ONE moment of magic from former Munster scrum-half Mike Prendergast was all it took for Young Munster to take the points in this AIL D1 Limerick derby at Dooradoyle last night.

GARRYOWEN gained vengeance for last year’s final defeat as they beat Bruff 19-9 in a keenly contested ODM Financial Munster Senior Cup decider at Thomond Park last night.

HOLDERS Bruff take on Garryowen in the final of the ODM Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park tonight, kick-off 7.30pm.

GARRYOWEN swept Shannon aside in convincing fashion under the Dooradoyle lights last night to climb off the bottom of Division 1A of the Ulster Bank All-Ireland League and in the process gave their ailing season a massive boost.

MUNSTER and Ireland hooker Jerry Flannery played the first half of last night’s All-Ireland League game for Shannon against Garryowen at Thomond Park, without any recurrence of the back and calf injuries that have bedevilled his career over the past two seasons.

GREIG OLIVER, the former Scotland scrum-half and now director of rugby at Garryowen, and his Cork Constitution counterpart Brian Walsh believe Munster have two more outstanding number nines ready to follow in the illustrious footsteps of Peter Stringer and Tomás O’Leary.

Garryowen 12 Shannon 10

IN A TIME of necessity, you do what has to be done to survive.

MANAGER Steve McClaren insists England can look forward to the future with confidence even though their Euro 2008 dreams may be extinguished in Tel Aviv next week.

England handed a full debut to Joleon Lescott for the crucial Euro 2008 qualifier against Russia in Moscow.

Garryowen got off to a flying start in the International Amateur Tournament in France by winning their opening game against Languedoc/Roussillon 20-6 in Limoux near Carcassonne.

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

England 0 Spain 1

Garryowen 18 Cork Constitution 13

STEVE McCLAREN’S massive England squad for this week’s friendly with Holland at the Amsterdam ArenA on Wednesday has been trimmed down to 22 following the withdrawal of half a dozen players yesterday.

STEVE McClaren has turned to Andrew Johnson to solve England’s striker shortage.

Leinster and Ulster were built on yesterday's performance by registering another win in the Boys & Youths Interprovincial Championship today.

Leinster and Ulster were savouring their victories in the Boys & Youths Interprovincial Championship today.

Michael Owen will captain the England B team to face Belarus in Reading on Thursday.

Garryowen 20 Shannon 21

Shannon 16 Garryowen 14

PETER CROUCH was called up for England’s World Cup qualifiers against Austria and Poland as Sven-Goran Eriksson looked for a temporary stand-in for Wayne Rooney but Emile Heskey and Andrew Johnson missed out.

Dinamo Bucharest 5 Everton 1

DAVID JAMES and Glen Johnson paid the price for England's "1,000 mistakes" in Copenhagen as they were dropped from the England squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Wales and Northern Ireland.

Alex Ferguson is sweating on the fitness of Gary Neville for tomorrow's FA Cup final clash with Arsenal.

Paul Scholes, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gary Neville are all minor doubts for Manchester United’s final Barclays Premiership game at Southampton on Sunday.

Goal-shy Manchester United expect to have Ruud van Nistelrooy available for tomorrow’s Old Trafford encounter with Chelsea.

Ruud van Nistelrooy returns to the Manchester United line-up against West Brom tomorrow after recovering from the ankle injury that has kept him out of the Red Devils’ last two games.

Three-try Belfast Harlequins won through to their first ever AIB League Division One final as Garryowen were dusted down 15-8 at Dooradoyle.

Striker Ruud van Nistelrooy will miss Manchester United’s trip to Charlton on Sunday after failing to recover from the ankle injury he suffered in training last week.

All the latest team news ahead of this weekend's AIB League Division One, Two and Three semi-final showdowns.

Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs has been ruled out of Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final with Newcastle at the Millennium Stadium.

Ryan Giggs and Darren Fletcher are Manchester United’s only major absentees for the visit to Norwich.

Ryan Giggs will remain on the sidelines for Manchester United’s Barclays Premiership clash with Fulham at Old Trafford tomorrow.

Gary Neville and Louis Saha have been ruled out of Manchester United’s Champions League clash with AC Milan.

Alex Ferguson has confirmed Ruud van Nistelrooy will start tomorrow’s Premiership encounter with Portsmouth at Old Trafford.

Alex Ferguson faces a major selection dilemma ahead of tomorrow’s Champions League last-16 clash against AC Milan at Old Trafford.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a major doubt for Sunday’s Manchester derby after picking up a calf injury on international duty with Portugal on Wednesday.

Alan Smith remains a doubt for Manchester United’s FA Cup fourth-round tie with Middlesbrough at Old Trafford tomorrow.

Alan Smith is poised for a Carling Cup recall for Manchester United tomorrow after recovering from the ankle injury he picked up in the first leg of the semi-final at Chelsea.

Rio Ferdinand will return to Manchester United’s starting line-up against Aston Villa tomorrow after recovering from a hamstring injury.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is recalling his big guns for the FA Cup replay at non-league Exeter tomorrow.