![]() ![]() ![]() The GAA club championships are starting to reach the business end of the different provincial competitions. It wasn’t ideal preparation for an upcoming daunting European opener away to Clermont, and skipper from the weekend Alan O’Connor admits that lessons will need to be learnedin the physical exchanges up front ahead of the trip to France. In the URC, Ulster came back to Earth with a bump over the weekend with a disappointing defeat away to Ospreys one week on from their upset of Leinster. It’s safe to say that Owen Doyle is not happy about it as he tries to figure out how World Rugby’s disciplinary process came up with such a low number for a player who has one of the worst records in the game when it comes to cards. Tomas Lavanini received a five-match ban during the week for his terrible clean-out of Cian Healy during Ireland’s thumping in over Argentina last month. The latest instalment over the weekend was marred by a refereeing controversy, including some particularly spiky post-match comments from Jude Bellingham. Ken Early’s column this morning looks at Der Klassiker, Germany’s signature rivalry between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. In the FA Cup final, Katie McCabe’s Arsenal had a tough day out as they were swatted aside 0-3 by Chelsea. There was plenty of other Premier League action yesterday including a win for Aston Villa over Leicester as Steven Gerrard got one over on his former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers, while up in Scotland, former Shamrock Rovers defender Liam Scales notched both his first Celtic appearance and maiden goal in a win over Dundee. The German has had only one training session so far with his new squad, but nonetheless he was impressed with how United managed to control the game in a 1-0 victory over Patrick Vieira’s Crystal Palace with Fred’s strike being the difference between the two teams. ![]() The Ralf Rangnick era is off and running with a win. ![]()
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