Gloucester head coach Bryan Redpath has signed a new contract with the Aviva Premiership title challengers.

Paul O’Connell believes Munster answered their critics in the best possible way with a stunning 37-14 bonus-point victory against Perpignan yesterday.

SCOTSMAN Bryan Redpath knows he can mastermind Glasgow’s Heineken Cup demise tonight when his Gloucester team arrive north of the border.

London Irish captain Bob Casey is relishing the prospect of tackling Heineken Cup holders Leinster in Dublin tonight.

GLOUCESTER boss Bryan Redpath has put his team on red alert tonight for their Heineken Cup clash against a Newport Gwent Dragons side he believes will show “no fear”.

A high-risk sex offender who went missing while on probation in the North has been detained by gardaí in Wicklow this morning.

Bryan Redpath has been confirmed as Gloucester’s new head coach following the departure of Dean Ryan.

IRELAND is developing an international tag as a safe haven for sex offenders because there isn’t sufficient monitoring to prevent them getting jobs working around children.

The case of the British sex offender who absconded to the south from the North where he was convicted of sexual offences, highlights the dangerous gaps which exist in our legislation.

Police in the North were under pressure today to seek the extradition of a convicted paedophile living in the Republic.

A DANGEROUS paedophile who is on the run from the North stayed at the Cork Simon hostel, a senior garda confirmed last night.

A HUGE search was underway in the North last night for an on-the-run paedophile who police have described as a “serious threat” to children.

Sale romped to victory in the European Challenge Cup final with a one-sided demolition of outclassed Pau at the Kassam stadium.

Sale Sharks bagged a Challenge Cup semi-final first leg lead as England winger Mark Cueto scored two late tries in their defeat of Connacht.

Lawrence Dallaglio has predicted a few dark horses will be included in the British and Irish Lions squad to play New Zealand – and the former England captain remains hopeful he will be one of them.

Sale Sharks scrum-half Bryan Redpath could be sidelined for three months after he suffered a fractured cheekbone during his team’s European Challenge Cup victory against Narbonne.

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PETER STRINGER has welcomed the availability of rival scrum-halves Rob Howley and Bryan Redpath for next summer’s Lions tour.

Ireland’s Peter Stringer has welcomed the availability of rival scrum-halves Rob Howley and Bryan Redpath for next summer’s Lions tour.

Sale Sharks scrum-half and former Scotland captain Bryan Redpath will miss the rest of this season due to a shoulder injury.

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Man-of-the-match Bryan Redpath toasted his forwards after Sale Sharks’ bruising 23-22 win over Leinster.

Scotland international Bryan Redpath has been ruled out of Sale’s Heineken Cup trip to Biarritz on Saturday after injuring his shoulder in last week’s victory over Cardiff Blues in the same competition.

Wallabies coach Eddie Jones tonight acclaimed Scotland’s best performance of the tournament after his Australian side booked their anticipated place in the semi-finals of the World Cup.

Scotland skipper Bryan Redpath has rejected suggestions that Australia are vulnerable ahead of Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final showdown in Brisbane.

Scotland opted to practise their line-out sessions in secret today in a bid to keep the Australians guessing before next weekend’s quarter-final shoot-out at the Suncorp stadium.

Scotland’s turbulent World Cup ride encounters its most serious obstacle when they face the unpredictable Fijians at Sydney’s Aussie Stadium with a place in the quarter-finals at stake.

Scotland’s build-up for tomorrow’s crucial World Cup clash with Fiji was scarred by a couple of internal punch-ups during training this week – and skipper Bryan Redpath could not be more delighted.

Scotland team manager Dougie Morgan has admitted Fiji will fancy their chances of ousting his ailing side from the World Cup next Saturday.

Scotland captain Bryan Redpath was forced to miss training at Shark Park, Cronulla today after stubbing his toe getting into bed.

Scotland captain Bryan Redpath has urged the team to pick themselves up after the 51-9 defeat to France left them needing to beat Fiji to reach the World Cup quarter-finals.

Scotland’s beleaguered squad have rallied round disgraced flanker Martin Leslie and vowed "We'll beat France for you".

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