The veteran trio has a combined age of 107 yet Andy Farrell wants his on-field ambassadors to stick around.
Irish great Shane Byrne tempers his Rugby World Cup optimism with a sharp history lesson
Second row Kiran McDonald has become the latest ex-Wasps player to find work after he was made redundant by the club on October 17.
The Stormers' 15-match winning run, which included a URC Final win, came to an end in Cardiff, but for their charismatic coach, a rosy future lies ahead for the star-studded franchise
Robert Baloucoune, Caolin Blade, Shane Daly and Max Deegan are the four players previously capped by Andy Farrell at Test level with Ireland who have been named in the 35-man Emerging Ireland squad.
Ireland skipper Johnny Sexton is among the absentees after Leinster decided to make seven changes for Saturday’s URC quarter-final versus Glasgow following last weekend’s dramatic defeat to La Rochelle in the final of the Heineken Champions Cup.
Scotland followed up their opening win over England with defeats by Wales and France before beating Italy 33-22 in Rome on Saturday.
Leon Lloyd made 266 appearances for the Tigers and he's hopeful silverware is just around the corner for the next generation
June 10 is the 25th anniversary of the last Ireland team to play in the amateur era, Terry Kingston's side losing to France in the World Cup quarter-final.
It's been a difficult few years for Blues supporters, but can the addition of a new head coach, who has the capacity to instil a strong set of values in his squad, be enough to get them back in the play-offs?
