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- Ronan O’Gara says he would love to team up with former Munster and Ireland team-mate Paul O’Connell in a coaching capacity if the opportunity arose.
- Rob Kearney is back in the Leinster team after an injury-plagued few months for tomorrow night’s Pro12 meeting with Edinburgh.
- Ireland’s Alan Judge has been nominated for Championship Player of the Year for his exploits with Brentford this season.
- Dublin hurler Ryan O’Dwyer has returned to training after recovering from an assault outside a nightclub back in October.
Away
- Borussia Dortmund fans will pay their respects on the eve of the Hillsborough disasater anniversary before tonight’s Europa League quarter-final with Liverpool at Anfield.
- The Golden State Warriors won a record-breaking 73rd NBA game last night while LA Lakers legend Kobe Bryant brought his career to an end.
- Former UFC champion Lyoto Machida has seen his fight scheduled for this weekend cancelled after admitting to taking a banned substance.
- Lionel Messi is going through his worst run in six years after Barcelona went out of the Champions League to Atletico Madrid last night.
The Best Thing We Shared
Ireland U21 midfielder Jack Byrne stood out for Dutch side Cambuur in their recent defeat to Eredivisie leaders Ajax. He looks a genuine prospect.
On The Record
It was for my eldest daughter. It was years after I’d won, I’d never thought to watch it back but her and her boyfriend wanted to see it so I said I’d find the tape. The tape goes in and we are all sat around. We could watch the last couple of frames and the presentation, do it as a family, you know? Quite nice. Then on it comes, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Where’s my snooker? Wind on, it’s still not there. It’s gone. One of the boys had taped over the whole thing. Thanks, boys.” - Former World Snooker Championship winner Joe Johnson tells the story of how his Crucible win was taped over.
Where We Were Today
Ryan Bailey was out at Leinster’s press conference, where head coach Leo Cullen spoke about the visit of Edinburgh to the RDS tomorrow night.
The Fixture List
- There are four Europa league quarter-final second leg ties tonight, including the meeting of Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp’s former club Borussia Dortmund (8pm).
- Tomorrow night, Leinster host Edinburgh in the Pro12 (7.35pm), while Ospreys are away to Treviso (7.35pm). Click here for all this weekend’s matches.
- There are several games in the SSE Airtricity League on Friday night. You will find a full fixture list here.
Showbiz, Baby!
Film makers are planning a bio-pic about the life of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy (we kid you not) and producers are reportedly interested in casting hardman Vinnie Jones as former Foxes boss Nigel Pearson.
