Harlequins and England scrum-half Danny Care has been handed a one-week ban by the Rugby Football Union.

Ospreys wing Tommy Bowe has been cited for a dangerous tackle on Viadana counterpart Kaine Robertson during Saturday’s Heineken Cup match.

Coach Brian McLaughlin will rotate his starting 15, making 13 changes to his Ulster side against Italian Super 10 side Viadana at Ravenhill on Wednesday.

Saracens 71 Viadana 7

Saracens coach Alan Gaffney rued his side’s penalty count in tonight’s heart-breaking loss at Biarritz.

Glasgow Warriors 41 Arix Viadana 31

JASON WHITE has promised everything possible will be done to fix Scotland’s misfiring line-out ahead of their final RBS 6 Nations Championship match against Italy.

Wales and Ospreys centre Sonny Parker has announced his retirement from international rugby, delivering another blow to head coach Mike Ruddock.

Ben Cohen’s rich try-scoring form has been rewarded with a recall to the England squad for the autumn Investec Test series.

LIONS duo Brian O’Driscoll and Gordon D’Arcy will form the centre partnership for Leinster in their Celtic Cup quarter-final clash with Glasgow on Friday night, (Lansdowne Road, 7.30pm).

Munster lock David Pusey has been recruited by new Perth franchise Western Force for next season’s inaugural Super 14 competition.

FORMER England and Lions scrum- half Nigel Melville has described Gloucester’s Heineken Cup clash against Munster as his team’s most important game of the season.

He may be on the small side for this level of rugby, but Lawler is a born footballer.

SIX NATIONS organisers were urged yesterday to overhaul the championship to avoid a repetition of this year’s series which sees England opening the tournament against France next month.

MUNSTER officials pledged last night to travel earlier to important away fixtures in the Heineken Cup.

IRFU disciplinary chiefs have handed down a three-week ban to Munster back row Denis Leamy, after the UCC ace was cited following an AIB All Ireland League clash with Old Belvedere.

ALAN GAFFNEY expects his thoughts to stray to the French-Spanish border in the final hours before Munster’s Heineken Cup clash against Italian minnows Viadana on Saturday.

VIADANA coach Jerome Paarwater asks only one thing of ERC for Saturday's return Heineken Cup game with Munster in Parma - a quality referee.

Munster and Ulster were both in Heineken Cup action last night.

MUNSTER coach Alan Gaffney declared himself happy with his side’s Heineken Cup performance in Musgrave Park last night but said it was still some way off the levels of play he expected from his players.

Munster 64 Viadana 0

THE Munster management is taking nothing for granted ahead of tonight’s Heineken Cup clash with Viadana at Musgrave Park (7.30pm).

MICK GALWEY’S amazing record of having been directly involved in every one of Munster’s 47 matches in the Heineken European Cup since the competition began in 1995/96 has come to an end.

Second rows Paul O'Connell and Donncha O'Callaghan will relish the opportunity to face Italian minnows Viadana on Friday night.

Leinster's Paul Wallace will be out of action for the foreseeable future with re-occurrence of his ankle injury.

A FEAST in the pack, a famine in the back division.

Munster coach Alan Gaffney tonight paid tribute to Gloucester after seeing his twice Heineken Cup finalists dismantled 35-16 at Kingsholm.