SCARLETS 36 - CONNACHT 27: No surprise result against the Scarlets, no reversal of fortunes for Connacht yet, but they came ever so close, producing their best attacking performance this season.

Wallaby fly-half Christian Lealiifano played the most important role since his comeback from a bone marrow transplant after he contacted Leukaemia just over 12 months ago when he helped Ulster to a dramatic victory over defending champions Scarlets.

Irish men are queueing up to meet South African singleton Marleze Kruger, who has sold all her businesses and properties in her home country and travelled 13,000km to the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival in search of an Irish husband.

I can’t keep up with it, says Colm O’Regan. 

THE second novel in Norwegian author Samuel Bjork’s Munch and Kruger series exemplifies everything that is great about the genre of Scandinavian fiction.

The spec is as good as the setting at this imposing, modern family home above Kinsale, says Tommy Barker.

Munster 21 Scarlets 30: For 40 minutes at Thomond Park last night, Munster played some of their finest rugby of the season and deservedly opened up a 15 point lead over Welsh visitors Scarlets in a truly remarkable Guinness Pro 12 encounter.

A controversial penalty try helped Scarlets to a narrow 16-13 Guinness PRO12 victory over Ulster at a rain-drenched Parc y Scarlets.

Scarlets 17 Connacht 8: After a third successive loss, Connacht are in choppy waters, and Edinburgh’s impending visit to the Sportsground has taken on a must-win feeling.

Racing 29 Toulon 21: An incredible 14-man defensive stand added to some ice-cool kicking allowed Racing 92 and former Ireland icon Ronan O’Gara to secure their first Top 14 title in 26 years.

South Africa 64 USA 0: Heyneke Meyer paid tribute to Bryan Habana after the wing equalled the Rugby World Cup try-scoring record as his South Africa side confirmed their quarter-final spot with a comprehensive 10-try victory over USA.

On the 75th anniversary of the internment of German airmen in Ireland, Ryle Dwyer looks back at one of the strangest, most welcoming prison camps of the Second World War

Tournament host Ernie Els set about making amends for a winless 2014 at the earliest possible opportunity with an excellent start to his bid for a sixth South African Open title yesterday.

Q. My husband goes to sleep straight after sex while I’d rather have a cuddle. I know it’s a cliché, but is there a biological reason why it happens?

Disney is planning to release a live action 'Dumbo' movie.

Imports like Mils Muliaina and Bundee Aki can leave a lasting legacy at a club. It’s not just what you learn on the Saturday, it’s as much about what you’re picking up from Monday to Friday.

Harlequins 17 Racing Metro 3

BLASKET ISLAND VISITOR CENTRE WALK

Accordingly to a recent report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the gap between rich and poor in industrialised nations is accelerating.

Diane Kruger believes sleep is the key to looking your best.

Justin Rose piled on the agony for Darren Clarke with a 6&4 drubbing at the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Spain today.

Tom Lewis beat Australian John Senden on his Volvo World Match Play debut in Spain today - and as a result put himself and defending champion Ian Poulter into the last 16.

'Twilight' actress Kristen Stewart has been crowned the world’s best-dressed woman, beating the Duchess of Cambridge and Victoria Beckham.

South African players continued to dominate the Malaysian Open before play was suspended due to bad weather.

South African Jbe Kruger carded a six-under-par 66 at the Avantha Masters today to put himself in position for a maiden European Tour title.

NORTHAMPTON coach Jim Mallinder has questioned the consistency of refereeing in the Heineken Cup after his side suffered a crushing defeat at sunny Stade Pierre Antoine.

SOUTH AFRICAN Jbe Kruger took advantage of a collapse by compatriot George Coetzee to race clear in the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek.

South African Jbe Kruger took advantage of a collapse by compatriot George Coetzee to race clear in the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek today.

Pablo Martin’s hopes of an Alfred Dunhill Championship hat-trick lay in ruins in South Africa tonight.

In a month or so where dropped passes will be called disasters, missed kicks labelled catastrophes and defeats likened to tragedies, the stories of Joost Van der Westhuizen and former Springbok team-mates puts things in perspective, explains Ciaran Cronin.

MATT GITEAU’S chances of playing in a third Rugby World Cup have suffered a major blow after he was left out of Australia’s squad for Saturday’s Tri Nations opener against South Africa in Sydney.

Diane Kruger thinks that Irish actor Liam Neeson is “almost mythical”.

Even though the plot is so convoluted you cannot really take the film seriously there is still a lot to enjoy in this Bourne-like thriller - it’s daft but it still delivers enough twists to satisfy.

Diane Kruger’s latest film role forced her to re-evaluate her life.

A SOUTH AFRICAN outdoors expert is feared dead after a crocodile snatched him from his kayak while he led an American expedition from the source of the White Nile into the heart of Congo.

Diane Kruger is planning to have babies with Joshua Jackson.

Diane Kruger thinks it is "important" to look good for her boyfriend at all times.

Diane Kruger has become the new face of Calvin Klein.

IF ONLY we could have rugby like this every weekend.

Diane Kruger won’t marry again until she is 50.

The ‘Inglourious Basterds’ star Diane Kruger has confessed she has come close to being arrested more than once because she gets so argumentative around people in power.