Connacht will bid to make it eight wins from eight against Dragons in the Pro12 at Rodney Parade this evening and bounce back from their Leinster nightmare (kick-off 7.15pm).

Defeat is painful and Munster have been hurting all week as they prepare to right the wrongs of last weekend’s home stumble to Cardiff Blues in their Guinness Pro12 trip to Newport Gwent Dragons today (5:15pm).

Zebre 7 Munster 31: Munster got the result and — for 40 minutes at least — the performance they wanted in Italy which sends them into next Saturday’s vital Champions Cup clash with Saracens.

Anthony Foley has warned Keith Earls will have a battle to reclaim his place in the Munster side after naming the Ireland international in the replacements for the Pro12 clash against bottom-of-the-table Zebre today.

Glasgow Warriors and Munster are in the same frame of mind going into today’s top of the table Guinness Pro 12 encounter at Scotstoun, kick-off 2.40.

GUINNESS PRO12:

GUINNESS PRO12:

Na Piarsaigh 1-18 Patrickswell 1-12

Tiger Woods is in danger of missing the cut at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, but Rory McIlroy’s hopes of winning back the world number one spot remain very much alive.

Kildare 1-12 Leitrim 0-6

JOHN MISKELLA has been recalled by Cork for tomorrow’s All-Ireland second round football qualifier against Cavan in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Leitrim manager Mickey Moran has made six changes in personnel to his team for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier against Kildare in Newbridge (throw-in 7pm).

Leaders Cork Constitution plan to utilise Munster's Jeremy Manning at out-half with David Lyons slipping back to full-back for the first-versue-second tussle with St Mary's College in Division 1A of the AIB League at Templeville Raod on Saturday.

Leaders Cork Constitution will have Munster's Jeremy Manning back at out-half at home to old rivals Shannon in Division 1A of the AIB Leagure at Temple Hill tomorrow.

The teams for this weekend's AIB League fixtures have been announced today.

Cork Constitution bring back Munster-capped tight-head Stephen Archer into their front row for the clash with Garryowen in Division One of the AIB League at Dooradoyle on Saturday.

Leinster wing Michael Keating comes back into the Clontarf side as they go toe-to-toe with Shannon in the AIL at Castle Avenue on Saturday.

Leaders St Mary's College will give a debut to scrum-half Cormac Quinn in a first versus second encounter with Blackrock College, who have been decimated by Magner's League and Ireland U19 commitments, at Templeville Road.

Blackrock College co-coaches Barry Gibney and Emmett Farrell bring in prop Sean Byrne to tight-head as their only change to the leaders' side to play Clontarf at Castle Avenue.

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).

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.

Teams for today's All-Ireland League ties.

ALL IRELAND LEAGUE.

DANNY CIPRIANI is one of six capped players named in the England Saxons side to face Ireland A at Donnybrook. The Wasps fly-half was sent down to the Saxons by Martin Johnson earlier this week in the hope of him rediscovering some of his form, away from the pressures of the 6 Nations.

Team news for this weekend's AIB League games

All-Ireland League team news

AIB League teams

These are the teams for the AIB Senior Cup:

The teams for this weekend's AIB League fixtures have been announced.

The team lineups for this weekend’s AIB League fixtures have been announced.

Team news for this weekend's AIB League games.

Team news ahead of this weekend's All-Ireland League clashes.

All the team details for the opening weekend of the 2007/8 AIB League.

Shane O'Rourke, the son of former Meath star Colm, is poised to make his first championship start for Meath in Saturday's All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier against Down at Páirc Esler (throw-in 7pm).

Team news is in for the full schedule of AIB All-Ireland League games this weekend.

The teams for this weekend's AIB League matches have been announced.

The teams for the upcoming AIB League fixtures have been announced.

A MASTER class in free-taking from Dave Bennett saw Lismore safely to victory in an exciting Waterford Senior Hurling Championship opener at Cappoquin on Saturday.

Latest team news fahead this weekend's crunch AIB League action.

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