When the final whistle sounded, Wexford supporters paused before a huge cheer greeted their dramatic comeback having pulled off one of the great escapes at Wexford Park yesterday.

TOTTENHAM may have been able to recover from a grim start but it seems there will be no way back for Steve Kean.

THE last minute of the game at the Emirates and Arsenal fans who have made for the exits can’t quite bring themselves to leave.

I WAS left disappointed by the glamour games in the top two visions on the opening weekend of the Allianz Hurling League.

“ALL or nothing” – that’s how Toulon and England star Jonny Wilkinson is viewing Saturday’s showdown at Thomond Park with Munster after helping his side to a Heineken Cup opening round win against the Ospreys.

NOW that was a good week! Convincing Champions League display (you don’t often hear a Chelsea fan say that), resounding result over Blackburn and Joe Cole not only back, but having lost none of his magic.

Marseille 2, Newcastle 0 (Marseille win 2-0 on aggregate)

Wigan 1 Manchester United 2

IF a cardiologist had hooked a Munster supporter up to a heart monitor last Saturday evening, he’d have been able to tell what was happening in the Millennium Stadium without switching on the television.

WITH two rounds of the 2008 National Hurling League behind us already it’s beginning to grate.

RANGERS’ bid to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League will go right to the wire after they lost in Stuttgart last night.

St Finbarr’s, Farranferris 0-8 Mayfield Community School 0-5

Newcastle 1 Juventus 0

Bubbles wasn’t the only one waylaid by adrenalin yesterday. Michael Ryan doesn’t give off the impression of a man who deals in f-bombs although there was no microphone under the Tipperary manager’s nose when the final whistle shrilled and he danced a jig with his three selectors.

The names Peter Schreyer and Luc Donckerwolke might not mean much to the average Joe or Josie, but in the world of automotive design, they are hallowed legends.

Phew… that was the general consensus at the end of a too-close for comfort match which put Ireland in the quarter-final of the Rugby World Cup once more.