Darren Sweetnam turned up for training at UL this week with an extra bounce in his step. 

Munster appear to be moving closer to tying down Springbok centre Jaco Taute for the rest of the season with director of rugby Rassie Erasmus suggesting an extension to his loan deal was a matter of “crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s”.

Leinster 25 Munster 14: However preoccupied the coaching staff at Racing 92 may be as they deal with the fallout from leaked positive dope test results, a look at the tape of Munster’s defeat in Dublin will provide an altogether more welcome shot in the arm.

Just when he thought it was safe to go back onto the wing, Keith Earls could be pressed into service in Munster’s injury-hit midfield.

Like all other top coaches, Rassie Erasmus knows that to win trophies you’ve got to win your home matches.

EUGENIE BLANCHARD, a nun who was considered to be the world’s oldest person, has died in the French Caribbean island of St Barts at the age of 114.

Bring Sweets opened his account over obstacles in an eventful Rachel Wright Memorial Hurdle at Wetherby today.