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AIL Round-Up | Shannon and Old Crescent earn first victories of the campaign in Limerick derbies
Saturday’s action in the Energia AIL saw three of the six Limerick outfits victorious including a couple of Limerick derbies as round five of the competition took place.
TEAM | Murray starts on 100th appearance as Irish squad named for Springboks
Conor Murray is set to earn his 100th cap for Ireland and is one of just five players in the starting team that started the last game between the two sides in 2017
TEAM | Casey captains Ireland ‘A’ for clash with All Blacks XV
The Ireland coaching group have named the Ireland ‘A’ Match Day Squad that will take on the All Blacks XV at The RDS on Friday evening (Kick-off 7.45pm, live on Virgin Media in Republic of Ireland – tickets are available here).
Munster players included as landmark Women’s XVs High Performance Programme is launched
Five Munster players are included in the group of 29 female players fully contracted to the Women’s High Performance Programme….
Round-Up | All six Limerick sides suffer defeat in disappointing fourth round of Energia AIL
As the Energia All-Ireland League made its return after a week away the six Limerick sides remained off the boil with all sides stumbling to defeat on Saturday.
HIGHLIGHTS | Ulster claim first Thomond Park win since 2014
Munster fell to a first home defeat of the season on Saturday evening with Ulster securing a 15-14 victory at Thomond Park.
TEAM | Injury plagued Munster make nine changes for Ulster clash
The Munster team has been named for Saturday’s BKT URC Interpro derby against Ulster at Thomond Park (5.15pm).
“Having that support behind us means a lot” | Mike Prendergast and John Hodnett look ahead to Ulster clash at Thomond Park
Graham Rowntree and co. must dust themselves off and go again in the URC this weekend when they host second placed Ulster this Saturday.
PREVIEW | Energia AIL returns with full set of fixtures after weekend break
The fourth round of the Energia All Ireland Leagues take place this Saturday at 2:30pm after last weekend’s short hiatus.
Zebo and Haley set for returns to training but injury list continues to grow after Leinster loss
The Munster squad returned to training at the HPC on Monday morning as preparations begin for Saturday evening’s Interpro derby against Ulster at Thomond Park (5.15pm).
