Leinster take on Glasgow Warriors in a must-win encounter.

New Zealand superstar Jonah Lomu’s rugby comeback is underway, and the former All Blacks wing admitted: “It was almost a surreal experience.”

Glasgow 30 Connacht 15

Glasgow squandered 16 points worth of goal attempts to hand Leinster the clear-cut victory they craved to keep alive their quest to squeeze into the Heineken Cup quarter-finals at Hughenden.

STILL only October and yet one team’s Heineken Cup ambitions will already lie in tatters once Leinster and Glasgow Warriors are done with each other at Hughenden tomorrow.

Edinburgh Gunners 28 Glasgow Warriors 12

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden will assess the national captaincy on Sunday when he prepares for his first squad training session after his permanent appointment.

Glasgow Warriors 23 Cardiff Blues 28

SCOTTISH Rugby president Andy Irvine says it is a straight choice between Frank Hadden and Steve Bates for the national coach’s job.

Frank Hadden and Steve Bates are locked in battle for the lucrative Scotland coach’s job.

Leinster’s first outing at Donnybrook for six months ended in a nervy 26-21 Celtic League win as stand-in skipper Felipe Contepomi rescued his side with his right boot.

IT’S all becoming a bit of a habit for Munster and Castres, who have been drawn together in the pool stages of the Heineken Cup for the second year in a row and the fifth time in 11 years.

Leinster 33 Glasgow 24

INTERNATIONAL trio Malcolm O’Kelly, Shane Horgan and Denis Hickie will be sprung from the bench if things go wrong for Leinster against Glasgow in the Celtic Cup quarter-final at Lansdowne Road tonight (7.30).

Scotland captain Gordon Bulloch has been ruled out of Glasgow’s Celtic Cup quarter-final against Leinster at Lansdowne Road tomorrow.

The three head coaches of Scotland’s professional teams have confirmed their interest in replacing Matt Williams as national coach.

MUNSTER are serious about taming the Ospreys in the Celtic League at Musgrave Park tomorrow night even though they meet them again in the Heineken Cup in January.

Neath-Swansea Ospreys 24 Harlequins 7

Leinster 22 Glasgow 16

Cardiff Blues 15 Stade Francais 38

Toulouse 43 Glasgow 17

Connacht 31 Glasgow 15

Scotland international Alan Bulloch has quit the professional game to concentrate on selling shoes.

Borders 11 Glasgow 15

Glasgow 48 Gwent Dragons 20

Glasgow 27 Ulster 25

Gregor Townsend has told Scotland coach Matt Williams he is willing to pass on his experience and knowledge to those youngsters who have forced his early international retirement.

Cammy Mather is set to captain Glasgow in their Celtic Cup semi-final against Ulster at Hughenden on Friday night - less than a week after playing for Scotland in the World Cup quarter-final against Australia.

Glasgow 26 The Borders 25

MUNSTER coach Alan Gaffney has described the loss of Rob Henderson as “a hammer blow” in advance of upcoming Celtic League encounters.

Glasgow Warriors have appointed Hugh Campbell as their new head coach with Sean Lineen as his assistant.

Scotland must improve their individual technique if they are to compete against the best sides in the world, according to forwards coach Hugh Campbell.

Ireland’s Michael Hoey and Ian Campbell from Wales will contest the 106th Amateur Championship final after both came through their semi-final encounters at Prestwick yesterday.

This year’s Open championship is likely to be the acid test for the Royal and Ancient Club, golf’s ruling body outside America, on whether something has to be done to limit how far the game’s top professionals now hit the ball.

FRANCE are to drop Fabien Galthie for their Six Nations Championship match against Ireland on Saturday after the Colomiers player was sin-binned last weekend.