Heyneke Meyer may be in the minority when it comes to assessing the merits of bronze finals at the Rugby World Cup.

Argentina 45 Tonga 16: Argentina captain Agustin Creevy revealed Diego Maradona’s dressing room dance has driven them to push for Rugby World Cup glory.

Argentina 54 Georgia 9: Argentina are at that stage of development where they are potentially both giants and giant-killers at this World Cup, and, having come up short in their attempts to stun the All Blacks last Sunday, the key objective for them in Gloucester yesterday was not to become the victims of shock.

Cork City 4 Bohemians 0

Bohemians 4 Derry City 2: He may have got a vote of confidence from the club chairman earlier in the week, but the pressure on Derry City manager Peter Hutton mounts as their run without a league win stretched to 12 games at Dalymount Park last night.

Longford Town 2 Bohemians 1

Dundalk 1 Bohemians 2: Dave Mulcahy’s 74th-minute header saw Bohemians end Dundalk’s unbeaten start to the season at Oriel Park last night.

Bohemians 2 Limerick 1

Bohemians 2 Longford Town 0: A goal with his first touch from sub Adam Evans sealed a fifth win of the season for Bohemians to lift them to second in the Premier Division.

Drogheda United 0 Bohemians 1: Marc Griffin struck for 10-man Bohemians in the 88th minute as they took full points against Drogheda in a controversial match at United Park.

Shamrock Rovers 0  Bohemians 0

SSE Airtricity League Premier Division

Limerick FC 0 Bohemians 3

Airtricity League Promotion/relegation play-off

UCD 1 Drogheda United 0

Derry City 0 UCD 1

Cork City 2 UCD 1

UCD 0 Shamrock Rovers 2, Premier Division

UCD 2 Drogheda United 2

AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION:

Zac Efron and Amber Heard will star in 'Autobahn'.

UCD 2 Shamrock Rovers 0

Clermont Auvergne 36 Montpellier 14

AIRTRICITY PREMIER DIVISION:

Brace yourself for the boxing analogies.

FEW would have foreseen a scenario whereby Leinster — and Munster — would be hoping to emulate Brive when the Heineken Cup started last November but such is the rather strange way of things as the pool stages fade into memory.

IAN McGeechan believes the English RFU should take its time in appointing Martin Johnson’s successor as England manager.

ARGENTINA captain Felipe Contepomi looked ahead to the World Cup quarter-final with New Zealand after his side sealed their place in the knockout stages with a 25-7 win over Georgia at Arena Manawatu in Palmerston North.

ARGENTINA coach Santiago Phelan has been forced to juggle his back division for the World Cup clash with Romania in Invercargill on Saturday.

DERRY CITY returned to the summit of the Premier Division table last night, but they found UCD a tough nut to crack at the Brandywell.

Shamrock Rovers 6 UCD 0

UCD will be looking to move further clear of the relegation zone when they take on Bray Wanderers at the UCD Bowl tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

Derry City 7 UCD 0

JASON BYRNE’S late strike helped Dundalk keep up their unbeaten home record against UCD in Oriel Park last night.

DANNY O’CONNOR’S header midway through the second half was enough to give Bray Wanderers their first away league victory over UCD in a decade after a closely-contested Premier Division encounter at the Belfield Bowl last night.

Galway United 0 UCD 0

NEWLY-PROMOTED Derry City picked up their first Premier Division points of the season when an early goal from winger Gareth McGlynn set them on the path to victory over UCD in a tense encounter at the Belfield Bowl.

CILLIAN MORRISON struck late to give UCD a victory they just about deserved against Mick Cooke’s new charges at Hunky Dory’s Park.

Widespread travel chaos caused by some of the severest winter weather for a century left Christmas commuter plans in tatters and swathes of the country paralysed in the UK today.