New Zealand rugby referee Steve Walsh believes the modern professional game is now too “complex” for just one on-field official to handle.

THEY really don’t come any more dramatic than this!

ROCKWELL COLLEGE, one of the traditional powerhouses in the game for more than a century, and Castletroy College, who have burst on to the scene in sensational fashion over the past few years, clash in an intriguing Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup semi-final at Clanwilliam Park, Tipperary this afternoon (3pm).

ROCKWELL’S demolition of St Munchin’s in the last round of the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup will be of serious concern to Ard Scoil Rís when the sides meet in a quarter-final clash at Clanwilliam this afternoon (3pm)

MARTIN JOHNSON’S bid to keep his management team in place for the Six Nations could be undermined after it emerged Mike Ford is being considered for the England rugby league head coach’s job.

BRIAN CARNEY’S return to rugby league is set to provide Ireland with a major boost for the end-of-season European Nations Cup.

Munster back Brian Carney has decided to switch codes in moving back to rugby league to play with Warrington Wolves, it was announced today.

ONE hundred years after lifting the inaugural Munster Schools Senior Cup, Christian Brothers College, Cork could bring perfect symmetry to the record books if they prevail in tomorrow’s final, sponsored by Avonmore Milk, at Musgrave Park (3pm).

A DEFENSIVE performance of heroic proportions was key to Rockwell’s surprise victory over St Munchins in the semi-final of the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup at Clanwilliam Park, Tipperary, yesterday.

ST MUNCHIN’S, with wins over a highly-rated CBC and Ard Scoil Ris, are favourites to advance against Rockwell in today’s Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup semi-final at Clanwilliam Park (3pm).

England’s rugby league World Cup campaign ended as it started with an inept defensive performance.

Rock star Phil Collins has reportedly paid out an estimated £25m (€31m) to his former wife in a divorce settlement.

Wigan captain Sean O’Loughlin is set to make a surprise comeback from a broken shoulder in Sunday’s engage Super League match at Hull KR.

Pop Idol creator Simon Fuller is the most successful British music manager of all time, according to a major US magazine.

Fears were growing tonight that homeowners will ultimately be faced with stinging rises in water bills to cover the costs of increasing Britain’s flood protection.

Australian consumer electronics and furniture group Harvey Norman has awarded its electricity supply rights in Ireland to Energia.

Grand Final-winning rugby league coach Tony Smith has hailed Leeds Tykes’ surprise Powergen Cup final triumph over Bath as a “great day for the city”.

Jason Robinson was tonight confirmed as England captain for the RBS 6 Nations Championship opener against Wales in Cardiff on February 5.

England boss Andy Robinson today admitted Matt Dawson’s recent form had made it impossible to overlook the veteran Wasps scrum-half for the RBS 6 Nations.

Super League’s battle for survival looks set to go down to the wire after bottom two Wakefield and Huddersfield both suffered defeats yesterday.