THE Ireland Club team to play their Scottish counterparts in the AIB Club International (tomorrow, Donnybrook, 7pm) shows several changes from the side defeated by England Counties in February.

MUNSTER sides provide the backbone for the Ireland Club side to face England Counties at Stourbridge on Friday night (7.30pm)

EOGHAN GRACE provided the inspiration to propel Shannon into the semi-finals of the Munster Senior Cup after a hard-fought contest in Musgrave Park yesterday.

ROB KEARNEY makes a timely comeback from illness for Saturday’s Magners League clash against Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade (5.30pm), but will be under pressure to produce a top-class display to win his place in the Leinster Heineken Cup final team.

Paul O'Connell will lead Munster into the final game of the season in the Magners League clash with The Ospreys on Friday night in Thomond Park, after which they will receive the trophy that marks them out as champions.

REWARDING consistency has always been a Shannon thing, and it remains so under the coaching baton of Geoff Moylan in the build up to this afternoon’s AIB League final clash with Clontarf at Thomond Park (4pm).

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PAUL O’CONNELL will captain Munster’s final away game of the season against the Cardiff Blues, in the Arms Park this Sunday at 4.35pm.

CLONTARF’S flirtation with AIB League glory has been consigned to failure in recent years; five semi-finals and two final appearances being just the sum total of the club’s success.

Munster have made a string of changes to their team for tomorrow's Magners League clash with Connacht at Thomond Park.

Donncha O'Callaghan is the only frontline player omitted from the Munster squad for the Magners League clash with Connacht at Thomond Park on Saturday (kick off: 7.30pm).

MUNSTER and Leinster appear to have completely different priorities as they face into another round of Magners League action this weekend.

IN AS tough a game as either side have experienced all season, Cork Constitution held out for a victory at Temple Hill yesterday to enhance their position at the top of the AIB League.

MUNSTER tyro Ciaran O’Boyle is facing eight weeks on the sidelines with a torn hamstring.

THERE will be plenty of tears and celebrations in Bandon tonight, no matter what the outcome of a unique Munster Senior Schoolgirls Cup final at Garryduff this afternoon (2.30pm).

GORDON D’ARCY will again audition for a Six Nations starting berth this Friday when Leinster go to the Ospreys’ Liberty Stadium in search of a second successive Magners League win in Wales.

RUA TIPOKI looks certain to return to Magners League action when Munster take on Edinburgh at Musgrave Park on Saturday (7.30).

RUA TIPOKI has recovered from a knee injury to make an earlier than anticipated return for Munster in Saturday night’s sell-out Magners League game against Ulster at Thomond Park (Setanta Ireland, 7.30pm).

ON the day Nick Williams is set to be introduced from the bench for his first representative fixture with Munster, Stephen Keogh has been chosen to lead Leinster against his former side in today’s A clash at Donnybrook (2.30pm).

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Munster coach Declan Kidney has named a 27-strong squad to account for the doubts over Niall Ronan and Denis Fogarty ahead of Friday night's Magners League game against Newport-Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade.

MUNSTER coach Declan Kidney has named a 27-strong squad ahead of Friday night’s Magners League game against Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade, (6.10pm).

Munster coach Declan Kidney is likely to partner former New Zealand Maori captain Rua Tipoki with former Leinster centre Kieran Lewis across his midfield when they play Llanelli Scarlets at Musgrave Park on Saturday.

CONNACHT fly-half Paul Warwick is to join Munster at the end of the season. The 26-year-old will be Ronan O’Gara’s understudy next season after agreeing terms with Kidney’s men.

MUNSTER’s Development squad jetted out on a four-day camp to Biarritz last night keenly aware that the province’s unexpected Magners League crisis has propelled them into the spotlight.

Munster coach Declan Kidney will understand how Leinster's Michael Cheika feels ahead of the Magners League visit of Ulster to Musgrave Park on Friday.

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ANTHONY FOLEY, described by former Munster coach Alan Gaffney as one of the most astute brains in rugby, will lead Munster again this season.

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Ireland's schools side ended their seven-game tour down under on a losing note, as they succumbed to Australia 23-12 overnight in Canberra.

The Ireland Schools team to take on Austalia Schools tomorrow at Vikings RFC in Canberra has been named.

THE Irish U19's begin their preparations for the World Cup in South Africa against Wales at Musgrave Park tonight, (7.30pm).

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