Ronan to miss Northampton clash
Niall Ronan will miss Munster's final Heineken Cup pool game against Northampton having sustaining a knee injury.
Niall Ronan will miss Munster's final Heineken Cup pool game against Northampton having sustaining a knee injury.
Lifiemi Mafi, Donncha O'Callaghan and Niall Ronan have been named in the Munster starting XV to face Leinster in the RaboDirect Pro12 clash at Aviva Stadium on Friday night (8pm).
Mick O'Driscoll, Niall Ronan and Marcus Horan have been released from the Ireland squad to join up with Munster.
Munster's Niall Ronan, man-of-the-match, tells Joanne Cantwell that it's great to get five league points on the first day out.
Leinster flanker Kevin McLaughlin has been ruled out of Ireland's tour of New Zealand and Australia with a knee injury and will be replaced by Munster's Niall Ronan.
Meath produced a powerful finish at Pairc Tailteann to run out five-point winners over Leinster rivals Kildare.
South African international centre Jean De Villiers and openside wing-forward Niall Ronan are to start for Munster against Benetton Treviso on Saturday.
Patrick J Ward won the first bout of the 2009 Irish Daily Star sponsored Elite National Senior Championships - but the Galway man needed a count-back to advance from tonight's preliminary round clash with Niall Murray at the National Stadium in Dublin.
Twelve additional boxers advanced toward the business end of the National Intermediate Championships following the completion of tonight's quarter-finals at the National Stadium in Dublin.
The Leinster team to face Edinburgh in the Magners League in Donnybrook on Friday (KO: 7.30pm) has been named.
The Leinster team to face Glasgow in the Magners League clash in Donnybrook on Friday at 7.30pm has been named.
The Leinster team to face Connacht in the Magners League clash in the Sportsground on Friday evening at 6.30pm has been named, with a lot of the big names returning to the first XV.
Brian O'Driscoll returns and partners Gordon D'Arcy at centre, while Will Green and Niall Ronan are the only changes to the pack for Leinster's final Celtic League game against Edinburgh.
A crucial yellow card for Leinster flanker Niall Ronan saw a young Irish side collapse to a 24-19 Bowl semi-final defeat to Canada at today's IRB South Africa Sevens in George.
Second half tries from Niall Ronan and Felipe Contepomi gave Leinster victory over Connacht, and stretched their unbeaten run at Donnybrook to eight games with a 18-9 victory.
Niall Buckley returns to the Kildare team to face Meath in the Leinster football championship semi-final in Croke Park on Sunday.
The Cork team to play Tipperary at Thurles next Sunday in Division 1B of the Allianz National Hurling League shows three changes.
Antrim and Derry have both made four changes from their semi-final teams ahead of Sunday's Ulster Hurling Final
Derry make three changes from the drawn game for tomorrow's Bank Of Ireland Ulster Football semi-final replay against Antrim at Casement Park.