RUGBY ace Shane Horgan yesterday stepped up for a challenge of different kind — raising €1.3 million for research into Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS).

A 29-year-old Co Kilkenny man has reportedly died during a soccer match just over a year after his younger brother died in almost identical circumstances.

A 23-YEAR-OLD man has died following a tag rugby game in Dublin.

IRELAND return to the exact field where Ulster flanker John McCall died a little over a year ago and are depending on other results working in their favour to progress at the U19 World Championships in Durban today.

The Mater Hospital in Dublin has launched a fundraising drive to raise money for a screening service for the relatives of people who die from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS).

MATTIE MURPHY has withdrawn from the race to elect a new Galway hurling manager after his nomination as Galway hurling manager was controversially rejected earlier this week.

A YOUNG Irishman working for the US Air Force died suddenly while playing sports last weekend.

MEDICAL experts on sudden adult death syndrome are to offer advice to sporting clubs on the lethal disease next week.

THE potential exists to reduce the number of sudden adult deaths in Ireland every year by around 1,800, a cardiologist insisted yesterday.

AN 18-year-old hurler who collapsed and died during a junior hurling final in Cork last Friday will be buried today.

THE sudden death of a fit young sports star has fuelled calls for the mass cardiac screening of children playing competitive sports and for athletic organisations to invest in portable defibrillators.

IT’S an integral part of sporting-analysis to go over the top. Take any sport, any sporting event, and in offices, kitchens, canteens, building-sites, coffee-houses, pubs, clubs, trains, planes and automobiles, we have our own post-mortems, where every single one of us is a qualified state pathologist.

The world of Irish sport today paid tribute to one of rugby’s rising stars, John McCall, at his funeral in Armagh.

CORK CONSTITUTION have been hit with injury woes in advance of tomorrow's crucial AIB League clash with Shannon at Temple Hill.

The IRFU has requested that a minute's silence be observed before all rugby games this coming weekend as a mark of respect to the late John McCall.

HIGH-LEVEL athletes should be screened for heart defects to prevent sudden adult death, according to the director of the Irish Heart Foundation (IHF).

The pathologist investigating the death of John McCall on Saturday at the IRB Under 19 World Championship in Durban has confirmed that the cause of death was cardiac failure.

Following the death of Irish player John McCall during the first round of matches at the IRB Under 19 World Championship in Durban, the Irish management and team have taken the decision not to compete further in the Championship and will return home.

Ireland's first triple crown in 19 years has been marred by the death of a promising Under-19 international player.

Irish rugby was today left reeling by the tragic death of 18-year-old John McCall.

The Ireland Under 19 team & replacements to play their opening game in the IRB Under 19 World Championship against New Zealand Under 19 on Saturday, March 27 in Durban, South Africa has been named.

The Ireland Under 19 Squad will depart for Durban on Sunday March 21 and return on Wednesday April 14.

Royal School Armagh qualified for the Ulster Schools Senior Cup final against Campbell College at Ravenhill on St Patrick's Day by virtue of their 16-10 semi-final win over Ballymena Academy.

ULSTER COACH Alan Solomons has hit out at plans to reduce the Celtic League programme ahead of this evening’s Irish derby clash with Munster at Ravenhill (7.30 kick-off).

The Ireland U19 team to play Wales U19 on Friday at 7.30pm at Musgrave Park has been named.

The Ireland U19 squad from which the team and replacements to play Wales U19 on Friday 20 at 7.30pm at Musgrave Park, Cork has been named.

The Ireland U21 and U19 teams to play Irish Schools have been named.