The Offload: No contact with Sam Prendergast about potential loan move, says Connacht’s Pete Wilkins
Former Irish underage international subject of speculation that he might move west on year-long loan deal
Rhys Ruddock
Leinster’s Rhys Ruddock announces he will retire from rugby
Backrow played 228 times for Leinster and was capped on 27 occasions
Rhys Ruddock unlikely to represent Wales in the Six Nations, but nothing is off the table
The 33-year-old flanker becomes eligible for Wales ahead of the third round of this year’s Six Nations – when they play Ireland at the Aviva Stadium
Rhys Ruddock ruled out of Leinster’s clash with the Bulls with hamstring injury
Vakhtang Abdaladze will be assessed ahead of final URC regular season game due to neck injury
Leo Cullen managing Leinster’s bigger picture to perfection
Senior team are beneficiaries of good work which goes on at club and schools level
Leinster beat Toulouse and in truth, it could’ve been a 50-pointer
Aside from turnover try and another off a catch-and-drive, Toulouse hardly threatened
Familiar foes Leinster and Toulouse to produce another European spectacle
Sides meet for fourth time in semis, with Leinster the only non-French side left in cup
Ruddock simply getting on with South African job despite looming quarter-final
Backrow leading the squad in South Africa while Ireland contingent prepare for Europe
URC preview: Difficult assignment ahead for Leinster away to Sharks
High-profile Springboks feature as Sharks know win would enhance playoff prospects
Four-try Lowe to the fore as Leinster swat aside Connacht in second leg rout
Likely quarter-final date with Leicester booked in the diary after Aviva hammering
Three changes to Leinster team to face Connacht in Champions Cup
Jamison Gibson-Park, Andrew Porter and Rónan Kelleher make starting XV
Benetton v Leinster: Peter Dooley set for 100th provincial game
Prop set to notch landmark before joining Byrne, Hawkshaw and Murphy out west
Leinster four points clear at URC summit after hard-earned victory
Hosts establish themselves as the pace-setters without firing on all cylinders
Leinster determined to deliver more of the same against Bath
Leo Cullen stresses the need to play through the 80 minutes
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