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Kearney Back For Leinster

1 decade ago by Irish Rugby News

Ireland full-back Rob Kearney returns to the Leinster team as they prepare for their GUINNESS PRO12 derby clash with Ulster at the RDS on Friday night (kick-off 7.35pm).

Madigan: I'm open to offers from abroad

1 decade ago by Irish Independent

Ian Madigan is making no guarantees about his future beyond the end of the season and admits he may leave Leinster if the right offer comes along.

Ulster Bank Junior Cup Semi-Final Draw

1 decade ago by Irish Rugby News

The semi-final draw for the Ulster Bank All-Ireland Junior Cup has been made. Former winners Enniscorthy have been drawn at home to Bangor, while Instonians host Clogher Valley in a mouth-watering all-Ulster...

Marmion Extends Contract With Connacht To 2018

1 decade ago by Irish Rugby News

Connacht Rugby and the IRFU are pleased to announce the extended contract of Ireland international Kieran Marmion. The 23-year-old, who was first capped for Ireland in the summer of 2014, has put pen to...

Squads Named For Dubai Rugby Sevens

1 decade ago by Irish Rugby News

The Ireland Women's and Men's Sevens squads to take part in the Emirates Airlines Dubai Rugby Sevens next week (December 3-5) have been named.

Shoulder Surgery To Sideline Cooney For Up To Three Months

1 decade ago by Irish Rugby News

As attention returns to the GUINNESS PRO12 and Connacht's first interprovincial game of the season away to Munster, the westerners' medical team have provided the following update.

Ulster need kiss of life for Leinster clash

1 decade ago by Irish Independent

Ulster head coach Les Kiss has admitted that his side must improve drastically against Leinster this Friday following a humiliating home defeat in his first taste of European club rugby at the hands of...

Cronin: We weren't on the same page going to Bath

1 decade ago by Irish Independent

A total of 291 Ireland caps between seven of Leinster's eight starting forwards against Bath last Saturday would amount to a considerable bulk of experience in anyone's book.

Piutau ready for Twickenham return

1 decade ago by London Wasps

He is the form player in Europe right now and after dismantling former European champions Leinster and Toulon in successive weeks, Charles Piutau is turning his attentions to this weekend's London Double...

JACKSON COLUMN: Old rivals return with a vengeance

1 decade ago by Leinster Rugby News

Leinster and Ulster have rather more in common right now than a clutch of European and GUINNESS PRO12 titles as well as a Dublin-Belfast rivalry dating back to 1875, writes Peter Jackson.