Head Coach Andy Farrell has named three Kildare men in his squad for Saturday's Guinness Six Nations clash against England at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, with Sam Prendergast out of the number ten jersey - and out of the 23 entirely. 

Sam Prendergast, Jeremy Loughman and Jamie Osborne retain their places in the starting XV after the opening round defeat to France

Ireland XV will host England 'A' this Friday night in Thomond Park.

Athy produced their best performance of the season at home to Seapoint on Saturday to come out on the right side of an 11-try thriller in Division 1A of the Leinster League.

All five Kildare men available to Andy Farrell have been selected to start against France this Thursday night in Paris. 

Four tries were enough to see off the visitors from Ulster

Diarmuid and Ciaran were part of the Leinster team that defeated Edinburgh at the same time that their brother Daragh was making his senior Kildare debut

This is the final weekend of club fixtures before the Six Nations gets underway next week. 

Today was a big day for two of Kildare's elite rugby players.

Ireland Head Coach Andy Farrell last week named his 37-man squad for the upcoming Six Nations, with the daunting task of a trip to France up first.

A roundup of the weekend's Towns Cup action plus a look at the draw for Round 2. 

Naas took a detour to Tullow this weekend, where Limerick club Garryowen left with all the points. 

There were four Kildare men on show on Saturday evening as Leinster overcame Connacht, but the big storing emerging from that game was the call-up to the Six Nations squad for Kildare native, Billy Bohan. 

Cill Dara are safely through to the second round of the Towns Cup after a commanding victory on Sunday afternoon in Silken Thomas Park. 

There is plenty of Kildare involvement in the Leinster, Munster and Connacht squads this weekend, with four of those selected to start and another two ready to make an impact off the bench.

The Kildare duo are named in the Ireland XV squad who will face England 'A' in Thomond Park

It was a third first round defeat in a row for the Clane based school.

Ireland start their Six Nations in Paris at the start of February

The coveted Provincial Towns Cup gets underway this coming weekend, with a number of Kildare teams on the hunt for a big scalp. 

MU Barnhall overcame first-time finalists Enniskillen on Sunday afternoon in Dundalk to successfully retain the Energia All-Ireland Women’s Junior Cup - their fourth title in a row.