Scarlets, who play Munster next weekend, kept their hopes of a place in the RaboDirect Pro12 play-offs alive with a hard-fought victory over bottom side Aironi in Viadana yesterday.

Munster will welcome David Wallace back to the fold at some stage of tomorrow’s RaboDirect Pro12 clash with Aironi at Stadio Zaffanella in Viadana.

Aironi 6 Leinster 22

The RaboDirect PRO12 round 14 game between Aironi and Munster originally scheduled for Sunday, February 12 has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions.

LEINSTER reclaimed second spot in the Magners League with a 20-8 victory over Aironi on Saturday afternoon but of greater satisfaction to head coach Joe Schmidt was the fact that the province left the Stadio Luigi Zaffanella without any injuries.

CONNACHT’S longest serving player, Michael Swift, could miss the remainder of the season after fracturing a bone in his right hand during Saturday’s loss to Aironi in the Magners League in Viadana.

ERIC ELWOOD has kept faith with the squad that has racked up five wins on the trot at home as Connacht look to record an away victory over Aironi this afternoon.

MUNSTER maintained their stranglehold on top spot in the Magners League with a scrappy victory at the Stadio Luigi Zaffanella yesterday but the win was tainted by the loss of Denis Hurley to a knee injury.

MUNSTER yesterday confirmed the worst-kept secret in Irish rugby by announcing the signing of Ulster tight-head prop BJ Botha.

FINALLY their wait is over. On Saturday, before a small crowd in a remote village in northern Italy, Ulster claimed a place in the Heineken Cup knockout stages for the first time in 12 years with a 43-6 win over Aironi.

DEVASTATED Ireland hooker Rory Best will miss Ulster’s must-win final Heineken Cup pool game against Aironi in Viadana this afternoon.

ULSTER skipper Rory Best is in contention for Saturday’s win or bust Heineken Cup clash against Aironi in Viadana.

Aironi 9 Edinburgh 10

ULSTER coach Brian McLaughlin put down his team’s success in Italy on Saturday night to sheer doggedness.

NIALL O’CONNOR continues as Ulster first choice number 10 for the fourth consecutive game against Magners League new boys Aironi in Viadana tonight.

Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin has made five changes to his side to tackle Aironi in the Magner’s League at Viadana this Saturday.

Heineken Cup champions Leinster will start their bid to retain their title against London Irish on the evening of Friday 9, October 2009 at the RDS in Dublin, it has been announced.

CONNACHT have been paired with last season’s Heineken Cup semi-finalists London Irish in Pool One of the European Challenge Cup.

Munster have been drawn with Heineken Cup champions London Wasps as well as Llanelli who knocked them out in the quarter-finals, after the 2007/'08 Heineken Cup Pool draw in Cardiff today.

Italy head coach Pierre Berbizier has named his 30-man squad for the forthcoming training meeting in Viadana.

Connacht will face Worcester, Montpellier and Amatori Catania in the new look European Challenge Cup.

IRELAND has made three changes in its side for the A international against Italy in Rovigo on Friday night.

LEICESTER boss Dean Richards believes his Heineken Cup holders cannot afford to drop any more points in their quest for a prized home quarter-final.

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.

Premiership rivals Bristol or Newcastle will fill the final place in next season’s 24-team Heineken Cup competition.

Sale will spearhead a strong English challenge in this season’s Parker Pen European Shield - with coveted automatic Heineken Cup qualification again at stake.