DERVAL O’ROURKE has withdrawn from Saturday’s Cork City Sports because of a groin injury picked up at the European Team Championships in Slovakia two weeks ago.

SCOTLAND prop Allan Jacobsen faces four months on the sidelines after tests showed he will require shoulder surgery.

Ireland are unchanged for Italy at the Stadio Flaminio as they sought to generate further momentum for their RBS 6 Nations title bid.

CARDIFF BLUES won a seven-try Heineken Cup thriller at the Millennium Stadium to take charge of their qualifying group.

IRELAND’S Olympians were not just the only ones delighted with their displays at The Mardyke on Saturday.

FEDERICO Puciariello has been able to pack down in all three front-row positions since he was a youngster back in his native Rosario in Argentina.

Marcus Horan says Munster will be ready for whichever Gloucester side lines out at Kingsholm, writes Diarmuid O’Flynn.

FRANCE captain Lionel Nallet preferred to dwell on his team’s victory over Italy rather than the prospect of registering a heavy win against Wales next weekend to retain the RBS 6 Nations Championship title.

JONNY WILKINSON clocked up 1,000 points for England as he guided the World Cup finalists through a hazardous Italian job and revived their RBS Six Nations campaign.

Gloucester 26 Ospreys 18

FULLBACK Federico Serra scored 19 points as Argentina beat Italy 24-6 in Mendoza on Saturday in their final home test before the World Cup.

Italy 23 Wales 20

ITALY captain Marco Bortolami has admitted he feared the Azzurri might throw away their chance to make history in the RBS 6 Nations Championship against Scotland.

A LOT has been made of Bernard Laporte’s insistence on experimentation for this year’s RBS 6 Nations Championship, but it will be interesting to see if France’s head coach sticks to his word following the comprehensive opening day rout of beleaguered Italy.

Gloucester 19 Leinster 13

EDINBURGH supremo Lynn Howells admitted his men had been outplayed by “a much better team” after a 31-14 home defeat by Gloucester.

Ireland 26 Italy 16

Eddie O’Sullivan hopes a war of attrition with Italy’s vaunted pack will be avoided at Lansdowne Road tomorrow – but insists Ireland will not buckle if they are drawn into a forward collision.

Federico Nieto has left Rangers after failing to win a permanent deal with the Scottish champions.

Tonight's Champions League teams.

Dundee Utd 0 Rangers 0

Rangers have signed striker Federico Nieto on loan until January with a view to a permanent deal.

Italy A 11-28 Ireland A

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