Warren Gatland wants his Welsh team to take a leaf out of the Northampton Saints play-book when they arrive at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

Johnny Sexton has been released from Ireland’s Six Nations training camp and is expected to play for Racing Metro against Toulouse in Paris on Saturday, Joe Schmidt has revealed.

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JEREMY Manning, a player whose season has been ravaged by injury, demonstrated his potential with two smashing tries in Munster’s British & Irish Cup semi-final victory at Thomond Park on Saturday.

HAVING defeated Ulster twice this season in the A Interprovincial Championship, Munster will be fancied to complete the hat-trick as they take on the Ravens in the semi-final of the inaugural British & Irish Cup at Thomond Park this afternoon.

JAMES COUGHLAN has travelled a long and frustrating road before finally realising the early potential he displayed with CBC and Dolphin.

Following their 23-0 victory over Italy in their last outing, the Ireland U-19 coaching staff has today announced the team to play France in their second and final international of the season.

The Ireland U-19 team will begin their international season this Saturday with a match against Italy in Malahide RFC, Dublin.

HARDLINE tactics to root out bogus asylum seekers by Justice Minister Micheal McDowell were deemed “disturbing” yesterday, as new figures showed a massive fall in the number of people seeking asylum.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell has claimed the 40% drop in the number of people seeking asylum last year was a vindication of his tough policies.

DOZENS of gardaí, including experienced special branch and drugs unit detectives, have been assigned to the National Immigration Bureau as the force gears up to carry out a wave of deportations this year.

THE Department of Justice has expanded its crackdown on failed asylum seekers with deportations topping 20 a week.