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Here are the teams for tonights Pro12 final: Leinster: Rob Kearney, Fergus McFadden, Brian O'Driscoll, Gordon D'Arcy, Zane Kirchner, Jimmy Gopperth, Eoin Reddan, Cian Healy, Sean Cronin, Mike Ross, Devin Toner, Mike McCarthy, Rhys Ruddock, Shane Jennings, Jamie Heaslip. Replacements: Aaron...

Robbie Henshaw is out of Ireland's tour to Argentina with a hand injury which is a real pity. He's had a pretty good season and this tour would have been excellent for his development at test level.

Steffon Armitage has won the ERC player of the year. It's very well deserved. The guys played really well since joining Toulon but he's been on another level this year. Don't think there's much more he can do to be selected for England other than move back to an AP club.

The weather in Tokyo in March generally isn't that bad. It's a bit mixed but should be past the snow period. Generally the weather is mild and improves the closer you get to sakura season (mid to late March when the cherry tree blossom). Then it's pretty sunny and generally dry. Tokyo is on a...

From what you've quoted it would suggest that the Japanese team wouldn't be based in Tokyo. Hope that's not true as I'd definitely enjoy some super rugby in Tokyo. Would prefer not to have the Top League as the only rugby available when I move there.

Looking at the numbers the $19m surplus sounds like a lot of money for the ARU to play with. But thinking on it further the surplus is there due to the Lions Tour which only happens in Aus once every 12 years. That's only $1.5m per year until the next Lions tour. Which IMHO will be the last...

The problem that Super Rugby teams will increasingly face is that European (especially English and French) teams will target players at a younger age so that they can sign them for less and get the benefit of their peak years. The more money that comes into the game the more often this will happen. If...

Things like this are very good and the way forward for promoting 7s. I think what many are saying on the thread is that at the professional level the ARU realistically only has the funds to back one big investment. They've decided that the NRC is the one they're going with. As an outsider I...

Parents like this must be a nightmare for those involved in junior rugby to put up with. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/27604560

Yeah the dive was a bit silly, maybe Habana will be looking to the WWE once he retired. I thought Rolland handled it well. Don't want more of that creeping into the game. I'm sure it will eventually, but hopefully it's progress can be slowed for now.

I would ask one very important question about this. Where did all the potential investment and interest go once direct entry into Super Rugby wasn't an option? Why couldn't the parties involved in the proposal push ahead and do as you say and set up a competition with the view to eventually gain access...

I don't doubt the vast potential that exists in the US for rugby expansion. That's a given. What I doubt is how enthusiastic USA Rugby would be to do all the leg work and then allow SANZAR to reap the reward. In such a deal I would expect there to be some seed capital coming from SANZAR so...

I can see US rugby jumping at a chance like that. They take the majority of the risks, find private investment for 6-8 pro teams. Provide subsidies for those 6-8 teams on an annual basis. Struggle to get the competition established for between 3-10 years. Then once they've done all that SANZAR...

The last ever Heineken Cup Final happens today. Any predictions for a winner? I'm going for Toulon as it would sour the competitions history to have the main architects of it's demise as the final winners of what has been a fantastic competition. Toulon by 10 points.

Players in rugby leave at the end of their contract. Transfer fees in football are paid only when the player leaves during his contract (with very few exceptions) and the fee is dependent on how long is left on the players contract. Also under the football system players are allowed to start...

If that's the change that comes in then the NH nations should seriously consider resting top tier internationals for one of the two touring windows. England and France and by extension Wales will probably be most effected as they have less control over the amount of game time top players play...

It's not and as far as I know never has been across the 4 provinces. It's across the 3 top provinces, Munster, Ulster & Leinster. Connacht are exempt from the regulation in a bid to improve their standing and the quality of local players they produce. In recent years this has proved to be...

It doesn't take that much to improve the atmosphere and to be fair a funeral would be an improvement on some Super Rugby games. About 7 or 8 years ago when Leinster move from Donnybrook to the RDS they were worried about losing atmosphere. So they had a dedicated section for cheering and singing...

With the way Fritz left the field it's terrible to think that anyone felt he was fit to return. let alone being hurried up by Noves. If the unions aren't going to come together and have a standard implementation of the IRB directive to best safeguard the players then the players need to come...

If I were head of the ARU or one of the Aus franchises I'd have a rotation of the squad with 3-4 players going out into the community every week. I'd have them in schools, clubs, community halls, basically anywhere you can put the stars of the game in front of or next to kids who can be fans...