In which country did Sharlene Mawdsley win a women's 400m final this week?
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Ireland
France
Switzerland
Germany
Which rapper has been selected to headline the Super Bowl in February 2025?
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Kendrick Lamar
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Jay-Z
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Kanye West
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Cardi B
Sports commentator George Hamilton will be joining which station after finishing up a 40-year career with RTÉ?
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Virgin Media
Premier Sports
Sky Sports
TNT Sports
Leanne Kiernan signed a new deal with Liverpool on Monday. How many goals has she scored since joining the club in 2021?
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15
25
19
Malachy O'Rourke has been appointed the new manager of the Tyrone footballers. But do you know what county he is from?
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Fermanagh
Derry
Down
Monaghan
Mark Keane has signed a contract extension with Adelaide Crows which will last until 2028. Which AFL club did he previously play for?
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Melbourne
Western Bulldogs
Collingwood
Hawthorn
Which player has been chosen to captain Leinster this season?
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James Ryan
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Caelan Doris
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Garry Ringrose
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Tadhg Furlong
The Ireland women's cricket team earned their first ODI victory over England this week since what year?
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2002
2011
2001
2005
Fotis Ioannidis and which other player scored the goals for Greece in their which Nations League win over Republic of Ireland?
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Anastasios Bakasetas
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Anastasios Chatzigiovanis
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Manolis Siopis
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Christos Tzolis
Who will Ireland play first in next year's Women's Six Nations championship?
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France
England
Wales
Scotland
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Leinster need on of the young looseheads to push past Healy. Porter needs the back up. Who Leo picks at 10 will be intriguing. Surely it’s time to move on from Ross Byrne and probably Harry. Frawley and prendergast are the better bets for me. Tighthead even with Slimani seems a little light. Clarkson showed improvement last season but struggled at times in the scrum. Where will Osbourne play this season? He’s too good to be sitting on a bench.
@Kevin: agree in pecking order with Frawley and Prenderghast but would keep Ross very much involved. He’s had his first real season as starting 10, he may come back stronger this year and surprise us
If they don’t win silverware this season, they’ll never shake the tag of being bottlers
@5sZl1dX2: Clown
@5sZl1dX2: sure they said the same about munster
@Fagin Strauss: what have I said that’s incorrect?
@J M: I’ll let you in on a little secret, Munster won silverware more recently than Leinster within the IRFU subsiding the squad. Munster didn’t bottle a home Champions Cup final when they were 17-0 up either
@5sZl1dX2: the tag,you mean your tag? I’m really looking forward to another season of Leinstertaiment, we are box office
No surprise that 3 of the year 1 intake out of 10 are props given the new ban on foreign signings. This kinda justifies Humphries’ decision. TH looks to be a real area of weakness again and beyond JGP there is a worry. But no club team assembles a squad without imperfections and I’m looking forward to another exciting season. 3 barren seasons help you to appreciate the journey and enjoy the ride!
@Paul Ennis: Interesting to see that Murray has Frawley down as an out half… Woudl imagine if Leo made the list he’d be a 12 or 15.
@Thesaltyurchin: I think that Leo has already hinted that his mind has changed on Frawley. I also think that the choice of captain has come with more than just a little influence from Mr Farrell and Mr Humphries (and maybe even Mr Nienaber). Whilst he has always been his own man, his confidence must have taken a battering last year and he will have no choice but to tow the line in terms of selection this year.
Some talent same with all 4 sides great stuff murray
They will get to the final and lose again.
Intrigued by the direct induction of young Gabriel to the Academy straight from school. Although born in Austria, will he feature at U19s/20s next year? Given how they are stacked with 10s, they must see something special there.
Even the ambiguity in which Murray ranks the players in each position (sometimes by experience in caps, sometimes by age) demonstrates the challenges that Leo faces in naming his starting Squad. Certainly the depth varies from position to position, but alongside considerable experience, judged by caps, there are exciting prospects in many positions that make the juices run.
This is the season I’d like to see players improve to the point that they firmly nail down the back-up positions, Russell at wing, Osborne at full-back, Foley at scrum-half, Clarkson at THP, Boyle or Milne at LHP and Deeny, Soroka, CO’T or even Spicer in second-row.
Undoubtedly, getting adequate game time will be the biggest challenge for most of these players. AIL selections should provide part of the solution and this could also ensure support for the Club game, which has developed and nurturing many of these prospects from an early age.
No perfect solutions, but a season full of interesting challenges.
@Des Lamont: I think Murray just started to get tired towards the end of a 4th mammoth squad assessment! The pattern was definitely by caps through the last 3 articles and mostly through this with the exception of 1 small error (James Lowe on 81 ahead of Jimmy O’Brien on 82) and 1 big one (Harry Byrne ahead of Ciaran Frawley).
Is Synman out to 2025?
@Kingshu: understand he’s in rehab in Dublin expected to return for the 2nd or 3rd URC game , so early October..
@Kingshu: Dan Sheehan is reported to be out until 2025… Snyman a coupke of weeks from now.
Their B team would beat the other provinces
@Jacob: they love being a big fish in a small fond alright :)
@Jacob: yet their A-team can’t beat the Bulls when it matters not to mention the big French sides. A mix of A and B got best by Munster in a semi also season b4 last. Great depth of quality in the squad and definitely good enough to win either or both URC and CC but there also seems to be something wrong with their mentality or approach. I think they’ll fall short again this season.
@Jacob: Ulster home and away, suggests otherwise.
@Jacob: but they go to South Africa and get stuffed. Those two results destroyed Leinster’s season last year.