South Africa coach Peter de Villiers has rung the changes ahead of Saturday’s Tri Nations clash with Australia at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium.

SOUTH AFRICA lock Victor Matfield was yesterday despairing at the way Irish referees Alan Lewis and Alain Rolland have policed the breakdown, following his side’s second successive Tri Nations defeat to New Zealand in Wellington on Saturday.

JEAN DE VILLIERS last night rubbished claims he was unhappy at Munster by describing his time with the province as “an incredible experience”.

IT was billed as the dream send-off for Leinster coach Michael Cheika but the inspired Ospreys danced all over the script in this inaugural Magners League Grand final at the RDS on Saturday.

Leinster’s CJ van der Linde will move to the Super-14 Cheetahs next season in an effort to win back his place in the South African squad for the 2011 World Cup.

MUNSTER have signed Cheetahs prop Wian du Preez on a two-year contract.

Prop CJ van der Linde, scrum-half Chris Keane and hooker Bernard Jackman will end their Leinster careers against The Ospreys in the Magner’s League Grand Final at The RDS on Saturday evening.

THE ageing, rickety old RDS was almost shaken from its foundations for the final 40 minutes of Saturday night’s Magners League semi-final in which Leinster overpowered Munster for the fourth time in as many meetings of these old rivals.

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Jonathan Sexton has failed to recover from a broken jaw allowing Shaun Berne to line out at out-half for Leinster against Toulouse in Saturday's Heineken Cup semi final at Le Stadium (kick off: 3.45pm Irish time).

THE BIG guns will return to Leinster next week and they’ll be patting their teammates in the extended squad on the back after they completed their third win during the Six Nations.

Coach Michael Cheika has sprung a surprise by listing Bernard Jackman and CJ van der Linde in his front row on the Leinster side to play London Irish in Saturday's round 6 Heineken Cup clash at Twickenham (kick off: 6pm).

CJ van der Linde, an injury concern, has been included in the Leinster squad to face Brive in Saturday's Heineken Cup Round 5 clash at the RDS.

CJ van der Linde has been ruled out of the Leinster squad to face Ulster in Saturday's Magners League clash at the RDS (KO: 5.30pm).

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AT 6’2” and almost 20 stone, CJ van der Linde shouldn’t be hard to miss but sightings of the big Springbok prop have been few and far between since his move to Ireland 14 months ago.

Ireland bring down the curtain on their autumn internationals with one eye on avenging the Lions’ Test series defeat by South Africa.

IRELAND captain Brian O’Driscoll dismissed claims his team will have an advantage in freshness and enthusiasm over the Springboks at Croke Park this afternoon.

BIGGER THAN the Lions, and bigger than the Tri-Nations decider. That’s how the visiting World Cup champion Springboks are looking at tomorrow’s clash with Ireland in Croke Park, according to assistant coach Gary Gold, who said yesterday that he “had not encountered anything as big as the build-up to Saturday . . . the pressure and expectations are bigger than they were before the first Lions Test in Durban or that final Tri-Nations clash in Hamilton.”

Ulster's BJ Botha has been called into the South African sqaud for Leinster's CJ van der Linde, who has cried off with a hamstring injury in the match against Saracens on Tuesday.

Leinster tight-head prop CJ van der Linde has been drafted into the Springbok squad as a replacement for Jannie du Plessis, who has withdrawn from the European tour with a hand injury.

LEINSTER head into the Magners League mid-term break in a strong position, but coach Michael Cheika will still want to know why a vastly under strength Cardiff Blues side caused them so much trouble at the RDS on Saturday.

CJ van der Linde will start for the first time this season for Leinster against the Cardiff Blues in tomorrow's Magners League clash at the RDS (KO: 6.30pm).

WORLD CUP winning prop forward CJ van der Linde appears to have put his injury woes behind him and is named in Leinster’s squad for Saturday’s Magners League derby clash with Ulster at Ravenhill (6pm).

CJ Van der Linde could be in line for his first start for Leinster this season against Ulster in Saturday's Magners League clash at Ravenhill (KO: 6pm).

Springbok CJ van der Linde has been included in the Leinster squad to play London Irish in Friday's opening match in the the Heineken Cup at The RDS (KO: 8pm).

MICHAEL CHEIKA has tasted victory as often as he has defeat against Munster but the Australian now wants his side to establish clear bragging rights in one of world rugby’s most passionate rivalries.

NEW Leinster second-row Nathan Hines has pinpointed the province’s progression from nearly men to European kingpins as a deciding factor in his decision to join from Edinburgh.

Leinster have announced the signing of Scotland lock Nathan Hines from Perpignan.

Springbok tight-head Cheika CJ van der Linde “is finished for this season”, according to Leinster coach Michael Cheika.

LEINSTER’S World Cup winning prop CJ van der Linde has been ruled out of this month’s Heineken Cup final against Leicester Tigers at Murrayfield.

LEINSTER coach Michael Cheika will also have to plan for Saturday’s Heineken Cup semi-final without a would-be Lion after he confirmed last night that Rob Kearney’s bout of mumps will sideline him for the Croke Park sell-out.

Leinster coach Michael Cheika has included his two injury concerns, Rob Kearney and CJ van der Linde, in his preliminary squad to play Munster in Saturday's Heineken Cup semi final at Croke Park (5.30pm).

IF you think Cian Healy looks intimidating on the pitch, you should see him on the road.

CJ VAN DER LINDE remains Leinster’s chief injury concern ahead of Sunday’s Heineken Cup quarter-final against Harlequins in London.

Sprinbok CJ van der Linde, an injury doubt, has been included in the extended 29-man Leinster squad to play Munster in Saturday night's Magners League clash at Thomond Park (KO: 7.30pm).

BERNARD JACKMAN regrets not having played a part in Ireland’s Grand Slam season, but he lavished praise on the management team for their role in the historical success.

ULSTER’s Paddy Wallace may get the nod to start at centre for Ireland when Declan Kidney today names his first Six Nations XV for the clash with France at Croke Park on Saturday.

MICHAEL CHEIKA remains upbeat about Malcolm O’Kelly’s chances of escaping further censure for the stamp on Phil Vickery last week, an act which is threatening the player’s participation in Sunday’s final Heineken Cup group game against Edinburgh.

There is uncertainty over the fitness of Leinster's two first choice props CJ van der Linde and Stan Wright ahead of their crucial Pool 2 Heineken Cup encounter with London Wasps at Twickenham on Saturday.

THE lowest point in Leinster’s season came in Castres before Christmas when they lost a game they ought to have won. Coincidence or not, they have won three games since they could just as easily have lost.

THE CONTRASTING fortunes of Munster and Leinster in their respective Heineken Cup pool games last weekend has once again stimulated much debate in the media and among supporters on the respective merits and shortcomings of both sides.

IT’S already been a year of firsts for Cian Healy and the Leinster prop is hoping to add to his list of achievements by making his first competitive appearance on French soil tomorrow.

GEORGE HOOK ruffled more than a few feathers after Munster’s narrow defeat to New Zealand last week when he claimed that Leinster would never have been able to produce a similar performance under the same straitened circumstances.