When Allister Coetzee touched down in Port Elizabeth with his team last Sunday afternoon, he had a spring in his step, and not just from the previous night’s series-levelling victory over Ireland.

John Muldoon returns to the Connacht squad for their Amlin Challenge Cup match at home to Rugby I Cavalieri in Italy on Saturday.

Connacht prop Brett Wilkinson has signed a two-year extension to his contract, which will keep him at the Sportsground at least until the summer of 2009.

Connacht have completed the signing of little-known South African prop Brett Wilkinson.

The state agency responsible for names of towns and cities approved plans today to rename the capital Pretoria as Tshwane, dismissing criticism by mainly white South Africans that it would undermine their cultural traditions.