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- Ciaran Clark’s own goal denied Ireland a dream start to their Euro 2016 campaign as they drew 1-1 with Sweden.
- They were plenty of positives to take from the Group E opener, including the performance of Wes Hoolahan.
- Ireland flanker CJ Stander has been suspended for one week following his red card in Cape Town at the weekend.
- Tributes have been paid to Northern Ireland fan Darren Rodgers, who died in the French city of Nice last night.
- Cork teenager Noelle Lenihan broke a world record on the way to discus gold last night at the IPC Athletics European Championships.
- Damien Delaney isn’t at the Euros but he had good news of his own today as the Corkman signed a new contract with Crystal Palace.
- Tipperary will now receive a bye to the Munster SFC semi-finals next year after their memorable win over Cork yesterday.
- South African coach Allister Coetzee has said Ireland ‘weren’t interested in playing’ during the first Test at Newlands last Saturday.
- Louth manager Colin Kelly has lamented his team’s ‘crazy’ six-day turnaround as they face a trip to Derry in the qualifiers.
Away
- Gerard Pique’s late header got defending champions Spain out of jail in their Euro 2016 opener against Czech Republic.
- England coach Eddie Jones has hit out at the Australian media for disrespecting his side.
- Former Man United defender Jaap Stam has been appointed as the new Reading manager.
- George North has been ruled out of the remainder of Wales’ summer tour to New Zealand with a hamstring injury.
- Morné Steyn has replaced Pat Lambie in the South African squad for Saturday’s second Test in Joburg.
The Best Thing We Shared
It was some weekend for Irish rugby and former Munster and Leicester wing Johne Murphy joined Murray Kinsella in The42 HQ to review the action.
On The Record
“Whelan, who I’ve been often critical of, was really good today. He tackled and shadowed Ibrahimovic when he was coming deep in the first half — he even did a little bit on the ball.But McCarthy we have to do something about — I watched him all season at Everton, he got his manager sacked there. The guy does nothing.”
The RTÉ panel, and Eamon Dunphy in particular, were heavily critical of James McCarthy’s performance against Sweden.
Where We Were Today
Ben Blake and Niall Kelly were in Paris for Ireland’s Euro 2016 opener.
The Fixture List
- The first round of Euro 2016 fixtures come to an end with Austria facing Hungary (5pm) and Portugal meeting Iceland (8pm).
Showbiz, Baby!
Conor McGregor delivered this rousing video message to the Ireland squad ahead of kick-off.
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