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Irish internationals shine as Ulster ease past Cardiff

Ulster hit top spot in the United Rugby Championship after running in seven tries to ease past Cardiff 48-12 at the Kingspan Stadium and register their sixth-straight win in all competitions.

Dismal Connacht ship eight tries in Edinburgh hammering

Connacht's winning run in the United Rugby Championship came to a humiliating end this evening, with Andy Friend's side shipping their heaviest defeat of the season away to Edinburgh.

EXCLUSIVE: France kicking coach Vlok Cilliers chats to Sport24

Vlok Cilliers: France head coach Fabien Galthie and I played together for Western Province and he contacted me in 2020 to be part of the coaching set-up as kicking coach. For me, it was a no-brainer to accept the offer and it’s an honour to coach together all these years later. At least once a week, Fabien and I share memories of our time playing together for Western Province. After the Scotland game, Fabien and I took a picture with AB Zondagh, who is coaching with Scotland, and sent it to his dad Alan who coached Fabien and me back in the ‘90s. That was quite special. While the Sharks had the most French signings in those days, we had Fabien and Laurent Cabannes with us in Cape Town.

How Wales can really challenge France by building upon flickers of attacking intent shown against England

As the dust settled on Wales' narrow defeat to England at Twickenham last week, there was an inescapable feeling that neither team were on the same level as table-topping France.