Williams to miss Wales' Japan tour
Scarlets centre Scott Williams has joined team-mate Rhys Priestland in being ruled out of Wales' tour of Japan due to injury.
Scarlets centre Scott Williams has joined team-mate Rhys Priestland in being ruled out of Wales' tour of Japan due to injury.
Ulster booked their passage to the RaboDirect PRO12 final with relative ease with a 28-17 victory over the Scarlets at Ravenhill even though they only outscored the visitors by three tries to two.
Irish rugby has legitimate hopes of an all-Irish RaboDirect PRO12 final on 25 May.
Ulster head coach Mark Anscombe has made four changes for Friday night's RaboDirect PRO12 play-off against Llanelli Scarlets at Ravenhill.
Ulster earned a home semi-final against the Scarlets by seeing off Cardiff Blues with a bonus point win at a wet Ravenhill to finish top of the RaboDirect PRO12 table.
Leinster ran in four tries as they crushed Scarlets at the RDS in the RaboDirect PRO12.
Leinster will field an inexperienced side against the Scarlets in Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 clash at the RDS.
Fly-half Owen Williams kicked all Scarlets' points as the the Welsh side claimed a RaboDirect Pro 12 double over Munster at Parc y Scarlets.
Mike Sherry will captain the Munster side when they take on Scarlets in Llanelli tomorrow on Saturday.
Munster coach Rob Penny tells Joe Stack that they are excited about travelling to face the Scarlets
Fly-half Owen Williams kicked 20 points as the Scarlets sealed a 25-15 RaboDirect Pro12 victory over Connacht at Parc y Scarlets.
Connacht have made a number of changes to their team to face Scarlets on Friday night in the RaboDirect PRO12 league.
Ulster won their first ERC game on French soil, while Leinster took five points from Exeter. Relive the action here.
Connacht battled their way to a narrow Heineken Cup victory Zebre at a cold and wet Sportsground. See how it all unfolded here.
Leinster rediscovered their try-scoring touch with a 33-14 bonus-point win over the Scarlets which keeps their Heineken Cup hopes alive.
Relive Connacht's defeat to Harlequins, and Leinster's victory over Scarlets, plus score updates from the day's other matches.
Leinster head coach Joe Schmidt admitted to a touch of regret even after his side mustered a crucial five-try 33-14 win over the Scarlets in Pool Five of the Heineken Cup.
The Leinster team to face the Scarlets in Saturday Heineken Cup Pool 5 encounter in the RDS has been named and shows four changes from the side that beat Edinburgh last week.
Ulster have made five changes to the team that beat Scarlets for tomorrow's Heineken Cup match against Glasgow.
Ulster centre Luke Marshall and full-back Adam D'Arcy have been sidelined after suffering injuries in the PRO12 win over Scarlets at the weekend.