Fergus McFadden's desire to play international rugby on a regular basis was encapsulated by his last-minute try against Canada. The game was well won but Ireland wanted a sixth and final try and the in-form winger was only too happy to deliver, taking Paul Marshall's pass off a scrum and handing off Sean White to crash over in the left corner.

O'Halloran Claims Connacht Player Of The Month Award

Fleet-footed Tiernan O'Halloran's finishing efforts and recent form earned him the nod as the Connacht Player of the Month for March, and in doing so he becomes the latest Tag Heuer watch winner in association with Hartmann's of Galway.

Tiernan O'Halloran has had a dream start to 2012 with slick tries against Irish rugby's very best, against Leinster on New Year's Day and most-recently a full stretch corner flag effort against Ulster at the Sportsground last weekend.

While Leinster scraped a two-point win back in January, O'Halloran and Connacht rammed home the advantage against Heineken Cup semi-finalists Ulster by winning 26-21 two weeks ago.

Plagued by niggling injuries earlier this season, O'Halloran has asserted himself as part of the back-line furniture of late.

The 21-year-old graduated from Nigel Carolan's Connacht Academy to a full-time professional contract, and is looking forward to maturing as one of the province's most exciting investments for seasons to come.

He debuted as an 18-year-old in the Amlin Challenge Cup against Olympus Madrid three Octobers back.

Wins over Harlequins, Edinburgh, the Dragons and Ulster still linger among his fondest Connacht memories and following a tight victory over Aironi last weekend, finishing the campaign on a high against Glasgow Warriors has him chomping at the bit before the summer begins in earnest.

Richard Hartmann congratulated O'Halloran on his award success and said one of Tag Heuer's Formula One family of watches was a fitting addition to the speed merchant's arsenal, which affords him no excuse to be late for training!

Previewing Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final against Leinster with Cóilín Duffy, Ulster winger Andrew Trimble said: "We really motivated for this game. People are talking about us being the best Ulster side in a few years, we had that record of 13 wins in a row at the start of the year. We want to win trophies, and there's no point having those records unless we back them up."

Connacht elite player development officer Jimmy Duffy chats about the province's latest programme, 'Grassroots to Green Shirts', which they hope will increase the number of indigenous players coming through the provincial player pathway. In the westerners' current senior squad, there are 19 players who have come through the Connacht system.

Speaking about Connacht's 'Grassroots to Green Shirts' initiative, the province's CEO Tom Sears said: "We like to think we're innovative in our approach, that we're looking at things slightly differently. We've shown that the production line is working with the young players coming through. The system is working, we just need a bit more investment to make sure we can get more players through."

Connacht's head of commercial and marketing Alex Saul talks about some exciting developments off the pitch for the province, including their 'Grassroots to Green Shirts' crowd-funding initiative which gives fans the chance to play their part in growing and developing the future stars of Connacht and Irish rugby.

Speaking after the 30-11 home win over the Dragons, Connacht head coach Eric Elwood said: "We're a little bit disappointed we didn't get the bonus point, but the good thing is we got a good victory at home and we had a great crowd. We're back on the horse and it sets us up for Harlequins (next week)."

Speaking about recovering from the disappointing defeat to the Scarlets, young Leinster centre Noel Reid said: "We went over looking for a result and we didn't perform the way we wanted to. So we need a big week now of training and focusing on the things that didn't go our way - the breakdown in particular."