RICHARD COCKERILL wasn’t the first Leicester coach to dismiss the significance of an iconic Irish stadium when he glossed over the return of five of his players to the Aviva this evening so soon after their Six Nations trauma with England.

Investors were drawn back to the retail sector today after a week dominated by concerns over the impact of rising interest rates.

Man of the moment, Shane Jennings, is returning to Leinster next season, but fans might not get a glimpse of him in blue until November if the open-side flanker makes it to the World Cup.

Eight Leicester City footballers were in custody in Spain tonight after three women claimed they had been sexually assaulted in a hotel room.