Brian O'Driscoll will sit out Leinster's clash with Munster in Thomond Park tomorrow after suffering a calf strain during training.

LIMERICK referee George Clancy will take charge of the opening game of this year’s Rugby World Cup.

St Mary's College 13 Young Munster 11

Blackrock College 23 Cork Constitution 31

LANSDOWNE set the pace in the AIB Division Two campaign way back in October when they hammered Bruff, on their own patch.

AIB LEAGUE DIVISION 2 FINAL:

THREE Irish referees are among the 13 officials who will oversee the 2010 RBS Six Nations next spring.

AN IRFU independent disciplinary committee meeting tomorrow in Belfast will decide the immediate future of Munster, Ireland and Lions prop John Hayes, sent off in Saturday’s Magners League mauling by Leinster for an alleged stamp on the face of rival prop Cian Healy.

LEINSTER played the game to a standard any team would have been proud of while Munster produced their most shambolic performance since the bad old amateur days, resulting in an inevitable outcome at a packed RDS on Saturday night.

Cardiff Blues 14 Edinburgh 36

Buccaneers 28 Dolphin 19

Connacht 5 Munster 16

CHRIS WHITE, who was involved in the controversial conclusion to the Italy-Wales clash during this season’s Six Nations, will referee Ireland’s Rugby World Cup game against hosts France on September 21.

The television match official who had the final word on the try that allowed France to win the Six Nations title on Saturday says he has no regrets about his decision.

FOR a Six Nations tournament that lacked quality for the most part, the drama and tension on offer on the last day made for an intriguing finale.

Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan described the wait for confirmation of France’s decisive try in a dramatic final day of the RBS 6 Nations as “excruciating”.

REFEREE Craig Joubert saw the ball grounded for France’s dramatic winning try against Scotland which knocked Ireland into second place in the RBS Six Nations Championships.

IRELAND coach Eddie O’Sullivan admitted on Saturday night that he and his players were “a bit down in the mouth” at finishing runners-up to France for the second successive year in the RBS Six Nations Championship in spite of racking up 51 points against Italy at the Stadio Flaminio.

WHAT an incredible afternoon of rugby. On Saturday morning a margin of four points separated Ireland and France at the top of the championship table.

Ireland may mourn the cruel demise of their RBS 6 Nations title dream for some time to come but Denis Hickie is adamant the experience will prove invaluable at the World Cup.

Eddie O’Sullivan refused to blame fixture scheduling for Ireland’s heart-breaking failure to win the RBS 6 Nations as France were crowned champions by the narrowest of margins.

Terenure College 22 Clonakilty 31

Leinster's Brian Blaney has been cleared of threatening the referee during the province's recent Magners League clash against Munster at Lansdowne Road.

THE Leinster Branch said last night they are “flabbergasted” by the leak of the referee’s report from the Magners League clash between Leinster and Munster at Lansdowne Road on October 6.

Coach Michael Cheika has been fined by his Leinster employers for an ugly outburst directed at referee Simon McDowell at the Leinster-Munster Magners league clash earlier this month.

Borders 8 Newport Gwent Dragons 20

South Africa 36 Scotland 16

THE importance of winning yesterday’s Powergen Cup final was lost on Llanelli winger Mark Jones as soon as he spotted his stricken captain Simon Easterby lying prostrate on the Twickenham turf.

The Leinster squad to face Connacht in the Celtic League clash at Donnybrook on Sunday (KO: 5.15pm) has been named.

PAUL O’CONNELL and Brian O’Driscoll into the action from the first whistle but no place in the Munster side for John Hayes.

IT’S an indicator of how fast Robert Kearney’s career is progressing that the Leinster back was disappointed not to be involved in Ireland’s Autumn internationals last month.

Right wing Ian Hanley pocketed a try in either half as UL Bohemians finally put the ghost of the AIB League Division Two final to rest with an 18-12 victory over a try-less St Mary's.

Shannon 21 Clontarf 11

Next Saturday will see champions Shannon will contest their third AIB League Division One final in four years after a two-try effort saw off plucky Clontarf 21-11 at Thomond Park.

SIMON McDOWELL is a referee with a habit for finding himself in the news for the wrong reasons.

A match official has been removed from Scotland’s RBS 6 Nations match with Italy following criticism from coach Matt Williams.

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Scotland coach Matt Williams has kept faith with the same 15 which narrowly lost in France for the RBS 6 Nations Championship clash with Ireland at Murrayfield on Saturday.

SKIPPER Gordon Bulloch insists Scotland cannot afford to feel sorry for themselves after the defeat by France in Paris as they prepare for Saturday’s meeting with Ireland.

France 16 Scotland 9

Connacht 0 Munster 3

IRISH referees Donal Courtney, Alan Lewis, Alain Rolland and Simon McDowell are amongst the match officials for the upcoming Summer international matches between May and August.

Irish referees Donal Courtney, Alan Lewis, Alain Rolland and Simon McDowell have all been named in the list of match officials for the upcoming summer international matches between May and August, 2004.