Ireland made a blistering start to their summer tour with an emphatic 55-19 victory over the US Eagles at Red Bull Arena in New Jersey.

Ronan O’Gara believes Joey Carbery has the talent to go all the way to the top and he expects that process to start kicking in this evening at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey when the 21-year-old makes his first Ireland start.

One of the first things you learn booking flights for this summer tour is that contrary to the initial IRFU missive announcing Ireland taking on the USA en route to Japan, is that it ain’t on the way to the Land of the Rising Sun.

Security will be tight in the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey tomorrow night for the clash between the USA and Ireland but AJ MacGinty is no stranger to being escorted in and out of this fixture.

Joe Schmidt said that the five uncapped players who have made it into the squad for the first game of the summer tour against the USA on Saturday evening deserve their chance.

The Irish squad have set up base in New Jersey with eight players hoping to make their international debuts and a few others on red alert for a call from New Zealand and elevation to the Lions squad.

As trips to North America go, Kieran Marmion’s four years ago wasn’t bad.

Joe Schmidt has thrown the gauntlet down to Ireland’s World Cup 2019 hopefuls to cope with Japan’s unique rugby conditions and also challenged a string of second-row forwards to fill the remaining vacancy on next month’s tour.

Joe Schmidt is today set to unveil his Ireland squad for next month’s Tests in the United States and Japan.

Kieran Marmion is not about to argue he is a viable alternative to Conor Murray for the Ireland number nine jersey. Not yet at least.

London Irish CEO Bob Casey admits his side could be opening the door to America for the Irish provinces after it was confirmed their Aviva Premiership game with Saracens in March will take place in New Jersey.

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It’s not clear yet what Thierry Henry is planning to do next season but there’s plenty life in the old dog, suggests John Riordan.

Everton could be set to complete the permanent return of Steven Pienaar after agreeing for Tim Cahill to move to New York Red Bulls.

ARGENTINA striker Sergio Aguero already considers himself a Manchester City player and despite the deal not yet being completed he was welcomed as such by delighted fans outside the Etihad Stadium last night.

Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez spent last night in hospital after suffering mild concussion during a training session at Red Bull Arena.

David Beckham has stuck up for Mario Balotelli in the ongoing row over his ill-advised back heel in Manchester City’s friendly in Los Angeles on Sunday.

ALEX FERGUSON doubts whether he will sign any more players before Manchester United face their “noisy neighbours” in the Community Shield at Wembley next month.

Alex Ferguson confirmed Manchester United are not currently in the market for new summer signings and he is looking at the Old Trafford dressing room to provide the answer to Paul Scholes’ retirement.

David Beckham is set to play against former club Manchester United after being named in the Major League Soccer All-Star squad to face the Red Devils later this month.

Alex Ferguson has revealed Manchester United are having to treat Javier Hernandez with special care in order to guide him through his debut Premier League campaign.

Manchester City slumped to a 2-0 defeat in their pre-season tour game against Sporting Lisbon at New York’s Red Bull Arena.

Republic of Ireland striker Robbie Keane was on target as Tottenham rallied for a 2-1 victory against the New York Red Bulls in their latest pre-season tour match.

The New York Red Bulls have signed Thierry Henry from Barcelona on a “multi-year contract”, the Major League Soccer club have confirmed.

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STEPHEN HUNT has said that he would like to see Stephen Ireland back in the international fold, but he has also criticised the Cobh man for “letting the side down” when he left the Irish camp in controversial circumstances after last year’s World Cup qualifier in Slovakia.