We'll Leave It There So: No place for Paddy, Oscar gets jail and the rest of today's sport

We’ll also have news of two Ulster Rugby injury set backs and Man City’s early Champions League start.

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There was no place for Paddy Jackson in the 37-man squad for the November Internationals.
Andrew Trimble will miss a number of months because of a toe injury picked up in Pro12 action a couple of weeks ago.
It’s not quite a done deal just yet but it looks as if Eamon O’Shea will remain on as Tipperary senior hurling manager.
Podge Collins doesn’t think he’ll be playing senior inter-county hurling again any time soon.
Dundalk are adding temporary seating to cope with the demand for tickets for their Airtricity League decider with Cork on Friday.

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Oscar Pistorius was jailed for five years for the killing of his girlfriend in South Africa.
Former Leinster coach Michael Cheika is the perfect man to lead Australia says Leinster’s Marco Caputo.
Manchester City were held to a 2-2 draw in Moscow after a controversial penalty in front of a near empty stadium.
Noel Gallagher has spoken of his love for Roy Maurice Keane despite his City roots.
The Pittsburgh Steelers showed their mettle in scoring three rapid fire touchdowns to beat the Houston Texans.

On The Record

“I couldn’t understand, because you’re born where you’re born, and you’re brought up as – well, certainly, if you’re brought up as a Leinster person you’ll always stay a Leinster person.”

- Brian O’Driscoll revealed this morning that ‘Lunsters’ were a huge source of frustration.

Where we were today

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Our rugby correspondent, Murray Kinsella, was up in Ulster for their pre-Champions Cup home opener press conference.

The Best Thing We Shared

Donal Walsh‘s grave had a visit from four famous friends:

Moment 2 remember Donal's buddy's Cormac & Barry John dropped off with the Sam & Tommy Cups! #adealisadeal #livelife pic.twitter.com/JVmJtO0ihc
— Donal Walsh LiveLife (@DonalLiveLife) October 20, 2014

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The fixture list

The Champions League takes pride of place again tomorrow with Liverpool and Real Madrid shaping up to be a nervy night for the Anfield club.
In GAA, there’s a Donegal SFC quarter-final replay between Ardara and Naomh Conaill in Ballybofey at 8pm while in Wexford, Glynn-Barntown and Taghmon-Camross contest the football semi final in Bellefield at 8.30pm.

Showbiz, baby

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“It’s bandwagons not buses they should be sending.”