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The 44-year-old, who has coaching experience in Scotland, Australia and Ireland, has been filling the post on an interim basis this season

Bristol Bears are bottom of the Gallagher Premiership after 12 rounds

Writing in his weekly column for the Irish Mirror, Boyle believes that survival is the main goal for all eight teams in the top tier - even All-Ireland champions Kerry

It’s a widely held opinion that the League is the best structured competition in the GAA in terms of competitiveness and equality but for the eight teams in Division One it’s all about survival. Winning a Division One title has never been more irrelevant, which is a real shame.

Leinster, Ulster and Munster are all into the Champions Cup knockouts, while Connacht have also reached that stage in the Challenge Cup

'He’s had a huge impact both on and off the field and gives us further options at both fly-half and inside-centre'

The experienced Ireland centre has not been picked by the westerners for their last three fixtures and has been linked with a move

The influential fly-half underwent surgery early this month following a collision with Connacht’s Jarrad Butler while playing for Leinster on New Year’s Day

A closer look at the intricacies of Pool A in the Challenge Cup with one round of games to go