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All over the shop these days according to Prime Time. They are even hoovering it up in glamourous Portarlington.

Traces found in 92% of bars tested nationwide and at Croker, RDS, RTE, Galway Races, Rose of Tralee big top, etc.

Story in the Connacht Tribune this week that Cortoon Shamrocks' Michael Martin is the All-Ireland winning Galway minor that Carlton has first option on next year. He says himself that he might go over next year for a few weeks and see how it goes.

Personally I don't think he'd be what they are looking for. He's a very tidy talented forward but quite slight. I don't really think he'd be suited to AFL especially compared to what they look for? Which is usually athletes. Martin is a pure footballer.

Only other name mentioned in the article is Laois' Zac Tuohy.

RTE 9.25 tonight. Should be interesting. Perfect bank holiday fare.

It's difficult to say who was squirming the most - Terry Wogan or the TV viewers.

The BBC veteran presented Sunday's Points of View in a pair of moleskin trousers which clung relentlessly to a certain area and left little to the imagination.

The corporation has received a flurry of complaints about 69-year-old Sir Terry's wardrobe malfunction.

And there was speculation that he might be forced to report on the widespread dismay in the next edition of the audience feedback programme - not to mention Auntie's Bloomers, his show featuring TV faux pas.

Viewers were initially placed at ease when the avuncular Irishman appeared on screen in jacket, shirt and tie for the teatime show - well before the 9pm watershed.

But then the camera panned down to reveal mustard-coloured slacks which offered him little in the way of, ahem, support and evoked memories of sprinter Linford Christie's infamous 'lunchbox'.

Even Sir Terry's most ardent female fans appear to have found the experience a little unsettling, if the BBC's on-line message boards are to be believed.

One said: "I have just watched Points of View with my daughter and my husband. When the camera panned out on Terry Wogan, I didn't know where to look.

"Both my daughter and I (who are in no way prudish) were totally embarrassed to see Terry with very revealing trousers on. I'm sure we can't have been the only ones to notice."

A fan of Sir Terry, who earns £800,000 a year, leapt to his defence, saying: "I think the cameraman was taking the proverbial.

"Terry isn't usually framed that way. He probably thought it was the usual waist-up shot and wasn't giving a thought to the lunchbox."

Another added: "Can't the man have a mid-life crisis in peace? In the animal kingdom such displays often attract a willing mate."

Sir Terry, who was knighted in 2005, appeared to be taking the furore in his usual light-hearted manner yesterday on his Radio 2 breakfast show. He read out a message from a listener which asked him if he had borrowed the trousers or whether he had got 'someone else to fill them in other vital areas'.

It advised: "Try crossing your legs when in full shot - if you can do that without wincing. Try something a little more roomy in the which-side-do-you-dress department and try not to sneeze."

Wogan insisted they were his own trousers and defiantly added: "Everybody's an expert - you can't appear on television without a crowd of idiots telling you look like something the cat dragged in."

This is the latest controversy for Wogan after he was criticised for being paid to present the Children In Need charity event. He received nearly £10,000 for fronting the seven-hour show in 2005.

Earlier this year he also came under fire when he blundered on the results show for the UK entrant into the Eurovision Song Contest by announcing the wrong winner.

Wogan and co- host Fearne Cotton simultaneously announced different winners.

From Mayo News:

GALWAY hurling legend Pete Finnerty is set to join the Mayo hurling management team ahead of their 2008 campaign.
The two time All-Ireland Senior hurling winner and five time All Star was confirmed as the coach to the Mayo senior hurlers last week. He will join manager Westport's Martin Brennan and trainer Ray McNamara in a three man team.
Finnerty, who made his name at right-half back on the All-Ireland winning Galway teams of 1987 and '88, will come on board with Brennan and McNamara, who were involved in the same positions last year.
Jimmy Martin and Stephen Broderick are no longer selectors however.
Mayo will play in Division 2 of the National Hurling League next year and Finnerty's presence within the Mayo camp is likely to lead to drive for league honours.
They will play in the Connacht League and the Leinster based Keogh Cup prior to commencing National League action.
Finnerty (43), from Mullagh near Ballinasloe, is a businessman based in Tuam. He owns the Supermac's franchise in the town. He was right-half back on the swashbuckling Galway half-back line that also contained Tony Keady and Gerry McInerney.
Finnerty has been a hurling analyst on RTÉ's The Sunday Game for several years as well as writing a weekly hurling column with The Sunday Independent

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"Taxi" stopped in Dawson Street in Dublin yesterday. Apparently some Bulgarian entrepreneur had set up his own taxi service and had even picked up a few fares that day before being busted by the law.

