Sporting Digest: Rugby Union

IAN McINTOSH, the former Springbok coach, has been appointed Natal coach for the 1995 season.

BARBARIANS (v Swansea, 18 Oct): J Callard (Bath); S Geoghegan (Bath), M Taylor (Pontypool), M McCall (Bangor), N Woods (Blackrock); M Lewis (Bridgend), R Howley (Bridgend); N Popplewell (Wasps), S Mitchell (West Hartlepool), C Clark (Bath), C Tregaskis (Agen-Valence), S Shaw (Bristol), D Eves (Bristol), C Vyvyan (Sale), S Ojomoh (Bath).

IRELAND (Squad training, 22-23 Oct): Backs: C O'Shea (Lansdowne), C Clarke (Terenure College), S Geoghegan (Bath), R Wallace (Garryowen), B Mullin (Blackrock College), M Fields (Malone), P Danaher (Garryowen), J Bell (Ballymena), N Woods (Blackrock College), E Elwood (Lansdowne), A McGowan (Blackrock College), D Humphreys (Ballymena), M Bradley (Cork Constitution), A Rolland (Blackrock College). Forwards: N Popplewell (Wasps), J Fitzgerald (Young Munster), K Wood (Garryowen), T Kingston (Dolphin), P Clohessy (Young Munster), G Halpin (London Irish), G Fulcher (Cork Constitution), M Galwey (Shannon), N Francis (Old Belvedere), P Johns (Dungannon), P O'Hara, D Corkery (both Cork Constitution), D McBride (Malone), B Robinson (Ballymena), B Cronin (Garryowen).

IRELAND Development XV (v United States, Galway, 1 Nov): C Clarke (Terenure College); I Gray (Oxford University), A N Other, M McCall (Bangor, capt), T Howe (Oxford University); A N Other, S McIvor (Garryowen); N Donovan (London Irish), S Byrne (Blackrock College), A McKeen (Lansdowne), A N Other, B Cusack (Bective Rangers), A Foley (Shannon), K McKee (Instonians), B Cronin (Garryowen).