Two legends of the AIL.

Seriously impressive stuff from Tony Ryan and Matt D’Arcy to be as good as they were on such a consistent basis.

Champions Terenure to face Cork Con at the Aviva after AIL semi-final thrillers: the42.ie/6360485

Some photo by Steve Haag Sports for Inpho Photography!

Great win for Munster in Pretoria.

What a win for Munster!

Loftus Versfeld a seriously tough place to go, especially with that heat added to the altitude.

Munster come away with a bonus point win. They move above Bulls to third in the URC table.

Next up is the Lions next weekend.

Excellent 44-12 win for the Lions against Leinster.

Glasgow now just a point behind URC leaders Leinster, who face the Stormers in Cape Town next weekend.

A bad afternoon for Leinster.

Great first half from the Lions.

Clinical in attack early on and have showed resilience in defence since.

Leinster error count way too high, very poor first half from Leo Cullen’s side.

Trail 22-0 at the break.

Leinster are 22-0 down after 15 mins against the Lions.

Very flat from Leinster in the altitude at heat. Lions ruthless so far.

#URC

National deals, PONIs, and Irish rugby's contracting: the42.ie/6359757

Huge weekend of play-off rugby ahead in the AIL! Some seriously spicy match-ups.

Loving all the social media efforts from clubs.

CONFIRMED: Croke Park has officially sold out for Leinster vs. Northampton in the Champions Cup semi-finals.

82,300 capacity crowd!

Tickets only went on general sale this morning after a huge uptake from Leinster season ticket holders earlier in the week. Sensational stuff.

Remarkable ticket sales for Leinster vs. Northampton.

Leinster said over 70k had already been sold two hours ago and they have apparently continued to fly out the door since.

82,300 is the capacity at Croke Park! Phenomenal stuff.

Leinster have confirmed they'll play the majority of their home games at the Aviva Stadium for the 2024/25 season, with Croke Park also hosting several games.

The RDS Arena is undergoing redevelopment so Leinster won't play there next season.

Nathan Doak returns to scrum-half for Ulster after being at number 10 for the last three games.

Jake Flannery comes in at out-half among the changes for the Cardiff clash.

Leinster's Caelan Doris, Jamison Gibson-Park, James Lowe, and Dan Sheehan among nominees for 2024 Investec Champions Cup Player of the Year award.

Antoine Dupont, Courtney Lawes, Fin Smith, and Marcus Smith also nominated.

Voting here: epcrugby.com/ipoty

Two changes for Ireland Women against England on Saturday [KO 2.15pm, Virgin Media].

Hannah O’Connor starts in the second row, while Aoife Dalton is picked in midfield.

Méabh Deely comes onto the bench.

Munster's battle with the Bulls is part of an intense URC run-in.

Exciting final five rounds of the regular season coming up, with some juicy inter-pros thrown in for good measure: the42.ie/6357093

Great news for Munster fans as Mike Prendergast says they expect Antoine Frisch to stay with the province next season despite the interest from several Top 14 clubs: the42.ie/6357302 via Media West Ireland

Great to have James Tracy on the pod today for his in-depth analysis of Leinster's win over La Rochelle, as well as chatting about the Jordie Barrett signing and central contracts.

I got lucky and was the ghostwriter on this project.

Conor is a great storyteller with a great story to tell - I think you'll love it.

You can pre-order the book here - linktr.ee/conorniland

Kildare man Cormac Daly will make his first Super Rugby start for the Queensland Reds against the Highlanders on Friday morning [9.35am Irish time].

25-year-old lock Daly has already made six appearances off the bench but now gets his starting chance. #IrishAbroad