THE funeral of broadcasting legend Gerry Ryan is unlikely to take place before Thursday because of the delay in holding a postmortem as a result of the bank holiday weekend.

BILL MURPHY of Fermoy is the new chairman of the Munster GUI Branch. He was elected in a secret ballot at the annual delegate's meeting in the Hibernian Hotel, Mallow, last night in a two man contest with Alan McIlraith of Tramore.

Confusion over training times has left Eddie O’Sullivan fuming after his team’s practice session at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne today was re-scheduled and shortened.

New Zealand will leave it until the last minute to decide on the fitness of lock Ali Williams ahead of the World Cup.