A single tackle in a rugby match has rarely generated such debate and controversy as the one the virtually unknown Fineen Wycherley rocked World Player of the Year Johnny Sexton with in the opening minutes of the Munster-Leinster Guinness PRO14 game at Thomond Park in December.

Hundreds of people turned out in Togher, Cork City, as world champion walker Robert Heffernan was treated to another, more low-key homecoming last night.

TRAINER John Hanlon isn’t called the shark for nothing and at Tramore yesterday his heavily-backed Bandama scorched away with the Tote Go Racing Maiden Hurdle for amateur riders.

AFTER their shocker against the Krauts, at least the England team can look forward to spending a bit of quality time with their wives again. Or, perhaps in John Terry’s case, someone else’s partner.

ALL right, so it hadn’t exactly been going to plan. Yes, England are through but at what cost to their psychological well-being.