It was only the day after the All-Ireland final that Stephen Rochford heard Joe Brolly’s “celebrity losers” comment about Mayo.

Just before Cork headed back out the door of dressing room 2 for the second-half of yesterday’s senior All-Ireland final in Croke Park, Briege Corkery took to the floor.

You know the rivalry-but-not-actually a rivalry that exists, or did exist, between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova?

Want to make your wardrobe on trend? Here are the six key pieces you need to look the part for A/W16, as chosen by Rachel Marie Walsh.

Northampton 1 Manchester United 3: Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United ended a three-match losing streak and reached the EFL Cup fourth round with a timely, if at times uncomfortable, win at Northampton — but the draw wasn’t kind to United, who now face deadly rivals Manchester City.

Dr Crokes (Kerry) 1-12 Loughmore-Castleiney (Tipperary) 0-9: No energy, no urgency, no composure, poor decision-making, sloppy with ball in hand and wasteful in front of goal.

The Irish team is preparing for an evening in Vienna which should be at once bone-rattlingly cold and hot as all hell. 

“It feels like I can fly…” So Jackie Tyrrell tweeted after Kilkenny won the 2011 Senior Final. 

David McGoldrick knows people are frustrated.

Our writers round up the weekend talking points.

Dundalk 2 Bohemians 1: Three, they say, is a magic number — and it certainly felt like it at Oriel Park last night as Dundalk players and fans jubilantly celebrated a hat-trick of league titles.