MUNSTER’S Christian Cullen is set to announce his retirement from all levels of rugby.

England fly-half Andy Goode endured a goalkicking nightmare as Guinness Premiership leaders Leicester suffered only their third defeat of the league campaign against Madejski Stadium hosts London Irish.

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ULSTER now have little chance of emerging from the group stages of the Heineken Cup after a totally lethargic display at the Madejski Stadium on Saturday left coaches and players alike lost for answers.

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Felipe Contepomi will be available for Leinster's pre-season friendly against London Irish at Donnybrook tomorrow evening.

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EVERY cloud has a silver lining but the old adage hardly looked appropriate on February 5th, 2000, after England had inflicted a humiliating 50-18 defeat on the Irish rugby team at Twickenham.

London Irish boss Brian Smith wants the Exiles to “steal a win” when they tackle Guinness Premiership rivals Newcastle at Kingston Park tomorrow night.

Former England star Mike Catt took the spotlight away from big-name Premiership newcomer Justin Marshall by creating the first three tries as London Irish opened their season with victory over Leeds in the second match of today’s Twickenham double-header.

London Irish have made five changes to the team that lost to Leeds Tykes last Sunday for their Zurich Premiership trip to play Leicester Tigers on Friday evening.

Leeds Tykes put their woeful Zurich Premiership form to one side with a deserved win over London Irish in the Powergen Cup semi-final.

Champions Wasps powered home three second-half tries to sink London Irish today in the Zurich Premiership.

London Irish has announced the following team for its Zurich Premiership away match against Leeds Tykes tomorrow, kick-off 8pm at Headingley Stadium, Leeds:

Neal Hatley returns at number one for London Irish in their Powergen Cup quarter-final against Saracens on Sunday at Vicarage Road.

London Irish can compound Northampton’s relegation fears at the Madejski Stadium on Monday – but Exiles coach Gary Gold has braced his team for a tough examination.

London Irish will hope they can overcome their injury problems when they face Pau in the European Challenge Cup second round at the Madejski Stadium on Sunday.

London Irish have made three changes for Sunday's away clash with London Wasps, following last weekend's defeat to Leicester Tigers.

London Irish have made three changes for Saturday's Zurich Premiership clash with Worcester Warriors at the Madejski stadium.

London Irish have made five changes to the starting line-up of the team that played in Auch last weekend for Sunday's return leg at the Madejski Stadium.

London Irish have made three changes for their opening European Challenge Cup clash with FC Auch on Saturday evening.

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London Irish ended an 11-month wait for a Zurich Premiership win at their Madejski Stadium home against Saracens.

London Irish have made four changes for Sunday’s home game against Saracens.

London Irish have made no changes to the team that played against NEC Harlequins for this weekend's game against Gloucester.

Former Ireland full-back Conor O’Shea is banking on Heineken Cup qualification for London Irish, in his second season as the club’s managing director.

England back Mike Catt will make his league debut for London Irish in Saturday’s Zurich Premiership clash against Harlequins at Twickenham.

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The London Irish team to take on Saracens on Saturday in the club’s final Zurich Premiership game of the season at home has been named.

London Irish have made two changes for Sunday’s trip to play Newcastle Falcons.

Kieron Dawson and Chris Sheasby return to the Exiles back row for Friday's Zurich Premiership showdown with Leeds Tykes at Headingley Stadium.

London Irish have made four changes for Saturday's Parker Pen opener against Montauban.

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Eddie O'Sullivan and the other members of the Irish rugby management will be in attendance as Connacht take on London Irish in a pre-season friendly to mark the official opening of the new Connacht Rugby headquarters at the sportsground this Tuesday evening (kick-off 6.30 pm).

The squad of 40 players to take part in an Ireland training camp in Athlone next week includes Keith Wood, who has not played Test rugby since playing against Russia in the World Cup qualifying match on September 21 last.

HIS inclusion in the Irish team to face Australia may have gone unnoticed by many, but John Kelly feels he is back where he belongs.

IRELAND captain Brian O’Driscoll has been ruled out of a Whites v Colours National trial match at Lansdowne Road on Friday (ko 6.30 pm) and also a pre-Summer Tour squad training camp in Dublin on May 11 to 14, because of a hamstring injury.

Flanker James Cockle has joined London Irish’s injury list and will miss the Zurich Premiership home game against Leeds on Sunday.

Ireland international Justin Bishop underwent surgery on his broken ankle in a London hospital on Wednesday night.

London Irish wing Justin Bishop has successfully undergone surgery on his broken ankle in a London hospital.

THE next six days promise to be the most demanding in the life of Ireland’s rugby coach Eddie O’Sullivan.

THE first drop goal of his international career and what an important one!

Ireland hero Ronan O’Gara today reflected on the split-second decision that could end Ireland's 55-year wait for the Grand Slam.