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Surely Wayne Shelford should be higher.

50. Chris Lewis

Lewis was a very gifted cricketer who never quite achieved what he might considering his talents. Perhaps intelligence was an issue. Selected for England's team to tour West Indies in 1993-4 he decided to shave his head on arrival and promptly went out to practice on a baking-hot day without a hat. The result? Sunstroke. "Chris Lewis baldly went where no other cricketer has gone before," wrote The Sun, "and the prat without a hat spent two days in bed with sunstroke."

49. Leroy Lita

Leroy Lita missed the first month of the 2007-08 Premier League season after damaging a leg muscle as he stretched in bed after waking up. "Leroy is in a great deal of pain," said Steve Coppell, the Reading manager. "He woke up and stretched while in bed and he has done something to his leg. It is not an injury that should be ridiculed or made light of," he added. So why are we laughing, then?

48. Dave Dravecky

Dravecky is a famous pitcher who is known as much in America for his bravery in a personal fight against cancer as for his prowess on the baseball diamond. In October 1988 the San Francisco Giants player had half of his deltoid muscle removed and his humerus bone frozen in an attempt to rid him of the disease. Making a winning return nine months later, things appeared set fair only for the bone to snap in his next start against Montreal with a sound that could be heard around the entire stadium. He never pitched again, breaking his arm for a second time celebrating the Giants winning the National League pennant at the end of that season when it was then discovered that the cancer had returned. After two more surgeries his left arm and shoulder were amputated but he remains to this day held in high regard by the US sporting public.

47. Richard Wright

Wright vaults into our list with two different offerings, making him the only Everton goalkeeper to do the double. In summer 2003 he was packing his suitcases after a holiday away when he fell off a loft ladder and damaged a shoulder, wrecking his pre-season preparations. Three years later he proved it was not only David James, the Portsmouth goalkeeper, who deserves the nickname Calamity as he injured his ankle in a freak accident in the warm-up prior to an FA Cup game with Chelsea , falling over a sign positioned in the goal. Iain Turner, a reserve, was forced to deputise and Everton lost the game 4-1.

46. Mariner Moose

If you are not into baseball, you will be unfamiliar with this creature who is the unruly mascot of the Seattle Mariners. The Moose made national headlines in 1995 when in a play-off series with the New York Yankees, he crashed into the outfield wall at the Kingdome while being towed on online skates behind an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) in the outfield. These days our moose tends to drive the buggy himself and later exacted some kind of revenge in a game with the Boston Redsox this season, colliding with visiting second baseman Coco Crisp who , despite being incredibly lucky to avoid serious injury, laughed off the incident. As an aside Svein Grondalen, the Norway defender, had to withdraw from an international during the 1970s after colliding with a moose while out jogging, but it is not believed to be the same creature.

45. Thierry Henry

You would have thought that with the number of goals he scored during his career with Arsenal that the France international would have turned his celebrations into a slickly choreographed routine. Not so. After scoring in a Premier League game against Chelsea in May 2000 he ran to the corner flag and ended up almost poking his eye out. Henry received medical treatment by the side of the pitch before being able to continue.

44. Rio Ferdinand

When a player costs your club a cool £18million you would probably be quite happy as a manager if your prize asset is at home with his feet up watching the telly like a sensible young man rather than out on the town partying. Unfortunately back in February 2001 Ferdinand, then with Leeds United, was resting his leg on a coffee table for a number of hours and when he came to move it found he was in big trouble. The result was a strained tendon behind his knee and an enforced absence of two games which he spent, one would assume, sat at home with his feet up watching TV.

43. Ian Greig

The unfortunate Greig snapped his key in the lock after arriving home after playing for Sussex in the county championship match with Kent in June 1983. No problem, thought the resourceful all-rounder, as he spotted an open window and proceeded to shin up the wall of his house. Greig lost his footing and fell nearly 20 feet, breaking an ankle in the process. Now playing for Surrey, he was in the wars again four years later after being hit on the hand in a game. He went to the local hospital for an X-ray to make sure there were no broken bones and stood up, banging his head on the machine and opening up a wound which required two stitches.

