Warren Gatland insists Wales are “not ready to go home” as they seek the fulfilment denied them at the last World Cup. The injury-ravaged Welsh are targeting only their third victory over South Africa when they face Heyneke Meyer’s revived southern hemisphere giants in tomorrow’s opening quarter-final at Twickenham.

Ireland are still weighing up whether to appeal Sean O’Brien’s one-match ban ahead of this Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final against Argentina.

Argentina may have been converted to the joys and rewards of running rugby in the last three years, but the nation’s umbilical cord with physical forward play and their devotion to the scrum, in particular, remain embedded in the collective psyche.

Good golf, they say, is only ever borrowed briefly, though Shane Lowry is happy to tempt the gods of the game by insisting he finds it all rather ‘easy’ at the moment.

EASY like a Sunday morning. And Buenos Aires does them easier than most places. So when little Luisa Marie Connery, all 15 months of her, accompanies her father Michael into a drinking den on Sunday morning draped in a tricolour, few will bat an eyelid.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Wayne Barnes describes fellow referee JP Doyle as competitive, while Doyle described Barnes as steadfast.

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Anyone who has played Gaelic football for any length of time will be able to testify from bitter experience there are a colossal amount of managers whose knowledge of the game is sketchy.

Another day closer and growing confidence that Johnny Sexton will be fit to face Argentina in Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final.

LINGONBERRIES grow in the Scandinavian countries, right? Well guess what they also grow very happily here in Ireland in the Bog of Allen in Co Offaly side by side with blueberries. 

Pitbull: Reality Bites on RTÉ2 on Thursday looks at whether some breeds of dog have been unfairly demonised in Ireland.