Three weeks ago, he endured a chastening experience in an England shirt at the Aviva Stadium, but Leicester stand-off Toby Flood is confident his Tigers will roar today. He spoke to Julian Bennetts

LIMERICK referee George Clancy will take charge of the opening game of this year’s Rugby World Cup.

MUSKERRY put themselves in pole position in the Divisional section of the Cork County senior hurling championship following their defeat of Duhallow at Cloughduv last night.

A GAA player could lose part of his ear after allegedly being bitten during a melee at an abandoned Warwickshire SFL game in Coventry.

WAYNE ROONEY has been condemned to begin a domestic break convinced he is being made a scapegoat by the Football Association.

LAST night’s Munster U21FC final in Páirc Uí Rinn was a clash that promised much but ultimately only Cork could savour the action that unfolded.

IT is convenient for us Europeans to think that our continent is now the epicentre of the golfing world.

MANCHESTER UNITED captain Rio Ferdinand believes their Champions League quarter-final with Chelsea is in the balance despite the Red Devils’ 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge last night.

SCHOOLS rugby stereotypes? Alongside a colourful terrace culture and visible agony and ecstasy at the final whistle, you’ll find cagey, no-risk, win-at-all-costs rugby.

IT TOOK a young head in an old team to book Manchester United’s passage into the Champions League quarter-finals, but a tense victory came at a price which could yet cost Alex Ferguson his treble dream.

HOLDERS Inter Milan staged a remarkable second-half revival to knock Bayern Munich out of the Champions League at the Allianz Arena.

IN A tournament devoid of any classic encounter to date, last weekend’s penultimate round of Six Nations Championship provided more incident and controversy than the previous three rounds together.

PAT GILROY wasn’t going to coat this victory with any varnish.

CLARE had no problem at Cusack Park, Ennis, yesterday in dismissing the challenge of Down in the Allianz HL Division 2.

LET the posturing commence.

LET us just park the illegal lineout controversy by the side of the road for awhile and consider the real reasons why Ireland fell asleep at the wheel in Cardiff on Saturday.

WHAT a shame a pulsating Six Nations game was decided by one moment of controversy.

THERE’S a classic scene from a Marx Brothers movie named Duck Soup in which Harpo pretends to be Groucho’s reflection inside a mirror frame, the curly-mopped mute having smashed the glass moments earlier.

TOTTENHAM have become known as the comeback kings for their exploits in Europe and in the Premier League, but it would take a miracle for Harry Redknapp’s men to recover from this thrashing.