Rockwell College have made it into the quarter-finals of the Munster Senior Cup with two first half tries enough to give them victory over a game Castletroy side.

Glenstal are into the quarter-finals of the Munster Schools Senior Cup after scraping past Rockwell College at the University of Limerick’s 4G pitch, writes John Keogh

Glenstal Abbey 18 Rockwell College 0: A powerful display by Glenstal up front and out wide sent Rockwell packing yesterday and put the Co Limerick school into the penultimate stage.

Tipperary 0-11 Limerick 3-8: They contested Electric Ireland Munster and All-Ireland minor football finals in 2015 but Tipperary will play no further part in this year’s campaign after being dumped out by Limerick in Thurles last evening.

A look ahead to tonight’s three games...

Kerry 3-12 Cork 1-5 Munster U16 Football

Munster Junior Cup: Crescent Comprehensive 22 Rockwell College 5

Sarsfields 1-14 Newcestown 2-08

Two Mile House (Kildare) 0-13 Emyvale (Monaghan) 2-06

Na Piarsaigh 0-20 Sarsfields 2-09

Emyvale (Monaghan)1-06 Killeeshil (Tyrone)0-06

Felix Jones, Tommy O’Donnell and Mike Sherry are in Munster’s squad for Saturday’s RaboDirect PRO12 away to Benetton Treviso.

MUNSTER coach Tony McGahan was able to breathe easily despite having to conduct a full-on training session at the University of Limerick with Paul O’Connell looking on from the sidelines.

DENIS LEAMY will have a troublesome hip injury assessed by a top London based specialist today.

MUNSTER head coach Tony McGahan has stressed the importance of both aggression and discipline ahead of Saturday’s Heineken Cup opener against Northampton Saints at Thomond Park.

The Munster squad assembled in Cork Institute of Technology today after Tony McGahan named an extended 29 strong squad for the opening Heineken Cup game against Northampton Saints in Thomond Park Stadium next Saturday (6pm).

DECLAN KIDNEY hasconsistently maintained Ireland haven’t become a bad team since that memorable day last March when they played England off the Aviva Stadium pitch in the last match of the Six Nations.

Brian O’Driscoll and Sean O’Brien will miss Ireland’s clash with England at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday through injury.

LAST week it was Julien Pierre and Romain Millo-Chluski. Today it is Pascal Pape and Lionel Nallet.

BORDEAUX may be famed for its wine and lush countryside, but not too many of the current Irish squad have as many happy memories as the rest of us.

BORDEAUX may be famed for its wine and lush countryside, but not too many of the current Irish squad have as many happy memories as the rest of us.

A TRY in the 77th minute by Scotland centre Joe Ansbro lit up the leaden Edinburgh sky to give his side a World Cup boost at Murrayfield on Saturday.

THOSE who like to champion young players will be pleased at the elevation of both Felix Jones and Conor Murray into the Irish squad to begin preparations later this month for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

A FINE try nine minutes from the end of a competitive All-Ireland U21 semi-final at Temple Hill last night was enough to see Lansdowne through to a meeting with either UCD or Clontarf later this month.

MUNSTER’S battered and bruised squad has received a tonic with the return of Jerry Flannery for tomorrow’s Magners League clash with Ulster at Thomond Park (7.30pm).

St Mary’s (Kerry) 3-20 Nenagh Éire Óg (Tipperary) 1-4

The versatile Johne Murphy will plug the hole left in Munster’s midfield by suspensions to Sam Tuitupou and Lifeimi Mafi for the sold out Heineken Cup clash with Toulon at Thomond Park Stadium tomorrow (3.30pm).

MUNSTER and Ireland hooker Jerry Flannery played the first half of last night’s All-Ireland League game for Shannon against Garryowen at Thomond Park, without any recurrence of the back and calf injuries that have bedevilled his career over the past two seasons.

Ireland 23 Barbarians 29

IRELAND were dealt a severe blow for the forthcoming tour of New Zealand and Australia yesterday when both Paul O’Connell and Rory Best were ruled out through injury.

All Black Doug Howlett and Ireland’s Keith Earls, Jerry Flannery, John Hayes and Mick O'Driscoll return for Munster against Leinster for the Magners League semi-final at the RDS on Saturday (8pm).

Doug Howlett, Keith Earls and Jerry Flannery have all been included in the Munster squad to play Leinster in the Magner’s League semi final in The RDS on Saturday.

Doug Howlett and Ian Dowling have been included in the team to face Biarritz in Sunday's Heineken Cup semi-final in San Sebastian.

ONE of Munster’s few consolations after their second successive Magners League defeat at their once impregnable Thomond Park fortress is that they rarely play well in the week prior to a crucial Heineken Cup game.

Munster coach Tony McGahan has selected his strongest possible side for Saturday's crucial Magners League clash with Ospreys at Thomond Park Stadium (6.30pm).

MUNSTER and Leinster have commenced their ticket sales for next month’s glamour Heineken Cup ties.

The news of the return of captain Paul O'Connell and Keith Earls to the Munster side has been overshadowed by the selection of Dolphin's James Coughlan to make his first Heineken Cup start against Northampton Saints in the quarter-final Thomond Park on Saturday.

Munster will be wtihout their captain Paul O’Connell and Keith Earls for the Magner’s League clash with Leinster at Thomond Park on Friday night,

DENIS HURLEY’S outstanding form has catapulted him into contention for the left wing position on the national team for the RBS 6 Nations Championship.