The 2012 RaboDirect PRO12 Final will be beamed around the world into more than 80 countries as Leinster Rugby attempt to make it third time lucky at the RDS, Dublin on Sunday, 27 May (kick-off 4.00pm).

At a disciplinary hearing today in Cardiff, Mike McCarthy, Connacht lock forward, was cleared of a citing complaint of making contact with the eye or eye area of Glasgow Warriors lock forward, Tom Ryder, in the RaboDirect PRO12 match on 5 May 2012.

As the RaboDirect PRO12 Play-Off semi-finals get ready to kick-off in Swansea tonight (Friday, 11 May) RaboDirect PRO12 Chief Executive John Feehan has confirmed the arrangements for the Final on the weekend of 26/27 May.

With the 1,000,000th fan through the gates last weekend, Sunday's first blue and orange Awards evening going off with a bang and our Twitter following reaching 10,000 yesterday, it's been quite a week for the RaboDirect PRO12... and we haven't even had the Play-Offs yet!

Connacht Lock, Mike McCarthy, has been cited for making contact with the eyes or eye area of an opponent in the RaboDirect PRO12 match between Glasgow Warriors and Connacht on Saturday.

Tim Visser followed up his inclusion in the RaboDirect PRO12 Dream Team by being named as winner of the tournament's 'Players' Player of the Year' award at the annual presentation evening at the Hilton Hotel, Cardiff last night (Sunday, 6 May).

Connacht head coach Eric Elwood declared a job well done as their RaboDirect PRO12 season came to a close, despite defeat in Glasgow on Saturday.

DTH van der Merwe helped Glasgow secure a RaboDirect PRO12 play-off spot in his first start of the season and gave Warriors fans the perfect Firhill send off following a 24-3 win over Connacht.

The RaboDirect PRO12 will have more than a million good reasons to celebrate this weekend when the gates for the season break through the seven figure mark in record time.

Connacht Rugby have announced the starting lineup that will take on the Glasgow Warriors tomorrow evening (Saturday 5th May - Firhill ko 19.30)