GROUNDBREAKING stuff in Dublin 4. St Gerard’s have never won the Leinster Schools Senior Cup but they paid scant attention to history yesterday by seeing off defending champions and 66-time winners Blackrock in this nip-and-tuck quarter-final.

FOR seven years now, Tyrone have been the cold Kerry just can’t shake, and the Munster side were struck down by yet another depressing dose in Healy Park on Saturday night in a game they appeared to have won.

Munster 27 Glasgow 19

St Mirren 4 Celtic 0

ALAN GAFFNEY was handed a reunion with old friends Munster later this month as his Saracens staged this upset victory over the Heineken Cup favourites at Vicarage Road yesterday and ensured the Irish province a return trip to Coventry’s Ricoh Arena for the Heineken Cup semi-final.

WITH all the media commotion around Peter Stringer’s demotion, someone forgot to focus on what Tomás O’Leary could offer.

LONG after the final whistle, the quaint and friendly town of Gloucester reverberated to the sound of ‘Munster, Munster’, the huge travelling contingent absorbing another epic result in Europe.

IN their record tenth successive Heineken Cup quarter-final appearance, Munster stormed the historical fortress of English rugby at Kingsholm to register a third victory away from home at this stage of the competition — another cup record.

RANGERS dreams of European glory took a knock when they drew a blank against Sporting Lisbon in their UEFA Cup quarter-final first-leg clash at Ibrox.

JOHN TERRY has urged the Football Association to change the rules and rid the game of ugly confrontations between players and officials.

ASKED after the final whistle at Old Trafford yesterday what result he wanted from the upcoming game down at Stamford Bridge, Alex Ferguson hardly sprang a surprise by opting for a draw.

The following is a statement made by Patient A about her experiences as a breast cancer patient that saw her misdiagnosed three times:

EVERTON manager David Moyes praised Phil Neville as the club captain shrugged off a bout of sickness to score his first goal of the season.

PROTESTERS called for a total ban on fox hunting yesterday and reiterated their determination to sabotage such events in the coming months.

A BRITISH clothing company has won its High Court action alleging Dunnes Stores breached European regulations by copying a woman’s shirt and top. Dunnes will have to account to the Karen Millen (KM) chain for profits made on sales of the copied garments, which were sold through its Savida range.

TV3 carried a report the other night on the charity gig in New York at which David Beckham presented Pele with a lifetime achievement award.

EVEN Kris Boyd could not see Rangers safely through to the last four of the Scottish Cup as Partick Thistle earned a well-deserved draw at Ibrox last night.

St. Vincent's (Dublin) 1-11 Nemo Rangers (Cork) 0-13

TRY as he might, Ephie Fitzgerald was simply unable to hide his frustration.

TODAY’S Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup final (Dooradoyle, 3pm) between Castletroy College and Christian Brothers College (CBC) could well be billed the second David and Goliath clash of the tournament.