There was a time when Cavan’s footballers could justifiably walk tall alongside Kerry’s as the games leaders. The days when John Joe O’Reilly, John Wilson and Phil ‘The Gunner’ Brady were household names.

New Laois senior hurling manager Seamus Plunkett has reportedly put together a strong backroom team for his first season at the helm.

Michael Carruth has said he expects to see Billy Walsh and Zaur Antia re-appointed to their positions as head coach and technical coach of boxing’s High Performance Unit, but only after “a bit of niggling”.