Jamie Heaslip denied that revenge was used as a motivating factor for Leinster in their pulsating Heineken Cup semi-final victory over Toulouse at the Aviva Stadium.

Gavin Henson faces an anxious wait to discover whether his Toulon career is over after meeting club officials today to discuss his suspension for a nightclub brawl with his team-mates.

Ireland international Alan Quinlan is to retire from professional rugby at the end of this season.

Ronan O’Gara displayed nerves of steel to land a last-minute penalty and seal Munster’s first win over fierce rivals Leinster in six attempts.

England found little solace in tonight being crowned RBS 6 Nations champions after seeing their Grand Slam bid wrecked at the final hurdle.

Martin Johnson is convinced England’s Grand Slam-chasing young guns will have enough fire in their hearts and fear in their bellies to “really have a crack” at Ireland tomorrow.

Leigh Halfpenny kicked Edinburgh to their fifth straight Magners league defeat, with three penalties and a conversion of Chris Czekaj’s try seeing Cardiff over the line.

Ireland departed Murrayfield with the RBS 6 Nations victory they desperately needed, but only after narrowly surviving a second-half fightback from Scotland.

England took a giant step towards their first Grand Slam since 2003 with a gritty and determined victory over reigning champions France.

Lewis Moody’s hopes of captaining England against France at Twickenham on Saturday have been wrecked by a recurrence of his knee injury.

Head coach Andy Robinson has made seven changes to his starting XV for Sunday’s vital RBS 6 Nations clash with Ireland at Murrayfield.

Scrum-half Peter Stringer has been called into the Ireland squad as cover for Tomas O’Leary ahead of Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations game against Scotland at Murrayfield.

France coach Marc Lievremont has turned up the heat ahead of this weekend’s RBS 6 Nations encounter with England at Twickenham by admitting: “We don’t like the English”.

Doug Howlett helped himself to two tries as Munster accounted for Edinburgh to move 11 points clear at the top of the Magners League.

Tommy Bowe is on course to make his Ireland comeback in the RBS 6 Nations clash with Scotland on Sunday week.

Declan Kidney insists Ireland will continue pursuing their high-reward gameplan despite yesterday’s agonising 25-22 RBS 6 Nations defeat by France.

Sebastien Chabal has raised the stakes for England’s confrontation with France by declaring the winner will go on to seize the RBS 6 Nations title.

Ireland slumped to an all-too familiar defeat by France on their RBS 6 Nations debut at Aviva Stadium after failing with an heroic late fightback.

Leinster launched a remarkable second-half comeback to grab a draw and prevent the Scarlets taking top spot in the Magners League at a rain-drenched Parc y Scarlets.

New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter has thanked his team-mates for helping him become the record points scorer in the history of Test match rugby.