42. Hasim Rahman

Rahman suffered a horrific-looking injury to his head in a bout against Evander Holyfield in June 2002. Two unintentional head-butts caused a lump the size of a small grapefruit (or a large apple, if you prefer) appear on the unfortunate heavyweight's forehead. "I didn't think he could do so much damage with his head,'' Rahman said. ``He must have a metal plate in there or something.'' The bout was stopped and went to the judges, with the 39-year-old Holyfield being declared the winner.

41. The perils of kickboxing

Eric Cantona might disagree [you may remember his flying kung fu kick into the crowd at Crystal Palace in January 1995] but kicking people can be as injurious to your own health as the person on the receiving end. Trawling through YouTube, it would appear that kickboxing injuries are ten-a-penny. Man kicks another man, man doing the kicking screams and foot flops around at a funny angle. Check out this one , or this one. There is a common thread here, the same thread presumably by which these gentlemen's feet are attached to the rest of their leg.

40. Trevor Franklin

A tall and doughty opener for New Zealand, Franklin's tour of England in 1986 ended in disaster at Gatwick Airport, where he was run over by a motorised luggage trolley. He suffered multiple leg fractures which kept him out of the game for 18 months and he was unable to sprint when he finally returned. Franklin had already broken a thumb on that tour and five years later he had his forearm smashed by David Lawrence. It was poetic justice that his one and only Test hundred came against England at Lord's in 1990.

39. Malcolm Marshall

Marshall, who died tragically young from cancer, left a legacy that will never be forgotten as one of the world's finest, fastest and nastiest bowlers. He generally had a penchant for inflicting pain rather than being on the receiving end, just ask Andy Lloyd, who was hit on the head in 1984, ending his Test career in a series where the hosts were well and truly blackwashed in a 5-0 hammering. The abiding memory of that series, however, is of the Hampshire bowler, his thumb broken, coming out to bat one-handed and making a mockery of the England attack on the way to helping Larry Gomes to an unbeaten hundred. He then rubbed salt in the wounds by taking 7-53 in the England second innings.

38. Barbaro

Ignoring the Seattle Mariners' moose mascot (see entry No 46) we come to our one and only animal entrant. Barbaro was one of America's favourite racehorses and the winner of the 2006 Kentucky Derby. In May 2006 he entered as an odds-on favourite for the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, the second leg of the famous Triple Crown. Disaster struck after the horse false-started, as he fractured three bones in and around the ankle of his right hind leg. There followed a long-running odyssey as a nation was gripped by daily updates of the horse's wellbeing. But despite having a special cast made and recovering from the original injury, Barbaro developed a hoof disorder called laminitis and eventually had to be destroyed some eight months later. A memorial fund was set up in his honour.

37. Colin Montgomerie

Montgomerie, one of the best (and, some would say, often grumpiest) current players never to have won one of golf's majors, saw his dream of winning The Open almost ended before he got out of the starting blocks at Royal St George's in 2002. The Scot announced on the eve of the tournament that he felt so fit that "I should win by five shots" then took a tumble on the way to breakfast at the Wallett's Court Hotel in Dover, with his wrist breaking his fall. "I couldn't believe it was raining and as I looked up I fell over a step and landed nastily," said Montgomerie, who lasted just seven holes of his first round before having to withdraw.

36. Vince Coleman

Coleman, of the St Louis Cardinals, was one of baseball's quickest players and he would have run a mile had he seen this one coming. On October 13, 1985 he was playing in the National League Championship Series when it began to rain and the umpires decided to cover the field. Unfortunately for Coleman, he was looking the other way when the mechanical tarpaulin roller was brought out to keep the infield dry. It rolled over his leg, chipping a bone in his knee, badly bruising his limb and ruling him out for the rest of the season, meaning that he missed the World Series, where the Cardinals lost to the Kansas City Royals in seven games. "That tarp was a real man-eater," Coleman later said.

