Lansdowne 48 Shannon 7

Old Belvedere 9 Lansdowne 16

FOURTEEN points from out-half Craig Ronaldson in a 10-minute spell before the break sparked a Lansdowne revival that eventually consigned Old Belvedere to their third straight loss in Division 1A of the Ulster Bank League on the main pitch of the Aviva Stadium last night.

It will be a question of who has the greater squad depth when Cork Constitution play Dolphin in the AIB League Division One semi-final at Temple Hill tomorrow as Munster have taken a clutch of players from each club.

Cork Constitution will be looking to take revenge over Ballynahinch when they will meet in a an AIB Senior Cup second round repeat of last season’s final at Ballymacarn Park on Saturday.

Team news for this weekend's AIB League games

AIB League teams

The teams for this weekend's AIB League fixtures have been announced.

AFTER long spells out of action, International Gerry Flannery and Mossie Lawlor are back in the Munster picture with both named as reserves for the province’s A game against Leinster at Donnybrook today at 2pm.

MICHAEL CHEIKA claims a perceived sense of injustice over their lack of representation in the Ireland pack will act as extra motivation for his Leinster forwards ahead of this weekend’s crunch Magners League tie.

Team news for this weekend's AIB League games.

Team news ahead of this weekend's All-Ireland League clashes.

All the team details for the opening weekend of the 2007/8 AIB League.

BRIAN O’DRISCOLL and Malcolm O’Kelly return to the Leinster fold this week for the first time since their World Cup disappointments.

THE blows just keep on coming for Irish rugby.

WHILE his “galacticos” had been labouring at the Rugby World Cup in France, Michael Cheika’s set of replacement backs have been cutting a swathe through the first two rounds of the Magners League.

Leinster coach Michael Cheika has named an unchanged squad to play Llanelli Scarlets in the Magners League at The RDS on Friday night (KO: 7.10pm).

CARDIFF Arms Park has been a graveyard for Leinster’s Magners League ambitions this past two seasons and coach Michael Cheika accepts that they will be up against it again when they return to the Welsh capital this Friday.

Centre Michael Berne has had to drop out of the Leinster squad to play the Cardiff Blues in the Arms Park on Friday (KO: 7.30pm).

IRELAND A coach Michael Bradley has upped the ante ahead of tonight’s Churchill Cup clash with New Zealand Maori (8pm, Sky Sports 1) by revealing a number of his players are in the mix for World Cup selection.

LEINSTER began the business end of their season with a six-try run-out against Treviso at Donnybrook last night.

The teams for this weekend's AIB League matches have been announced.

PROMISING full-back Danny Riordan — he will be 22 on Monday — has received a timely birthday with his inclusion in the Connacht side to play Edinburgh Gunners in the Magners League at the Sportsground tomorrow night.

BRIAN O’MEARA will be back in Munster colours this season for the first time in six years, having been drafted into the squad on a part-time basis as scrum-half cover.

FORMER Munster second row Trevor Hogan looks set to make his Leinster debut in the Magners League against Edinburgh Gunners at Murrayfield tomorrow night and has been praised by coach Michael Cheika.

Latest team news fahead this weekend's crunch AIB League action.

University College Dublin: R McCarron; S Grissing, K Kennedy, N Kearns, D McKenna; E Hickey, B O’Riordan; J A Lee, C Geoghegan, K Doyle, B Hall, R Mandeno, S Crawford, K Croke (capt), K McLaughlin.

INJURIES and international duty has weakened the Leinster squad for the visit of Edinburgh Gunners to Donnybrook on Sunday.

The teams have been announced for this weekend's AIB League games.

ALL BLACKS hooker Anton Oliver is out of contention for the first test against the Lions. He has failed to recover from his calf injury and will not play in Christchurch next Saturday.

The team's for this weekend's AIL games have been announced.

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The Leinster Under-21 team to face Munster at Donnybrook on Friday (6.30pm) is as follows:

The following is the Leinster Under-21 team to face Ulster in Ravenhill, Belfast on Friday, September 3 (6.30pm):

The Ireland team to play Australia in the Bank of Ireland Schoolboy International at Cork Constitution, Temple Hill, kick-off 2.30pm on Saturday December 22 is as follows: