The ERC have confirmed that Munster will play Ulster in the quarter final of the Heineken Cup in Thomond Park on Sunday, 8th April ko 1.45pm.

Given the group they'd emerged from, you might have expected Ulster skipper Johan Muller to be a little more upbeat after his side's narrow defeat in Clermont Auvergne. Instead there was disappointment and maybe a day of atonement. In April. In Limerick.

The Ireland squad led by Captain Paul O'Connell met for training at the University of Limerick today in preparation for the upcoming 6 Nations tournament commencing this February.

James Coughlan, on foot of his impressive performances all year, has been called into the Ireland senior squad in place of the injured Leo Cullen.

Munster winger Simon Zebo has been called up to the Ireland Wolfhounds squad as Leinster's Luke Fitzgerald has failed to recover sufficiently from injury.