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- Connacht head coach Pat Lam was handed a fine of eight grand for his criticism of an assistant referee.
- The Ireland women’s team — on the verge of another Six Nations championship — has been named for Sunday’s clash with Scotland.
- There was bad news for Clare hurlers ahead of the crunch clash with Kilkenny this weekend as Brendan Bugler was slapped with a two game ban.
- Cork will have to do without a key member of their panel for the upcoming season after Cian McCarthy stepped aside due to work commitments.
- Our man in Murrayfield sat down to hear from Paul O’Connell as he set his targets on Six Nations victory.
- Trevor Brennan‘s son was called into the France U-17 squad.
- After eight years in charge, Phil Simmons is no longer the Ireland cricket coach.
Away
- We now know the pairings for this year’s Champions League quarter-finals.
- Louis Van Gaal says Manchester United will be his last job in football.
- Lance Armstrong met with USADA in a bid to have his cycling ban cut.
- Rugby fans will have to do without the most suave referee the sport has ever seen after Steve Walsh retired.
- Tim Sherwood is claiming credit for the career for Harry Kane after convincing Spurs not to let the young striker go.
The Best thing we shared
Those young scamps from Roscrea are really enjoying their Leinster Schools Senior Cup win.
Where we were today
Murray Kinsella has made his way to Edinburgh with the Ireland team and fans for tomorrow’s crunch Six Nations tie.
On The Record
“No he didn’t kill me, everyone else did. Twitter killed me, Joe was alright.”
Cian Healy tell The42 the Ireland management team went a lot easier on him than social media.
The Fixture list
There’s Premier League action, schools hurling and U21 football, two women’s Six Nations games and the small matter of the final round of games in the men’s championship. We’ll have full coverage of it all.
Showbiz, Baby
Jamie Carragher and Paul Ince called in for a cuppa yesterday before they got down to the serious business of picking their favourite Manchester United-Liverpool combined XI.
I just nodded and smiled and pretended I knew what he was talking about.
