THERE were mixed emotions for former Young Munster stalwart Paul O’Connell in Clifford Park yesterday as his home club overcame neighbours Old Crescent in this Limerick AIL Division Two derby.

Lineouts for this weekend’s AIB League have just been announced.

HE should have been cocooned in Dublin with the rest of the Irish elite squad preparing for this weekend’s daunting Six Nations opener in Paris against the French.

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Dolphin completed the perfect season in Div 2 of the All Ireland League with a 29-19 victory over Old Crescent at Lansdowne Road.

BRUFF returned to the top of the Heineken Munster Junior League on points difference as three Tipperary sides booked their place in the semi-finals of the Munster Junior Cup on a hectic day in the junior rug