Tori Bowie was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Only someone living in a cave, and maybe the odd cave man, could deny that there has been a long overdue change in perceptions when it comes to women in sport.

What this World Cup could really do with is a team to capture the imagination, says Brendan O’Brien.

The GAA’s casual relationship with the notion of home advantage never ceases to amaze, writes Brendan O’Brien.

We’ll start, given the week that’s in it, with a nod to the Leaving Cert.

Peter Miskimmin made no bones about it: he was torn.

The RDS has played host to Grand finals, a European Challenge Cup decider and all manner of memorable Leinster wins in the last half-dozen seasons. It’s even been the backdrop for an unlikely home defeat at the hands of Benetton Rugby. What it hasn’t done lately is open its doors to Munster.

When Leinster saw off Leicester Tigers in Edinburgh to claim a first Heineken Cup, back in 2009, most of the players had little enough to distract them aside from the celebrations on their return to Dublin.