35. Joe Paterno

American football is one of the most violent sports in the world, so much so that you have to be even more vigilant even if you are not in the game. Just ask Joe Paterno, one of the most successful coaches in the history of college football. The 79-year-old Penn State coach broke his left leg and damaged a knee ligament when two players ran into him on the sidelines during the Nittany Lions' loss to Wisconsin in November 2006. Watch it here

34. Ted Dexter

Dexter, one of England's all-time greatest batsmen, was run over by a car in June 1965. His own. The Jaguar he was driving ran out of petrol on the Great West Road in Brentford and he opted to try and push it to the nearest garage. Unfortunately the vehicle had a mind of its own and Dexter lost control, ending up being pinned against a factory gate with a smashed leg. Almost a case of leg before picket (fence).

33. Jose Maria Olazabal

Seemingly a placid and mild-mannered character these days, Olly must be a frustrated Mike Tyson at heart (more of him later), because the Spaniard broke a bone in his hand at the US Open in 1999 after punching his hotel room wall in frustration after a bad round.

32. Steve Morrow

The highlight of Morrow's career turned into one of his worst nightmares thanks to the over-exhuberance of Tony Adams, his Arsenal team-mate. The former Northern Ireland defender scored the winning goal in the 1993 League Cup final win against Sheffield Wednesday, his first for the club, but in the post-match celebrations Adams lifted Morrow on to his shoulders before promptly dropping him, unintentionally, like a sack of potatoes. Morrow was taken to hospital with a broken arm and was ruled out for the rest of the season, which meant he also missed the FA Cup final [also against Wednesday], though he made history before that game by going up to receive his League Cup winners' medal.

31. Alex Stepney

Alex Stepney gained notoriety in the 1970s playing for Manchester United for being a goalkeeper who took penalty kicks. Football fans (well this one, at least) used to hope that he missed just so you could see him have to sprint like Linford Christie the length of the field back to his own goal. But if you thought Peter Schmeichel set the standard at Old Trafford for bawling at his defenders, think again. In a match against Birmingham City Stepney shouted so loud at his hapless back four that he dislocated his jaw.

30. Orlando Brown

Brown, an offensive lineman with the Cleveland Browns, was struck in the right eye with a penalty flag thrown by referee Jeff Triplette in 1999. The little yellow flags look innocuous enough, but are weighted with ball bearings to make them fall to the ground. It hardly mattered that Brown was suspended for three games for pushing the official in retaliation because the flag almost blinded him and he did not play again for some four years. He received a reported $25 million settlement from the NFL over his eye injury before an emotional return to the gridiron field in 2003 with the Baltimore Ravens. Peversely, his father Claude had lost his eyesight due to glaucoma.

29. Sam Torrance

Torrance, a former Ryder Cup player and later captain, had an unfortunate incident with a plant pot at the Belfry in 1993 as a result of his sleepwalking. "I woke up during the night and there was this huge urn in the room, which I thought was an intruder," Torrance said. "So I just ran at it and smashed it to pieces, cracking my sternum in the process. Luckily nobody heard it and I came clean the next morning."

28. Henrik Larsson

Larsson, the consummate goal-scorer, was stretchered off in agony after he attempted to challenge Lyon's Serge Blanc in a Uefa Cup tie while playing for Celtic in October 1999. His left leg buckled beneath him and it was immediately obvious that something appalling had happened. The Sweden international was later diagnosed with a double fracture, reminiscent of the career-ending injury suffered by Coventry's David Busst in 1996, and was sidelined for seven months.

27. Bruce French

Some sportsmen it seem, are just cursed, and that would certainly appear to apply to Bruce French, the England reserve wicketkeeper on one day in particular while on the 1987-88 tour of Pakistan. A well-meaning spectator returned a cricket ball that had gone astray near the nets and inadvertently struck French on the head. French was hit by a car outside the hospital where he was taken for treatment and after having his wound stitched he hit his head again on a light fitting as he got up to leave.

26. Ivano Bonetti

Bonetti became a fans' favourite at Grimsby Town after forking out £50,000 of his own money to part-fund his transfer from an American management company who owned his image rights (sounds very Carlos Tevez). However, the Italian was not as popular with his manager, Brian Laws, who lost the plot after a 3-2 defeat at Luton Town in 1996. Laws was so incensed by the performance of Bonetti that he threw a plate of chicken wings at him, fracturing the player's cheekbone. It's a pity Bonetti was not playing for Kilmarnock at the time, because a player getting a face full of chicken wings while playing at KFC would have made a much better story.

