Ireland beat World Champions England in a thrilling encounter at Twickenham today, by 19 points to 13. Ireland played solidly throughout and were more than deserving victors on the day.

Ulster have returned to the top of the pile in the Celtic League after a comprehensive victory over Munster at Ravenhill. Ulster managed a full haul of points from the match having put four tries past Munster in the 36 points to 6 victory.

Leinster tonight continued their poor form making it five losses in a row. This unenviable record was sealed when Cardiff’s South African centre Pieter Muller scored with 12 minutes left.

Munster will be looking to get back on winning form in the Celtic League tomorrow night at Ravenhill, and they will surely find that task a little bit easier with the return from injury of back-row David Wallace

Leinster coach Gary Ella, has narrowed down the squad he named yesterday, to it’s final line-up for their Celtic League match up against Cardiff on Friday.

Doubts over the continued future of the Celtic Cup and the Celtic League have emerged. Representatives of the Scottish, Irish and Welsh rugby unions have had "very preliminary discussions" over the future of the trophy and the Celtic League.

Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan has named his team for Saturday’s match against England. O’Sullivan has not sprung any surprises with the only change being the return of lock Malcom O’Kelly to the starting line-up in the place of the injured Donnacha O’Callaghan.

Connacht like the rest of the Irish teams in Celtic League action this weekend wil be looking to get back in winning ways. Recently Connacht have suffered a dip in form, but this has not discouraged Connacht coach Michael Bradley from continuing his policy of squad rotation.

Andy Ward returns to the Ulster starting line-up for their Celtic League clash against Munster at Ravenhill on Friday night. Ulster will be looking to get their Celtic League campaign back on track having suffered two defeats in their last two games.

With 5 days left before Ireland’s Six Nations match up with England, England have named their team. The England team features 3 changes from the team that beat Scotland at Murrayfield, just over a week ago.