18 May, 11:09
IRFU Chief Executive Philip Browne has issued a statement following confirmation of Ronan O'Gara's decision to retire from playing professional rugby.
Editor

Teams on a rest week will not receive 4 points this season.
BORDER REIVERS
Ross Beattie, Kelly Brown, Sean Crombie, Geoff Cross, Calum Cusiter, Chris Cusiter, John Dalziel, Simon Danielli, Nick De Luca, Bruce Douglas, Dougie Flockhart, Ross Ford, Ryan Grant, Scott Gray, Stuart Grimes, Craig Hamilton, James Henderson, Steve Jones, Ed Kalman, Gavin Kerr, Lee Kibble, James King, Garry Law, Ben MacDougall, Calum MacRae, Brendan McKerchar, Bruce McNeil, Andy Miller, Scott Newlands, Opeta Palepoi, Bryan Rennie, Mark Robertson, Steve Scott, Gregor Townsend.
INS: Dougie Flockhart (Currie), Nick De Luca (Edinburgh), Gavin Kerr (Leeds), Ross Beattie (Northampton), Bryan Rennie (Watsonians), Craig Hamilton (Glasgow), Stuart Grimes (Newcastle).Scott Forrest (Glasgow).
OUTS: Stuart Moffat, Semo Sititi, Paul Thomson, Tommy McGee, Scott Macleod, Nikki Walker, Charlie Hore, Mark Blair, Will Kay, Matt Parr, Wayne McEntee, Johnnie Weston, Andy Rennick, Colin Stewart, Stephen Cranston.
CARDIFF BLUES
Ben Blair, Chris Czekaj, Bradley Davies, Wayne Evans, Taufa'ao Filise, James Goode, Duane Goodfield, Dafydd Hewitt, Gethin Jenkins, Deiniol Jones, Mark Lewis, Mosese Luveitasau Yabakitini, Nick Macleod, Scott Morgan, Mike Phillips, Andy Powell, Gary Powell, Tom Riley, Scott Roberts, Jamie Robinson, Nick Robinson, Xavier Rush, Tom Shanklin, Robert Sidoli, Robin Sowden-Taylor, Marc Stcherbina, Rhys Thomas, Gareth Williams, Martyn Williams, Rhys Williams, John Yapp.
INS: Taufa'ao Filise (Bath), Gary Powell (Gloucester), Ben Blair (Canterbury), Scott Morgan (Leeds), Mosese Luveitasau (Fiji Warriors).
OUTS: Craig Morgan, Lee Thomas, Ryan Powell, Ben Evans, Martin Jones, Jonah Lomu, Maama Molitika, Craig Quinnell, Dean Dewdney, Dan Baugh, Kort Schubert.
CONNACHT
Andrew Browne, Michael Diffley, Peter Durcan, Andrew Farley, Adrian Flavin, John Fogarty, David Gannon, John Hearty, Ray Hogan, Chris Keane, Stephen Knoop, Matt Lacey, Ronan Loughney, David McGowan, Mark McHugh, Conor McPhillips, Joe Merrigan, Conor Muldoon, John Muldoon, Brendan O'Connor, Ray Ofisa, Conor O'Loughlin, Colm Rigney, Daniel Riordan, Ted Robinson, David Slemen, Brett Sturgess, Michael Swift, Tom Tierney, Paul Warwick, Brett Wilkinson, Gavin Williams, Darren Yapp.
INS: Adrian Flavin (London Irish), Brett Wilkinson (Cape Town Uni), Ray Ofisa (North Otago), Brett Sturgess (Northampton).
OUTS: Christian Short, Dan McFarland, Adrian Clarke, James Downey, Andrew Gallagher, Andrew Mailei, Christan Venter.
EDINBURGH GUNNERS
Michael Blair, Murray Bringhurst, Innes Brown, Ben Cairns, David Callam, Simon Cross, Rob Dewey, Matt Dey, Marcus Di Rollo, Alasdair Dickinson, Dave Duley, Alan Dymock, Phil Godman, Dougie Hall, David Hewett, Duncan Hodge, Allister Hogg, Allan Jacobsen, Peter Jorgensen, Andrew Kelly, Greig Laidlaw, Steve Lawrie, Alan MacDonald, Ander Monro, Scott Murray, Matt Mustchin, Chris Paterson, Fergus Pringle, Mike Pyke, Ross Rennie, Craig Smith, Hugo Southwell, Alasdair Strokosch, Simon Taylor, Kyle Traynor, Simon Webster.
