The Ireland team to play Italy in the RBS 6 Nations Championship at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday has been named and coach Declan Kidney has opted for an unchanged lineup.

Ireland’s rugby squad finally get the opportunity to bounce back from the opening Six Nations defeat to Wales this week.

Coleraine Inst Medallion hosted RBAI on Saturday morning in the Medallion Shield Quarter Final.

It was expected to be an easy fixture for the much fancied Ballymena side to take them straight into the Northern Bank School’s Cup quarter final, however CAI put up an excellent fight against the very possible winners of the competition.

CHURCHLANDS Golden Gloves ABC were celebrating last week as two of their promising young boxers won titles at the County Derry Championships.

COLERAINE schoolboy, James Richardson, is still celebrating after winning the 100 metre freestyle race in the Irish Schools Swimming Championships at the weekend.

Saturday 11 February could prove a defining day in deciding where the Hutchinson Tiles Winter League title will be heading.

The finals of the League Pairs were played on Friday past as the last 16 pairs made their way to Bertha’s Bar in Castlerock with hopes of leaving as League Pairs champions.

Castlerock Golf Club Manager, Mark Steen, and over twenty golf and tourism operators from Northern Ireland and the island of Ireland joined Tourism Ireland at the 2012 PGA Golf Merchandise Show in Orlando recently.

Ireland rugby star Cian Healy’s amongst the country’s international rugby stars trying to get their head around one of the most bizarre weeks ever in the sport.

AN Irish Cup quarter final place is at stake on Saturday when Coleraine welcome Championship One leaders Ballinamallard United to The Showgrounds (3pm kick off).

Croke Park beckons once again for the Eoghan Rua camogs as they came through their All-Ireland Intermediate championship semi-final with a 1-8 to 1-5 victory over Laois Harps in Killyclogher last Sunday afternoon.

COLERAINE bowed out of the All-Ireland Junior Cup on Saturday after a mighty tussle with Monivea.

After last week’s stalemate in the cup, Coleraine Twos got back to winning ways in league action last Saturday, maintaining good form with a comfortable victory over Cooke Twos in a potentially tricky away fixture at Shaw’s Bridge in Belfast.

The Railways Arms are now within touching distance of winning the Tennents Coleraine Pool League Division 2 title with a hard fought victory over Social Club.

Loughanreagh have reduced Dunluce’s lead at the top of Division 1 to half a point following their 7–0 win against lowly Boveedy.

Only four games survived the weather on Saturday but there was no shortage of goals as a result.

With just a six day turnaround between their late defeat to Wales and their next game against France, Ireland are back down to business as they look to get their Six Nations campaign back on track.

Eoghan Rua, Coleraine will put their All-Ireland Intermediate camogie title on the line this Sunday afternoon when they take on Laois Harps in the semi-final in Killyclogher at 2.30pm.

COLERAINE will welcome back top scorer Curtis Allen for Saturday’s Carling Premiership test away to Dungannon Swifts (3pm kick off).