The Harlequins and England prop has apologised for comments made to Jake Heenan about his mother.

The 32-year-old has been no stranger to disciplinary action during his career.

The likes of Conor McPhillips and John Muldoon have been influential behind the scenes.

‘In terms of someone that has had injuries in the past, I have yet to see a player that has worked as hard to get himself back in a position to play,” says forwrds coach Jimmy Duffy.

Eoin McKeon and Jake Heenan are both facing time out of action for Kieran Keane’s side.

The former New Zealand U20 captain has made over 50 appearances since joining Connacht in 2013.

The flanker will definitely miss Friday’s clash with Ulster.

The western province need to beat Northampton away this weekend to do so.

Jake Heenan and Dominic Robertson-McCoy were in the German city tonight.

Growing up in New Zealand, the 24-year-old was lost and isolated but rugby gave him purpose.

The 24-year-old New Zealander was taken to hospital in France last night.

Pat Lam says his players know their mission to find Robbie Henshaw’s laptop was misguided.

24-year-old Heenan becomes Irish qualified at the end of June.

Jake Heenan has been ruled out of the European showdown in the Stade des Alpes.

Pat Lam says Jack Carty and Rory Parata are close to returning.

The centre has not played since taking a blow to the head against Newcastle in December.

The Kiwi openside has come through two extensive runs to recovery, so knows plenty about shoulder rehab.

The Kiwi openside will meet his compatriot Tim Boys on his road to recovery.

Pat Lam has a growing list of options behind the scrum.

The 22-year-old openside flanker tells TheScore.ie how he works on his breakdown skills.

The young Kiwi flanker will keep his international options open, but he will become a leader in Connacht’s pack long before that decision must be made.

The flanker is now a veteran of the squad but he has faith in the next generation of talent coming through.

Pat Lam will have to plan without Frank Murphy after the scrum-half was concussed against Munster.

To call Pat Lam’s start out west ‘slow’ would be an understatement but victory over Toulouse gives fans reason to believe.

Pat Lam’s side travel to France in the hope of causing a major upset against the Top 14 powerhouses.

The New Zealander is eager to test himself against one of Europe’s best back-row operators.

The westerners lost yet another tight game at the weekend and the excuses are wearing as thin as the injury-hit squad.

The midfield tussle between Luke Fitzgerald and Robbie Henshaw is another of the Leinster v Connacht subplots.