Paul Boyle missed the cut for Connacht last week, but he wants to take that frustration out on Gloucester as the province seek to rescue their Champions Cup hopes on Saturday.

There are three changes to the team that defeated Ospreys.

A nerveless Conor Fitzgerald penalty 13 minutes from time clinched European victory for Connacht as Andy Friend’s side battled bravely to launch their Champions Cup campaign with an impressive Sportsground win.

Ultan Dillane and Kieran Marmion remain as replacement options.

Connacht are back in the Heineken Champions Cup for the first time in three years after man-of-the-match Jack Carty inspired their 29-22 Guinness PRO14 bonus point win over Cardiff Blues at the Sportsground.

Connacht coach Andy Friend has made two changes for tomorrow's crucial Guinness Pro14 clash with Cardiff at the Sportsground.

Bundee Aki has returned to the Connacht starting team for their European Challenge Cup quarter-final against Sale Sharks tomorrow night.

Ultan Dillane, Caolin Blade, Jack Carty and Tom Farrell will line-out for Connacht after their Ireland call-ups.

Connacht have only managed to do the double over an Irish province on one occasion, but victory at the Sportsground this evening (7.35pm) against Ulster would help soften the blow of not putting Leinster away last weekend.

Andrew Porter's last-gasp try topped off a fantastic late fight-back as Leinster overcame Connacht 33-29 in an enthralling nine-try PRO14 derby at the RDS.

Connacht won only their second away match of the season with a 31-14 PRO14 victory over Southern Kings.

Captain Peter O'Mahony is one of a host of stars named in the Munster team to play the Ospreys in the Pro14 tomorrow.

The 21-year-old back-rower scored twice on only his second Guinness PRO14 start for Connacht.

Connacht’s decline after winning the PRO 12 title in 2016 started immediately in the first game of the defence of the crown when they fell to a record 41-5 loss to Glasgow Warriors at the Sportsground.

The morale-boosting result for Peter Malone's injury-ravaged squad will see them compete for ninth place in Sunday's final round.

Italy 22 Ireland 21: Munster’s Calvin Nash ran in a couple of tries, but Ireland’s hopes of reaching successive World Rugby U20 Championship finals took a nosedive as Italy pipped them at the death in Georgia.

Ahead of Ireland’s opening game in the World Rugby U20 Championship against Italy tomorrow at the AIA Arena in Kutaisi, Jack Kelly revealed that being released from his original role of team captain has taken some pressure off his shoulders.

Ireland U20 head coach Peter Malone is looking forward to having another crack at New Zealand as he prepares to bring his side into battle for this summer’s World Rugby U20 Championships in Georgia, writes Daire Walsh.

Ireland U20 coach Nigel Carolan insists his side wouldn’t lack for motivation against Grand Slam- chasing England at Donnybrook this evening (6pm).

A killer has fled a Donegal island following tensions over his return.

A young Co Donegal man died on an island after a pint glass was smashed over his head and the broken glass stuck into his neck.

A 41-year-old man who killed a teenager in a bar on an island off the Donegal coast has been sentenced to six years in prison.

The 41-year-old man who killed a teenager in a bar on an island off the Donegal coast is at “minimal risk of reoffending”, his defence counsel told a court today.

A man who killed a teenager in a bar on a remote island off the Donegal coast has had his sentence hearing adjourned for over two weeks.

A man who admitted killing a teenager in a bar on Arranmore Island has been acquitted of his murder at the Central Criminal Court.

A judge has told the jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a teenager in a bar on Arranmore Island to decide whether he had diminished responsibility.

The trial of a man accused of murdering a teenager in a bar on Arranmore Island has now reached its closing stages in the Central Criminal Court.

The murder trial of a man who has admitted killing a teenager in a bar on Arranmore Island more than two years ago has heard he was suffering from a psychiatric disorder which diminished his responsibility.

The murder trial of a man who has admitted killing a teenager in a bar on Arranmore Island has heard evidence from his then wife that he had been “barred from the house with a barring order.”

A man who has admitted killing a teenager in a bar on Arranmore Island crashed his car into a wall “to try and do away with himself” a month before the incident, a court was told.

The trial of a man accused of murdering a man by stabbing him with a broken glass in a bar on Arranmore Island has heard evidence from a pathologist about the cause of death.

The trial of a man charged with murdering another man on Arranmore Island two years ago has been adjourned today as the court was told the accused required medical attention.

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a man accused of murdering another man on an island off the coast of Co Donegal two years ago.

Paul McKillen is to take on a role as part of the Antrim senior hurling management team for the 2006 season.

A LATE bid to have UCD hurlers banned from participating in the 2006 Dublin county championship seems doomed to fail.

Liam Mackey

Tony Maguire has resigned as Shamrock Rovers chairman after two and a half years in charge.

A beluga whale who was one of the oldest such whales in captivity has died at her home in the New York Aquarium, a spokeswoman said.