As expected, Ireland have overcome Gibraltar thanks to an own goal and a late Robert Brady strike. Ger McCarthy runs the rule over the lessons learned.

Ireland 50 Canada 7: As opening weekends of a World Cup campaign go, Joe Schmidt will have been pretty satisfied as Ireland hit the road and headed for the English FA’s training base.

Ok, so he's lip-syncing as his daughter has a meltdown, but it's still pretty funny.

THERE are not supposed to be any easy games in the Champions League, but whoever coined that phrase had clearly never come across AZ Alkmaar.

WE always end up talking about the manager, even when it’s the players’ fault.

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