The 2024/2025 season of the French Pro D2 is about to start, and the number of international players keeps growing with the likes of Courtney Lawes, George North, Chris Farrell, and Curwin Bosch having joined it.
The Irish URC side have also confirmed their squad of 43 for the 2024/25 campaign, slightly down in size from 2023/24.
Every team in the URC has been busy sorting transfers ahead of the upcoming summer break. The Irish provinces have been using their academies...
Connacht have confirmed the names of all twelve players leaving them at end of the current season, adding that a squad of 44 has so far been assembled for next season.
Tries from Aaron Shingler, Steffan Hughes (two), Dane Blacker, Tom Rogers, and Javan Sebastian got Scarlets a bonus-point win over Connacht.
Tadhg Beirne will play his first match in 9 months when Munster take on a much-changed Connacht XV in the Guinness PRO14 on Sunday.
Follow all the action on the RugbyPass live blog from the Guinness PRO14 match between Leinster and Connacht at the RDS.
Dominic Robertson-McCoy of Connacht Rugby faced a Disciplinary Hearing today via video conference following his red card sending off in his side's interprovincial derby with Leinster Rugby.
Leinster's Pro14 title defence continued with a fourth win in five, with Glasgow Warriors and the Ospreys matching that return on Saturday.