Got punched in the friendly v Bayonne.

Feel free to add your own.

50 "Football is all right as a game for rough girls but is hardly suitable for delicate boys."

Oscar Wilde makes a fair comment - years before anyone started diving to win free kicks

49 "They finally found one."

Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards insults himself when asked how a brain scan after a ski jumping accident had gone.

48 "Hijo de puta."

Early in his career with Real Madrid, David Beckham gets into trouble for calling a linesman a son of a whore in Spanish and receives a red card. Beckham later said (in English): "I didn't realise what I had said was that bad. I had heard a few of my team-mates say the same before me."

47 "I would like to thank the press from the heart of my bottom."

Nick Faldo thought he was being funny after winning the 1992 Open, but he just looked like a pillock in Pringle.

46 "I'm not as nice as all that. In fact, I swore only last week."

Gary Lineker is not above self-mockery.

45 "Well bowled Harold."

Douglas Jardine congratulates Harold Larwood, his fast bowler, after he hit Bill Woodfull, the Australia captain, over the heart during the infamous Bodyline series in 1932.

44 "Alan Shearer, he's boring isn't he? We call him Mary Poppins."

Freddy Shepherd, the chairman of Newcastle United, doesn't sound too convinced of the worth of a man he had paid £15 million to sign.

43 "Four more years, boys."

A cutting comment from George Gregan, the Australia rugby captain, near the end of their semi-final win over the All Blacks in the 2003 World Cup as New Zealand head for yet another defeat in the global tournament.

42 "[American] Football combines the two worst features of American life: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings."

George Will, the American journalist, sums up their national game.

41 "I don't think heading a ball has got anything to do with it, footballers are stupid enough anyway."

A Premier League spokesman in 1995 comments on a report that brain cells are damaged by heading balls.

40 "Mr Agnew, I believe you have a slight swing in your flaw."

Jimmy Demaret, the American golfer who won the Masters three times, to his playing partner, the American vice-president Spiro T. Agnew.

39 "At least I have an identity, you're only Frances Edmonds's husband."

Tim Zoehrer, the Australia wicketkeeper, points out that Phil Edmonds, the England spinner, is less famous than his writer wife.

38 "If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you."

A backhanded compliment, rather than an insult, from Muhammad Ali to a young boxer.

37 "Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home."

Arsene Wenger's reply to Sir Alex Ferguson in 2002 when the United manager claims his side had been the best team in the Premiership.

36: "My wife just had a baby." "Congratulations! Whose baby is it?"

Joe Frazier stuns his boxing rival Ken Norton.

35 "You can't see as well as these f***ing flowers - and they're f***ing plastic."

John McEnroe's rant at a line judge is spoilt somewhat by the second clause.

34 "It's red, round and weighs about five ounces, in case you were wondering."

Greg Thomas, of Glamorgan, unwisely makes fun of Viv Richards's inability to hit the ball. Richards soons smashes it out of the ground and replies: "Greg, you know what it looks like. Now go and find it."

33 "Don't bother son, you won't be out there long enough."

Fred Trueman to a new Australia batsman during an Ashes Test who had turned to shut the gate after coming on to the pitch.

32 "My old pal, the plod from the second row."

Austin Healey's comments about Justin Harrison, the Australia lock, (he also called him a "plank") win him no friends during the 2001 Lions rugby tour

31 "He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that he's all right."

George Best sums up the many talents of David Beckham.

30 "Like an octopus falling out of a tree."

David Feherty, the former Irish golfer, passes comment on Jim Furyk's swing.

29 "Stone me! We've had cocaine, bribery and Arsenal scoring two goals at home. But just when you thought there were no surprises left in football, Vinnie Jones turns out to be an international player."

Jimmy Greaves is shocked when the Wimbledon hard man is selected for his first cap, of eight, for Wales.

28 "Somebody compared him to Billy McNeil, but I don't remember Billy being crap."

Tommy Docherty, the legendary football coach, on Rangers' Italian flop Lorenzo Amoruso in 2000.

27 "Lie down so I can recognise you."

Willie Pep, the American featherweight boxer, when asked by an old opponent if he recognised him.

26 "My God, look what they've given me. Do they think we are playing the blind asylum?"

