IT was another good weekend for the Irish provinces with three wins and a losing bonus point to show from the four games.
Have you sometimes glanced down through the runners for a big race and thought how fitting it would be if such-and such were to win?
LEINSTER were rampant at the RDS on Friday night with some of the younger players continuing to build the positive reputations that they have been developing under Joe Schmidt’s tutelage.
The Drogheda Memorial Fund, a charitable organization for the relief of those less fortunate in the Irish racing world, was instituted by the Turf Club two years after the sudden death of Henry Francis Seymour Moore, 3rd Marquess of Drogheda on the eve of the 1892 Irish Derby.
I WAS part of the panel on Setanta Sports’ live chat show on Sunday morning called ‘iTalk Sport’.
A black-and-white photograph by Pat Langan could not fail to catch the eye.
WHILE this weekend’s Heineken Cup action wasn’t as exciting as the previous one, Munster once again stole a game at the death through another brilliant Ronan O’Gara drop goal to get four vital points from their trip to the south of France.
JACK IN THE PACK
Bernard Jackman
IF we ever doubted about the quality and drama that the Heineken Cup provides us year on year well then this weekend’s first round of pool games demonstrated that it is a better competition to watch than the Rugby World cup or the Six Nations.
DALETTA
While we in Ireland savour the Breeders’ Cup triumphs of Aidan O’Brien and his gifted son Joseph, Down Under they’re singing from a very different hymn sheet.
JACK IN THE PACK
Bernard Jackman
WELL Leinster got the win at the Aviva on Friday night and will have been happy with the 4 points but I felt that the referee played a large part in ruining the game as a spectacle for the 48,000 paying fans and the TV viewers at home.