A rugby club’s team-building weekend, featuring sports psychologists and nutritionists, was jeopardised when an unscheduled cup match was drop-kicked into Sunday, but after a legal scrum the match was kicked out again — by court order.

A COMMUNITY whose homes have been bulldozed to make way for the new Thomond Park, gathered yesterday for the first time since moving out for another sad farewell.

SPORTS minister John O’Donoghue yesterday unveiled an €85 million windfall to help sporting organisations across the country find, train and push the star athletes, footballers and rugby aces of the future.