A pumped-up Connacht side doomed the Ospreys to an entire Magners League campaign without an away win as they held on for victory at the Sportsground.
Newport Gwent Dragons and Leinster saved one of the best Magners League matches of the season until the last weekend as the Welshmen scored a famous victory at Rodney Parade.
Former South African assistant coach Gert Smal is expected to be confirmed as the new Ireland forwards coach.
The Ireland A squad which will take part in the Churchill Cup in Canada and the USA has been named.
Andrew Trimble has joined Gordon D'Arcy among the absentees for Ireland's summer tour to New Zealand and Australia.
Anthony Foley will captain a much-changed Munster team against Glasgow Warriors at Musgrave Park on Saturday.
Nigel Owens will referee his first Heineken Cup final when he takes charge of the clash between Munster and Toulouse at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, 24 May.
The Irish Rugby Football Union has confirmed the interim management team to lead Ireland in to their international encounters this summer.
David Humphreys will end his professional career in Ravenhill on Friday night in Ulster’s last Magners League game of the season against Cardiff.
Brian O'Driscoll is confident new head coach Declan Kidney has all the right credentials to put a smile back on the face of Irish rugby.