INS: Greig Laidlaw (Jedforest), Dave Duley (Llanelli Scarlets), Ben Cairns (Currie).
OUTS: Nick De Luca, Alastair Kellock, Rory Lawson, Francisco Leonelli, Todd Blackadder, Grant Anderson, Jamie Blackwood, Tom Philip.
GLASGOW WARRIORS
John Barclay, Scott Barrow, John Beattie, Graeme Beveridge, William Brown, Stuart Corsar, James Eddie, Thom Evans, Calum Forrester, Colin Gregor, Andrew Henderson, Jamie Hunter, Ally Kellock, Rory Lamont, Scott Lawson, Francisco Leonelli Morey, Moray Low, Donnie Macfadyen, Sean Marsden, Eric Milligan, Graeme Morrison, Euan Murray, Andy Newman, Hefin O'Hare, Dan Parks, Jon Petrie, Sam Pinder, Ben Prescott, Mike Roberts, Colin Shaw, Steve Swindall, Fergus Thomson, Kevin Tkachuk, Dan Turner, Justin Va'a, Andrew Wilson.
INS: Francisco Leonelli (Edinburgh), Alastair Kellock (Edinburgh), Andy Newman (Ospreys), Sean Marsden (Bristol), Thom Evans (Wasps), Justin Va'a (Wasps).
OUTS: Craig Hamilton, Paul Dearlove, Gregor Hayter, Tim Barker, Lee Harrison, Eddie McLaughlin, Calvin Howarth, Andy Craig, Graydon Staniforth, Scott Forrest, Iain Kennedy, Spencer Davey.
LEINSTER
Michael Berne, Brian Blaney, Gary Brown, Adam Byrnes, Felipe Contepomi, Reggie Corrigan, Gordon D'Arcy, Girvan Dempsey, Andy Dunne, Guy Easterby, Owen Finegan, Luke Fitzgerald, Keith Gleeson, Will Green, Jamie Heaslip, Denis Hickie, Trevor Hogan, Shane Horgan, Bernard Jackman, Rob Kearney, Stephen Keogh, Kieran Lewis, Richie Leyden, Ross McCarron, Ronan McCormack, Sean O'Brien, Brian O'Driscoll, Fosi Pala'amo, Ciaran Potts, Niall Ronan, Robert Sweeney, Devin Toner, Harry Vermaas, Christian Warner, Chris Whitaker, John Wickham.
INS: Chris Whitaker (NSW), Trevor Hogan (Munster), Stephen Keogh (Munster), Owen Finegan (Newcastle), Harry Vermaas (Blue Bulls), Des Dillon (Ospreys).
OUTS: Brian O'Riordan, Brendan Burke, John Hepworth, Eric Miller, James Norton, Bryce Williams, Simon Crawford, Ben Gissing, Brian O'Meara, David Blaney, David McAllister, Eoghan Hickey, Nick Duffy, Emmett Byrne.
LLANELLI SCARLETS
'Inoke Afeaki, James Bater, Vernon Cooper, Darren Daniel, Barry Davies, Dominic Day, Craig Dunlea, Simon Easterby, Garan Evans, Gavin Evans, Aled Gravelle, Dafydd James, Phil John, Adam Jones, Dafydd Jones, Mark Jones, Stephen Jones, Regan King, Scott Macleod, Deacon Manu, Ken Owens, Dwayne Peel, Alix Popham, Matthew Rees, Clive Stuart-Smith, Ceiron Thomas, Gavin Thomas, Iestyn Thomas, Nathan Thomas, Matthew Watkins.
INS: Scott Macleod (Reivers), Nathan Thomas (Leeds), James Bater (Ospreys), Stephen Jones (Clermont), Deacon Manu (Waikato).
OUTS: Chris Wyatt, Lee Byrne, Tal Selley, Gavin Quinnell, Hottie Louw, Mike Hercus, Dave Duley.
