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Keith Earls' knee injury means he will miss Ireland 6Ns campaign.

Ian Evans has been banned for 12 weeks for his stamp so he'll miss the 6Ns.

PRL have today confirmed that the salary cap is to rise to £5m per club with one player outside the cap. The BT money may not allow them to compete with the French but they'll be the clear second on spending power. Will that mean the quality of imports to the Aviva improves or that they'll be...

Ryan Jones confirmed as out of the 6Ns with a hamstring injury.

A lot of interesting developments in the WRU v Welsh Regions row. The Welsh Regions have come out and admitted that they plan to apply to play in the English Aviva Premiership if there is no pan European competition next season. The WRU have said that they have had no discussions about...

Quarter Final matches to be played on the 4/5/6th of April: 1. Ulster v Saracens 2. Clermont v Leicester 3. Toulon v Leinster 4. Munster v Toulouse Semi Final Draw: 1v2 3v4 Semi Finals will be played 26/27th April. Amazingly strong draw. Generally 3/4 home teams win in the QFs. You'd...

Dusautoir tore a tendon in his bicep yesterday and will be out for 4 months. So France will be without their captain for the 6 Nations.

Today's Munster v Edinburgh HEC round 6 game is worth checking out for a fantastic contest in the scrum. One of the best I've seen in a long while.

My self and my dad were watching the Glasgow and Toulon game on the TV. Glasgow did well to fight their way back into the game and had a sustained period of pressure right at the end. But as soon as they had to start again from outside the 22 I said to my Dad that it was all over because Glasgow...

It was an excellent display and result for Ulster and they'll fancy their chances of making the semis with Sarries at home in the QF. Sarries demolished Connacht 64-6 today scoring 11 tries and it would have been a bigger score if Hodgson's performance with the boot matched his excellent...

Very good point Hugh and it's something that came up in the commentary in last night's Leinster game. The commentary team were talking about how players need to realise the opportunities available to move the ball once the scrum starts marching forward rather than holding the ball at the back...

There were some interesting sights in the Leinster v Ospreys game tonight. Leinster were dominate in the scrum and would have been a bit miffed when the game went to uncontested scrums when replacement hooker Baldwin went off injured. Starting hooker Hibbard had already departed earlier and...

It was great to see Strauss back and he got the biggest cheer of the night when he came on for Cronin. The Leinster academy is probably the strongest in the NH and it's great to see the foresight paying off through-out all 4 provinces. I think the next couple of years will see a bit of a hand...

Forgot to add on Leinster I thought the Toner had a very good game. He did well in the lineout but what impressed me most was his work in the loose. As with many players who are freakishly big he's had to learn how to use his size to make an impact in the loose. A lot of such players come up...

Munster are easily the best supported rugby team in the world. They've built their club up over many years and it's embedded in the community with a very strong link between the province, players, ex-players and fans. If you're looking to build a franchise or team from the ground up then Munster...

Watching it live it looked like a bad one with Evans stamping on McCarthy's head a number of times. The fact that the side on camera angle shows Evans looking down towards McCarthy won't help his defence either.

Great forwards display from Leinster tonight, backs misfired a little though. To their credit Ospreys never lay down even when Ian Evans was sent off for stamping on McCarthy's head after 20 minutes. Leinster got 2 penalty tries and one each for man of the match Cian Healy and the impressive...

I think the difference with QC (Quade Cooper) is that he actually took steps to change his behaviour and also to stop hanging around with people who would be a bad influence on him. I'm not sure JOC (James O'Connor) will do the same thing. I see him more as a Paul Gascoigne figure as someone who'll never really grow up. I'll...

He will probably be able to pick up a 3 month contract as injury cover for a team in England or France. But I agree with others he would be better off doing a proper preseason in Australia with a Super Rugby team. If he does go back to Australia and has a good season in the run up to the RWC...

Sean O'Brien has signed a new 3 year contract with Leinster and therefore won't be moving to France anytime soon.