MUNSTER flanker Alan Quinlan was found guilty of making contact with the eye area of Leinster skipper Leo Cullen during a Heineken Cup semi-final at Croke Park on May 1.

Biarritz 24 Gloucester 10

Gloucester 12 Cardiff Blues 16

Scotland hooker Scott Lawson has joined Gloucester from Sale Sharks.

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

Ospreys 32 Gloucester 15

Bath 10 Gloucester 5

Gloucester 19 Leinster 13

London Irish are ready to hit the high spot of their season tomorrow after what coach Gary Gold admits has been a “rollercoaster” ride.

Neath-Swansea Ospreys have made no fewer than five changes from their first day defeat to Stade Francais for the visit of Munster to The Gnoll on Sunday (3pm).

Harlequins 27 Montferrand 26

JOHN HAYES trained with Munster at Thomond Park yesterday and is a certain starter against Gloucester in the Heineken European Cup at Kingsholm on Saturday.

Gloucester director of rugby Nigel Melville will fly to France tomorrow in a bid to capture the signature of France’s 63-times capped hooker Raphael Ibanez.

French duo Olivier Azam and Ludovic Mercier are to leave Gloucester at the end of the season to return home, it was reported today.

Leicester were today considering whether or not to appeal against the English Rugby Football Union’s ruling that the result of their controversial Powergen Cup semi-final defeat against Gloucester stands.

Northampton were today waiting to discover whether Gloucester will be confirmed as their opponents in the Powergen Cup final at Twickenham on April 5.

Ronan O’Gara today took stock of Munster’s devastating Heineken Cup demolition job on English top dogs Gloucester and admitted: “You couldn’t have written a better script.”

French coach Bernard Laporte has responded to England’s decision to pick Martin Johnson by selecting yellow card offenders Olivier Brouzet and Remy Martin for the Stade Francais clash.

English rugby's disciplinary chiefs are set to assemble a team to launch a full inquiry into racism allegations that have rocked the game.

Olivier Azam and Epi Taione have paid the price for their violent clash at Kingsholm last month.

Rob Andrew has called for British rugby union chiefs to tackle racism.

London Irish have asked for ‘‘a number of incidents’’ to be reviewed by the match commissioner following yesterday’s Zurich Premiership defeat against Northampton.

France coach Bernard Laporte today named an unchanged squad of 22 for the Six Nations match against Ireland in Dublin on February 17.

Stade Francais hooker Fabrice Landreau has ruled out of the France team to face Scotland in their Six Nations opener on Sunday.