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Irish captain Rory Best has indicated that this will be his last season and he will be leaving the game after the World Cup which takes place in Japan later this year. BonusBets.com looks at his incredible career and the reaction from fly-half Johnny Sexton.

We might call last weekend’s rugby a success, but I call it a qualified success, and I’ll explain that as I go on. Firstly, the women played a magnificent game and triumphed over Scotland. Likewise, the under 20 team had a significant win in their joust with Scotland. So now we come to the big one last Saturday, Ireland versus Scotland. I settled myself down to look at it, turned off my telephone and my email and decided I would wallow in what I hoped would be a victory.

Historical baggage can be incentive or curse, or as Connacht coach Andy Friend now believes, it should be ignored.

Historical baggage can be incentive or curse, or as Connacht coach Andy Friend now believes, it should be ignored.

I hope you all had a nice St Patrick’s weekend.

It was zero degrees and there was snow on the ground when volunteers began gathering at 8am in Dubarry Park last Thursday morning, for the countdown to the Irish senior and U20 rugby squads open training session.

Bona fide Champions Cup team Connacht will face four-times European champions Toulouse on Saturday (5.30pm) to open their 2016/17 European campaign.