He’s some man. Less than 20 minutes after the final whistle here, Jimmy Barry Murphy was showered, changed back into civilian clothes and out again strolling along the Pearse Stadium pitch.

Kildare 2-12, Roscommon 0-24:

Joe Schmidt’s Monday morning review sessions may have assumed a status of their own, but there was little inclination among Ireland’s players to kickstart the process and trawl through the minutiae of defeat as they departed the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.

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Paul O’Connell and I are in different places now. He’ll get to where I’m at soon, where most things are in a rearview mirror and frustrations are examined from a wide-angled perspective. 

In the foreword of John Giles’s book The Great And The Good, Eamon Dunphy told us: “John is undemonstrative by nature. But his passion for the game is real and deeply felt.”

Brian Canty gets a Rocky Mountain ride on the ultimate road trip with his father in Colorado — where the mountains are high along with the people.

Tottenham 3 Swansea 2: Bafetembi Gomis of Swansea suffered a dramatic collapse at White Hart Lane last night, close to the spot where Fabrice Muamba had a cardiac arrest three years ago, but fortunately the French forward fared better than the former Bolton midfielder.

Executives at RSA Insurance’s Irish unit wept as they recalled how their former boss, Philip Smith, pressured them, an employment hearing heard.

David Beckham joined his former Paris Saint-Germain team-mates to celebrate their Champions League victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Paris Saint Germain's Champions League win over Chelsea indicates that sterling work in England no longer converts into strong European currency.

Clare enjoyed a facile victory over a very poor Waterford side in the quarter-final of the Munster U-21 football championship at Miltown Malbay last evening.

Brendan Cummins admits he broke down after Tipperary’s 2013 All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Kilkenny — his last appearance in the county jersey.

Hurling’s new advantage rule won’t mean fewer frees, according to Willie Barrett, chairman of the referees appointment committee.

Wayne Rooney never doubted Marouane Fellaini would become a world-beater at Manchester United. 

Italy 1 (Pelle 29) England 1 (Townsend 79)

Our football analyst, Liam Brady, offers a reality check after the drama of a last-gasp equaliser against the Poles— why James McClean should replace Aiden McGeady and the doubts that still persist about James McCarthy.

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