Archie MacLaren, the England cricket captain, on the team selection for the fourth Ashes Test in 1902. His side lost by only three runs.

25 "Eighty per cent of the top 100 women are fat pigs who don't deserve equal pay."

Richard Krajicek, the 1996 Wimbledon champion, on why there should not be equal pay. Later, he clarified his comments, saying, "What I meant to say was that only 75 per cent are fat pigs." Charming.

24 "Leave our flies alone Jardine, they're the only friends you've got here."

An Australian spectator at Sydney barracks the England cricket captain for swatting the local wildlife during the Bodyline series.

23 "If David Seaman's dad had worn a condom, we'd still be in the World Cup."

A harsh but possibly fair assessment of England's defeat to Brazil in the 2002 World Cup by the comedian Nick Hancock.

22 "What problems do you have, apart from being unemployed, a moron and a dork?"

John McEnroe calls it how he sees it to a tennis spectator

21 "He has turned defensive boxing into a poetic art. Trouble is, nobody ever knocked anybody out with a poem."

Eddie Shaw, the boxing coach, on Herol "Bomber" Graham, the British light-middleweight.

20 "You were 33-1 to win the Six Nations this year. Now you are 16-1. If you can keep Henson out of Church going into it, what are the chances?"

Sue Barker makes an ill-judged joke when speaking to the Wales rugby head coach about his star player Gavin Henson, who had started dating Charlotte Church, in 2005

19 "Pakistan is the sort of country to send your mother in-law to."

Ian Botham's flat joke backfires when his England team lose to Pakistan in the 1992 World Cup final.

18 "Only if there's an outbreak of bubonic plague."

Giovanni Trapattoni gives a blunt answer when asked if he will select Paolo Di Canio for his Italy World Cup squad in 2004.

17 "This is my island, my culture. Don't you be staring at me. In my culture we just bowl." "In my culture we just say f*** off."

What Viv Richards said to the Australia fast bowler Merv Hughes, and Hughes's response

16 "The local girls are far uglier than the ones in Belgrade. Our women are far prettier and they don't drink as much beer."

Georgi Hristov, of Macedonia, spoils his relationship with the locals when describing women at his new football club in Barnsley.

15 "Is the world's second greatest athlete gay?"

The slogan on Daley Thompson's T-shirt during the 1984 Olympics was not clever but the alleged reference to rumours about Carl Lewis certainly won attention.

14 "Joe Frazier is so ugly he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wildlife."

Frazier took Muhammad Ali's taunt before their first heavyweight title fight in 1971 very personally - particularly when Ali then called him an Uncle Tom.

13 "I'm not the next [Anna] Kournikova — I want to win matches."

Maria Sharapova, the Russian tennis player, brushes aside an attempted compliment.

12 "Who do you think you are, Steve Waugh?"

A very fine put-down from Michael Vaughan, the England cricket captain, to Ricky Ponting, his Australia counterpart, at the start of the 2005 Ashes that set the tone for a series when England, for once, refused to be cowed. Waugh, Ponting's predecessor, was well known for making sledging an art form.

11 "There are only three things wrong with the English team: they can't bat, can't bowl and can't field."

The only thing wrong with the writer Martin Johnson's summation of Mike Gatting's Ashes touring side in 1986-87 is they went on to bring home the urn.

10 "If it had been a cheese roll it would never have got past him."

Graham Gooch on Shane Warne's "ball of the century", which Mike Gatting missed.

9 "He covers every blade of grass, but that's only because his first touch is crap."

Dave Jones, the football manager, is honest about Carlton Palmer's skills.

8 "I should've kept my legs together, Fred." "So should your mother.".

Fred Trueman takes Raman Subba Row's dropping a catch at slip off his bowling well.

7 "He has everything a boxer needs except speed, stamina, a punch, and ability to take punishment. In other words, he owns a pair of shorts."

Blackie Sherrod, the American columnist, on a heavyweight boxing contender.

6 "There's no way you are good enough to play for England." "Maybe not, but at least I'm the best cricketer in my family."

James Ormond, the fast bowler, has a quick retort to Mark Waugh, brother of Steve, when he is sledged on his debut for England.

5 "Hands up if you think we're boring."

Not a great quote but this headline from the Sydney Daily Telegraph, above a picture of the England rugby team saluting their fans after beating France in the 2003 World Cup semi-final, gets a high place in the list simply because of the result in the next match. Hands up who cares if we were boring?