MUNSTER
Tony Buckley, James Coughlan, Sean Cronin, Christian Cullen, Chris Delooze, Ian Dowling, Anthony Foley, Trevor Halstead, John Hayes, Eoghan Hickey, Marcus Horan, Anthony Horgan, Darragh Hurley, John Kelly, Mossie Lawlor, Denis Leamy, Jeremy Manning, Eugene McGovern, Ciaran O'Boyle, Donncha O'Callaghan, Paul O'Connell, Shane O'Connor, Mick O'Driscoll, Ronan O'Gara, Tomas O'Leary, John O'Sullivan, Shaun Payne, Federico Pucciariello, Alan Quinlan, Frank Roche, Donnacha Ryan, Tim Ryan, Frank Sheahan, Peter Stringer, David Wallace, Chris Wyatt.
INS: Chris Wyatt (Scarlets).
OUTS: Paul Burke, Trevor Hogan, Stephen Keogh, Rob Henderson, Mike Mullins, Mike Prendergast, Frank Murphy, Brian Tuohy, Anton Pitout, Paul Devlin.
NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS
Gareth Baber, Joe Bearman, Adam Black, Aled Brew, Nathan Brew, Gareth Chapman, Luke Charteris, Colin Charvis, Gareth Cooper, Kieran Crawford, Ben Daly, Paul Emerick, Nic Fitisemanu, Richard Fussell, Ian George, Ian Gough, Bryn Griffiths, Andrew Hall, Lee Harrison, Mike Hercus, Matthew Jess, Steve Jones, David Maddocks, Kevin Morgan, Michael Owen, Jamie Ringer, Gethin Robinson, Peter Sidoli, Shane Stewart, Ceri Sweeney, Aled Thomas, Rhys Thomas, Craig Warlow, Gareth Wyatt.
INS: Aled Brew (Ospreys), Matt Jess (Cornish Pirates), Gareth Chapman (Newport RFC), Shane Stewart (Ulster), Ben Daly (Viadana), Nic Fitisemanu (Nottingham), Joe Bearman (Cornish Pirates), Paul Emerick (Parma), Lee Harrison (Glasgow),
Mike Hercus (Scarlets), Colin Charvis (Newcastle).
OUTS: Richard Bryan, Hal Luscombe, John Bryant, Jason Forster, Chris Anthony, Ben Breeze, Sione Tuipulotu, Rhys Oakley, Leigh Hinton.
OSPREYS
Lyndon Bateman, Lee Beach, Huw Bennett, Andrew Bishop, David Bishop, Lee Byrne, Brent Cockbain, Shaun Connor, Ian Evans, Cai Griffiths, Gavin Henson, Richard Hibbard, James Hook, Paul James, Adam Jones, Alun Wyn Jones, Duncan Jones, Ryan Jones, Andy Lloyd, Justin Marshall, Andrew Millward, Richard Mustoe, Sonny Parker, Mike Powell, Richie Pugh, Martin Roberts, Tal Selley, Jason Spice, Steve Tandy, Stefan Terblanche, Jonathan Thomas, Filo Tiatia, Jonny Vaughton, Nikki Walker, Barry Williams, Shane Williams.
INS: Justin Marshall (Leeds), Lee Byrne (Scarlets), Tal Selley (Scarlets), Nikki Walker (Reivers), Filo Tiatia (Toyota Verblitz).
OUTS: Andy Newman, Adrian Cashmore, James Bater, Richard Rees, Des Dillon.
ULSTER
Tim Barker, Mark Bartholomeusz, Neil Best, Rory Best, Simon Best, Isaac Boss, Tommy Bowe, Nigel Brady, Ryan Caldwell, Kieran Campbell, Niall Conlon, Tom Court, Bryn Cunningham, Kieron Dawson, Stephen Ferris, Declan Fitzpatrick, Justin Fitzpatrick, Justin Harrison, Chris Henry, David Humphreys, Adam Larkin, Kevin Maggs, Paul Marshall, Andrew Maxwell, Matt McCullough, Neil McMillan, Michael Pehi, Stuart Philpott, Paul Shields, Paul Steinmetz, Lewis Stevenson, Andrew Trimble, Paddy Wallace, Roger Wilson, Bryan Young, Scott Young.
INS: Kieron Dawson (London Irish), Mark Bartholomeusz (Saracens), Tom Court (Queensland), Tim Barker (Glasgow).
OUTS: Tyrone Howe, Shane Stewart, Jonny Bell, James Topping, Rowan Frost,
Campbell Feather, Rod Moore.