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One of a handful of players who have experienced both the highs and lows of European rugby, Connacht fullback Gavin Duffy is fully prepared for the range of emotions that Friday evening’s Challenge Cup match could produce.

Connacht head to Llanelli for their penultimate away match of the Magners League with high hopes of keeping pace with Ulster in the fight for the last Irish Heineken Cup place.

The GAA's decision to scrap the scoring difference in favour of the head to head format left the association with egg on its face last weekend, as all bar one of the last round league games ended up being nothing more than glorified challenge matches. The only game of any real importance was the relegation battle between Dublin and Limerick.

Connacht’s resurgent home form will be tested on Saturday (4.30pm) when they enter Leinster’s den for their first Magners League clash this season.

The game between Kilkenny and Cork will get a quick analysing next week due to the clash of Ballyhale Shamrocks and Portumna, the two best club teams in recent years. If Kilkenny and Tipperary were the two teams most neutrals wanted to see in last year’s All-Ireland final, these are the two that everyone wanted for a club final appearance.

Calasanctius College, Oranmore, celebrated its second successive Connacht Junior Schools Cup victory in yesterday’s final at the Galway Sportsground.

Connacht will need to be the team on fire when they host their first fixture on a St Patrick’s Day (6.30pm) against the in-form Newport Gwent Dragons.

Galway’s Colaiste Iogniad are seeking a record third successive Connacht senior schools cup title when they come head to head with Sligo Grammar in Wednesday’s decider at the Galway Sportsground.

The transformation is not yet complete, but Connacht came as close as they could against the Ospreys in Liberty Stadium on Sunday.

While the footballers have been doing the business on the field picking up two wins from their opening games in the national league, it is now the hurlers’ time to go into competitive action this weekend. Martin Brennan and Pete Finnerty are back on board for this year following initial murmuring that they were not going to take charge of the side again following their exit from the Christy Ring Cup at the semi final stage last term.