They say that the two things people fear the most are death and public speaking. Dean Rock’s heroics provided GAA fans with their first glimpse ever really of Stephen Cluxton the public speaker yesterday and it was, well, kind of odd. Cluxton opted for the typed-out script even though his speech was only about five sentences and featured all the obvious plaudits – GRMA opener, thank th... »
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You oversee the Good Friday Agreement and the greatest era of prosperity the nation has ever known, Lehman Brothers get their figures wrong and League Final Day 2013 comes around and where do find yourself? Four rows back from Leo feckin’ Varadkar. Politics is a beast. Original photo by Stephen McCarthy of Sportsfile »
Normally, I don't enjoy smug back-slapping, but when Piers Morgan is involved... »
Explain this one. h/t Ian Walsh »
Rugby fans who couldn’t be arsed going to the RDS tomorrow might be interested in this promotion being run by the Bath Pub, which you may remember from other rugby-themed drink promotions. Call into during tomorrow’s Leinster match and claim a few Heineken for every conversion J10 kicks. Seeing that Madzer and Sexton are starting in the same team and that no one plays defense in the Am... »
This is how it’s meant to be for Munster: dispatch the tournament’s highest scorers in the quarter-final to be rewarded with facing the tournament’s second-highest scorers. And both away from home. But sometimes you get the feeling they wouldn’t have it any other way. »
The Fergie bit is class. And while we’re at it, here’s the Munster Gift Grub from today. »
Andrew Leigh holds on, just about, to Lead Kindly Light. Picture credit: Barry Cregg / SPORTSFILE »
Fair play to the lad with binoculars for the triangle-shaped hat with the flap on the back but what the hell is your man doing beside him? That’s never gonna work. Picture by Barry Cregg / SPORTSFILE Don’t miss out on your Balls.ie €50 sign up bonus with Ladbrokes – Follow this link and use code “Balls50″. »
We’ve been digging deeper into Dortmund ephemera after last night’s result, and we stumbled on to the Dortmund club epic ‘Kloppo Du Pop Star’, a very German song from 2011 by Baron von Borsig that summed up the Klopp revolution when it first swept Germany following their Bundesliga win in 2011. Below you’ll see the Klopp anthem played before his adoring masses. This i... »
This Suarez business is ruining everything. [h/t Paul Matthews] »
Tony Grealish, who had 45 caps and 8 goals for Ireland, has died. Grealish was born in Paddington and was one of a group of non-Ireland born players who were brought into the national team during the years John Giles managed the team. Here he is in action against Holland in a 1980 World Cup Qualifier against the Dutch at Lansdowne. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile »
World Soccer magazine have carried out a survey of the Top 25 football leagues on the planet and there’s no sign of the League of Ireland towards the bottom of the table. There are some surprises here, such as the MLS being ahead of Ligue 1. The SPL doesn’t fare much better. [h/t Sporting Intelligence} »
