1. #APPEAL Bohemians – who are facing a struggle for survival – have appealed to the club’s supporters to help it raise €300,000 over the coming week in order to get the Dalymount Park club through the licensing process and ensure that it is able to play League of Ireland football again next season.

2. #TICKETS FIASCO Despite the public climb-down by the IRFU last week after the bundling furore, the country’s clubs are in for a “nasty shock” if they believe they can hand back tickets to the  Aviva bosses for the Argentina test  — and not be charged €90 per stub, according to the Irish Examiner’s Tony Leen.

3. #RULES CHANGE Mickey Harte, Tyrone’s All-Ireland-winning coach, has proposed a radical change to the International Rules game. He wants the ‘away’ team to play its own code rather than the compromise rules.

4. #GOLF In-form Irishman Graeme McDowell is currently three shots off the lead at the Singapore Open.

5. #SPAT After their much-publicised public disagreement over the international future of Stephen Reid, Sam Allardyce said that Giovanni Trapattoni will eat his words.

6. #PAYMENTS GAA chiefs are being urged to follow Meath’s example and come clean over managerial costs, according to the Irish Daily Mail.

7. #LIVERPOOL Pepe Reina has told Roy Hodgson that he wants to leave Anfield, possibly as early as January, the Irish Daily Mirror reports.

8. #FIRED Ray Wilkins was clinically sacked by Chelsea yesterday afternoon. ‘Blue-blood’ Wilkins was unaware of his fate as he was summoned to a meeting while watching a reserve game with Carlo Ancelotti. The Stamford Bridge players are stunned, says the Mail.