Leinster strung together four second-half tries as they handed Edinburgh a 40-14 defeat at the RDS Main Arena that ended the Scots’ winning start to the Guinness PRO14 season.

Leinster maintained their 100% start to the Guinness PRO14 season in a game of two halves at a blustery RDS.

Leo Cullen has braced his players for an altogether more challenging Friday night at the RDS tonight (kick-off 7.35pm), a week on from their eight-try hammering of Ospreys.

The full-back's contract expires in November after the Rugby World Cup.

It was the deadest of dead rubbers, but the joy Ulster took from beating Leinster on Saturday suggested it meant something beyond a meaningless four PRO14 points to those at Kingspan Stadium.

The promotional posters for this game pitted Iain Henderson and Jacob Stockdale against Jamison Gibson-Park and Adam Byrne.

Both Leinster and Ulster have named their teams ahead of their clash tomorrow at the Kingspan stadium.

Leo Cullen has named his team for Leinster's PRO14 clash with Benetton at the RDS Arena tomorrow night.

Ultan Dillane, Caolin Blade, Jack Carty and Tom Farrell will line-out for Connacht after their Ireland call-ups.

Simon Lewis Dragons coach Bernard Jackman is under no illusions about the size of the task his side face when they welcome Guinness PRO14 champions Leinster to Rodney Parade this evening.

Something just doesn’t sit right about rugby in August.

School students have made an impassioned plea to Housing Minister Simon Coveney to end homelessness. They presented him with a petition with 10,000 signatures.

Brett Connon is used to the sound of Callum Chick’s voice. Clubmates at Newcastle Falcons, the pair are housemates as well.

January 2015. Nigel Carolan is sitting in the Bective Rangers clubhouse at Donnybrook Stadium explaining his coaching philosophy before the upcoming Six Nations campaign that will be his first in charge and it is a recipe few supporters would refuse.

The removal of a public toilet in Killarney has resulted in people urinating on church grounds, bus loads of tourists overwhelming the facilities of a small hotel, and businesses being advised by gardaí to man their doors with security staff against a public desperate for toilet facilities, a meeting has been told.

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Cistercian College, Roscrea 8 Newbridge College 8: Drama aplenty in Donnybrook yesterday in the Leinster Schools’ Cup semi-final , but no decision.

Kerry legend Seamus Moynihan believes the attempts of an individual to spy on the county’s training proves the importance of closed door sessions.

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A four-minute sulky race that resulted in over a year of YouTube notoriety was back in court yesterday where five of those involved had their five-month jail terms reduced by two months and their six-year driving bans cut by a year.

Every self-respecting GAA fanatic should meet Weeshie Fogarty at least once in their lifetime.

Five men are each facing five months in jail and six-year driving bans after being convicted of dangerous driving during a sulky race on the main Cork to Limerick road.

He was a mortal after all.

Five of the six men charged in connection with a sulky race on the main Cork to Limerick road which became a YouTube sensation have indicated they were pleading not guilty to all charges against them.

Five men have been charged in connection with a sulky race on the main Cork to Limerick road earlier this year which became a YouTube hit.

LOCAL people and tourists will enjoy a feast of traditional Irish music at the annual Co Kerry Fleadh Cheoil, which gets underway in Killarney today.

JAMES STEPHENS bid to end a 23-year wait for a Kilkenny SHC title against Young Irelands in tomorrow’s county final at Nowlan Park (3pm).

A SECOND generation Irishman was wrongly convicted of murder and was then charged €54,800 by the British Government for his bed and board while in prison.