The future of rugby in Europe remains uncertain.

Dundalk will look to end a poor run of results which has seen them lose three out of their last four league games when they host the champions at Oriel Park tonight (kick off: 7.45pm).

Dundalk manager Sean McCaffrey has left the club.

When the Heineken Cup celebrated its 15th birthday two years ago, fans were asked to select their most memorable games from the tournament’s history.

Dundalk, in eighth place, will accept their third goalless draw in six outings against fourth-placed Shelbourne in a game of few thrills and controlled largely by the visitors.

THE Queen might not have made it to the Aviva Stadium — or even to dear old Dalyer to doff her crown to the Jodi Stand — but Irish football had its own reasons to feel the hand of history on its shoulder this week.

Martyn Williams will end his career at Cardiff Blues after signing a one-year contract extension with the Welsh region.

THE SCARLETS move into their impressive 20,000-seater home, Parc y Scarlets, on the outskirts of eastern Llanelli in mid-November when the Baa-baas come to town.

THE GREATEST modern day out-half, All Black magician Dan Carter, is reportedly being bombarded with offers from loads-a-money clubs in England and France.

A cannabis user was jailed today after launching a horrific attack on his girlfriend’s multi-millionaire mother.

Officials from Wales’ four regional sides remain hopeful of a resolution to the row which has led to the cancellation of the Celtic League in 2005-2006.

SLOW FOOD West Cork and the Schull ICA recently teamed up to host an event where guild members and their friends and local farming families could meet the foodmakers who sell at the local farmers’ markets.

Cardiff Blues fans have reacted angrily to their club discussing a potential merger with Celtic Warriors.

A garden centre owner has been jailed after police found enough cannabis growing at his Somerset nursery to make 60,000 joints.

Gloucester’s rampant forwards have been backed to cause more Heineken Cup mayhem after they roughed up Cardiff and sent them tumbling out of Europe.