And so the saga has come to an end.

Fit-again Danny Welbeck can now play a big part in delivering trophies to Arsenal after scoring a last-gasp winner against Leicester on Sunday, according to team-mate Per Mertesacker.

Nobody said it would be easy for Ireland, this 2016 RBS Six Nations championship, but two games in, they are already looking at something of a doomsday scenario.

Vaughn Taylor doesn’t know how he lost his game. Even more mystifying was the way it returned.

If Guy Noves has a grand plan to restore France to former glories, than the former Toulouse supremo is implementing one step and one game at a time.

When the Ireland management invited Marvin Hagler to give their players a fighting talk, The Marvellous One voiced fears for their collective safety.

Chelsea 5 Newcastle 1: Chelsea may be way off the pace in the Premier League, but they are still one of England’s big beasts and the gulf between them and Newcastle will be demonstrated clearly over the next week or so.

HAVING spent 12 days living and training at the Sydney Academy of Sport, it is hard not to be impressed by the Australian attitude to sport.

There was a point in the Irish rugby timeline when even the idea of beating France in Paris was outside the logic of all but the criminally optimistic.

Arsene Wenger is happy with Arsenal’s hectic fixture schedule and hopes too much time to think in between games could be the downfall of leaders Leicester.

Donal Lenihan looks ahead to Ireland's clash with France.