Munster

Ulster avoided two successive defeats to Irish rivals by becoming only the third side to get the better of RaboDirect PRO12 leaders Munster this season as they bagged a vital victory to move back into the top four

Munster dished up another dose of injury-time heroics as Ronan O'Mahony's last-gasp try denied the 13-man Scarlets at Musgrave Park.

Donnacha Ryan has signed a new three-year contract with the Irish Rugby Football Union and will stay at Munster until at least June 2017.

Munster took control of Pool 6 in the Heineken Cup on Sunday with a commanding 36-8 destruction of a disappointing Perpignan at Thomond Park.

The 2011/2012 season has come to a conclusion with the final round of the summer test series.

Mick O'Driscoll calls time on a career in which he has amassed over 200 appearances for Munster, enjoyed a 2 year stint in the south of France and received 23 Irish caps for his efforts.

Sean Dougall the Scottish born, English educated, Irish qualified open-side flanker is a man on the way up.

After this weekend there is a strong 14 points that separates Leinster at the top of the leader board from Welsh side Ospreys who narrowly beat Edinburgh this weekend.

The famous Munster Rugby motto reads 'To the brave and faithful, nothing is impossible'. There is no player more in sync with this phrase than a 35-year old who has won 72 Ireland caps spanning an 11-year period.

Leinster went into the game looking for an historic European and league double and on the back of the European cup final fight back they were more than ready for the game

Harlequins produced a famous victory on Saturday afternoon as they beat Munster at Thomond Park to advance to the final of the Amlin Challenge Cup

Interview with Paul Warwick

Never has a meaningless game felt so meaningful. In the grand scheme of things the result doesn't mean that much

Munster scraped through in Cardiff this evening by the narrowest of margins, a margin which could have been larger had Ronan O'Gara's been as impeccable as it usually is

The scoreboard ticked early on as the home side gave Chris Paterson an easy penalty which gave the visitors the first points on the board

Ireland international prop Tony Buckley has left Munster to join Sale, the giant Irish prop has signed a 3 year deal with the sharks