11 reasons to fear replays

The Americans touched down (yes, it’s a pun) on Irish soil yesterday morning and must have wondered what the fuss was all about. "A replay, you say? You must mean action replay?"

If Saturday’s colleges game in Croke Park finishes with both sides level at the end of the fourth quarter, there’s overtime. A winner must be found.

Draws are anathema in American sport. “A tie is like kissing your sister,” was how Navy football coach Eddie Erdelatz put it over 60 years ago.