Back for more punishment, all so that we can all have even more fun and rows, writes Kieran Shannon.

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Godolphin’s Kirklees is one of two high-profile scratchings from Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup.

THE COUNTIES produced a Croke Park football classic last season, and hoops fans hope the Dublin-Kerry rivalry will also provide a fitting climax to basketball’s blue riband weekend.

IT’S a result that’s still resonating around Leinster Schools rugby — Kilkenny College’s shock 14-13 victory over 65 times champions Blackrock College in their quarter-final replay at Donnybrook on Monday.