Irish women edged out by Scotland
The Irish senior women's team were beaten 4-3 by Scotland today in the 2nd and final game of a two test series in Edinburgh.
The Irish senior women's team were beaten 4-3 by Scotland today in the 2nd and final game of a two test series in Edinburgh.
Hermes' Lisa Jacob struck late in Edinburgh to earn Darren Smith's Ireland team a 2-2 draw against Scotland in the first of two matches to be played in the course of 24 hours.
Edinburgh fighter Stephen Simmons beat Mayo's Michael Sweeney for the vacant Celtic cruiserweight belt at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow tonight.
Connacht produced a 10-minute flourish to see off Edinburgh 32-24 in a RaboDirect PRO12 encounter that featured only rare flashes of flowing rugby and was dominated by the boot.
Connacht welcome back lock Michael Swift for their RaboDirect Pro12 clash against Edinburgh at Murrayfield on Friday, kick-off 7.30pm
Ulster head coach Mark Anscombe has made six changes to the side that lost to Edinburgh last weekend for Saturday evening's RaboDirect PRO12 game against Leinster at the RDS.
Edinburgh's interim coaching duo of Steve Scott and Duncan Hodge made a winning start to their tenure when the Scots edged out Ulster 14-8 at Murrayfield to secure only their fifth RaboDirect PRO12 success of the campaign.
Ulster head coach Mark Anscomb, has made seven changes to the side for Friday night's RaboDirect PRO12 game against Edinburgh at Murrayfield.
Edinburgh lock Grant Gilchrist will make his Scotland debut in their final RBS 6 Nations clash against France at Paris on Saturday.
Michael Bradley will leave his post as head coach of Edinburgh at the end of the season.
Munster's Marcus Horan was happy with the way the team pulled together in the win over Edinburgh
Tries from CJ Stander and Mike Sherry set Munster on their way to a comprehensive 30-03 win over Edinburgh at Musgrave Park.
Italy travel to Edinburgh this afternoon looking to build on their shock 23-18 win over France in the opening round of the Six Nations.
CJ Stander returns to the Munster team for their RaboDirect PRO12 clash with Edinburgh.
Ulster won their first ERC game on French soil, while Leinster took five points from Exeter. Relive the action here.
Ronan O'Gara was suspended for a week following his citing for kicking Edinburgh lock Sean Cox in a Heineken Cup fixture four days ago.
Italy made history by winning their first away match against Scotland in Edinburgh and also by picking up two victories for the first time after beating Wales in Rome.
Munster coach Rob Penney has defended the decision of his players to kick for goal during the first half of their 26-17 Heineken Cup win over with Edinburgh at Murrayfield.
Munster out-half Ronan O'Gara has been cited for allegedly kicking Sean Cox during the win over Edinburgh on Sunday.
The meeting of Ireland and Scotland in Edinburgh in 2011 saw Ronan O'Gara overtake Jonny Wilkinson as the all time tournament top scorer. O'Gara currently stands on a total of 551 points.