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The Southern Kings scored six tries against Dragons to claim their first Pro14 victory.
The flanker has not played since December, but is back in non-contact training with Leinster.
Noel McNamara’s side were fortunate to escape with the win having led 31-8 just before half-time.
Ronan McCarthy’s side recovered from an opening weekend defeat to Tipperary, beating Down by six points in Newry.
Three points separated the sides at the final whistle in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
Preparations for the World Cup qualifiers continued in Dubai earlier.
Sam Arnold, Darren Sweetnam, Chris Cloete, Jack O’Donoghue and Rory Scannell all crossed for the hosts.
The Dublin Waste to Energy project is a public private partnership between Dublin City Council and recycling and energy company Covanta.
A thoroughly dominant victory leaves huge grounds for optimism heading into the season ahead.
Ex-League of Ireland defenders Andy Boyle and Kevin O’Connor both made their first league appearances of the season for Preston North End last night.
The northern province beat Wasps 19-9 at Kingspan Stadium on Friday night.
Sean Maguire has returned to Preston North End on a high after making his senior debut for Ireland.
Jose Mourinho’s side will come up against tougher opponents than the Swiss outfit this season.
The new head coach says his side are making ‘small steps’ in the right direction.
Les Kiss was pleased with his side’s performance tonight, but admits it was far from perfect.
The defending champions scored 10 tries as they eased past Spain in the tournament opener at UCD.
Ireland international Jonny Hayes made his debut off the bench.
The Cavan native carded three-under in the opening round, while Olivia Mehaffey is also in action at Kingsbarns.
The Belgian striker was on target in a 2-1 friendly win over Real Salt Lake.
Sean Dyche’s men enjoyed a good run-out in their pre-season friendly at Tallaght Stadium.
Warren Gatland’s men should have won more comfortably as they spurned opportunities.
Limerick were 2-1 winners over the Gypsies at Dalymount Park.
Holders made to sweat as France push them all the way at Twickenham.
John Bracewell’s side did just enough to squeeze past Namibia.
Rose and Stenson have claimed a big, big point.
Mata and Rooney were also on target as Man United opened their season with a comfortable victory.
Saturday night in Thurles wasn’t the time for flashy hurling, Tipperary manager Michael Ryan insisted.
Tom Tierney was very pleased after watching his side dominate Wales at Donnybrook.
Karim Benzema was also on the mark as Real routed Deportivo.
The Tigers were in imperious form at Welford Road.
A huge win for Sue Ronan’s side.
The Irish star is three off the lead after a four-under-par 66.
The hosts did enough to begin their campaign with a win at Twickenham.
Isa Nacewa passed 400 points for the province in Saturday evening’s win in Dublin.
Jessica Gleeson’s 35-yard strike was enough to earn the Irish club victory over Lithuanian side Gintra.
Five of the Reds’ summer signings featured.
Tom Cribbin’s men face Wexford on 14 June.
There was relief for Davy Fitzgerald’s side as they earned their first points of the league campaign.
Michael Murphy hit the crossbar with a penalty in the second half.
Wayne Rooney was on form while new signing Ander Herrera impressed on his debut as the Premier League side got the LVG era going.