Ireland's warm-up match for their June tour of Australia and New Zealand ended in a 29-23 defeat to the Barbarians in Limerick.
Ronan O'Gara is apprehensive at the prospect of facing Munster team-mate Alan Quinlan in Friday's clash between Ireland and the Barbarians.
Irish stars Alan Quinlan and Malcolm O'Kelly have been named in the Barbarians starting line-up to face Ireland at Thomond Park on Friday.
Ireland Head Coach Declan Kidney has included four uncapped players in the starting XV to play the Barbarians at Thomond Park on Friday.
The New Zealand Barbarians squad will feature two Irish internationals when they face the New Zealand Maori at Whangarei on June 12.
Barbarians bow to England
Habana treble sinks All Blacks
Preview: Barbarians v New Zealand
This week we will be mostly concerning ourselves with traditional tours and soccer...
The best of the pictures from the opening round of action in the 2009-2010 Guinness Premiership.
We head to Brisbane this Saturday with the Boks still well on track for a tournament clean sweep.
The Springboks secured the Mandela Plate and took a step closer to winning the Tri-Nations.
The best of the pictures from the opening round of action in the 2009-2010 Guinness Premiership.
Photo galleries homeNew Zealand and South Africa were the big winners at the U20 World Championship in Argentina on Wednesday.
Tales of troublesome disciplinary officers, low-calorie diets and lucrative overseas contracts have filled the NFS mailbox again.
Finalists of the past two tournaments, New Zealand and England both started their Junior World Cup campaigns with wins on Saturday.
With all the confident Celtic bragging over how much better the Magners League is, isn't it about time we looked at the leagues strength on strength?