Rugby:Donnacha Ryan has agreed a new IRFU deal that will keep him with Munster until the end of the 2013/14 season. The Ireland second row, who was today shortlisted for the Six Nations player of the championship, has already made 99 appearances for Munster.

The 28-year-old, man of the match against Scotland last weekend after enjoying cameos from the bench earlier in Ireland’s campaign, has moved ahead of Donncha O’Callaghan in the Munster pecking order and will remain with the province for at least another two years.