4 "So how are your wife and my kids?" "The wife's fine, the kids are retarded."

An exchange between Rod Marsh, the Australia wicketkeeper, and Ian Botham, the England all-rounder

3 "You were a crap player, you are a crap manager. The only reason I have any dealings with you is that somehow you are manager of my country and you're not even Irish, you English ****. You can stick it up your bollocks."

What Roy Keane allegedly said to Mick McCarthy, the Ireland manager, that got him sent home from the 2002 World Cup. Keane is now a responsible Premier League manager.

2 "Why are you so fat?" "Because every time I f*** your wife she gives me a biscuit."

Exchange between Glenn McGrath, the Australia bowler, and Eddo Brandes, the large Zimbabwean cricketer.

1 Whatever Marco Materazzi said about Zinedine Zidane's sister

Or his mother or terrorism. No one is quite sure what the Italy defender actually said during the 2006 World Cup final, but Materazzi's insult rile Zidane so much that he headbutted him in the chest and was sent off.

Anybody know anything about this? Needless to say this has been pounced on by a certain other forum where there are three seperate threads on it already.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6925977.stm

Anyway might as well get this one going. Clash of two former aristocrats of the game. Repeat of 01 All-Ireland, etc, etc.

My gut feeling is this one could go either way really. Galway were putrid against Sligo. Meath I hear weren't particularly impressive against Fermanagh. We have a good record against Meath in championship football but don't think it will count for much next weekend as both sides battle for the dubious honour of playing either Kerry or Tyrone.

The Irish Rugby Football Union and their kit partner, Canterbury of New Zealand, today revealed the new tailor-made official team jersey to be worn by the Ireland team at this year's Rugby World Cup in France.

The kit has been specifically designed to meet the demanding and rigorous requirements of international rugby.

Renowned for developing the most technically advanced kit in the game, Canterbury, has created a range of shirts that are specially designed to aid the performance of players in certain positions.

For example, the props will benefit from a shirt that enables their team-mates to bind more effectively to them during scrums. Lineout players will be wearing shorts with unique grip panels to aid lifting and backs will have jerseys with grip panels on their chests to aid ball retention when running.

Ireland Captain, Brian O'Driscoll said: "International rugby is intense and every team is searching for the competitive edge. When we take to the field in the World Cup we know that our new Canterbury Ireland kit will be state of the art."

Ireland Coach, Eddie O'Sullivan added: "Our preparations for the World Cup are leaving nothing to chance. Canterbury's tailor-made kit is very much part of our ethos of leaving no stone unturned."

Chris Baff, Senior Product Manager, Canterbury of New Zealand commented: "Canterbury's involvement in the game of rugby has come a long way since we produced our first rugby jersey back in 1904. Today we are pleased to reveal the world's most technically advanced rugby jersey. By analysing the roles and responsibilities of individual players and their positions, we have been able to create tailored position-specific playing apparel that performs to the optimum level. We are proud to be supplying this great kit to one of the world's great rugby sides."

The shirts themselves are made from a lightweight poly-cotton fabric, developed exclusively by Canterbury, called Temex, and incorporate an innovative moisture management system that helps to keep players cool. In addition it wicks sweat away from the body.

Canterbury has also dispensed with its classic loop collar and replaced it with a tight-fitting, asymmetric neck-line – again to reduce fabric that an opponent could grip on to.

The slim-fitting garments include Lycra side panelling to ensure a snug fit and increased comfort. Each jersey also includes a series of grip areas where a unique rubberised polymer has been added to the shirt to enhance ball handling and binding.

The new jersey will make its debut when Ireland take on Scotland (Saturday 11 August, kick-off 2:30pm) at Murrayfield in a Rugby World Cup warm up test match.

Canterbury of New Zealand first produced Ireland playing kit in 2000 and fans will be able to buy the new kit online from IrishRugby.ie and from sports shops and selected retailers from 11 July.

No word on this one yet so I better start a thread.

Not much news yet on this one apart from that Fergal Moore, Ger Farrager, Fergal Healy and Mark Kerins are all rated various shades of doubtful for Galway.

Laois team is

LAOIS (SHC v Galway) - P Mullaney; C Fitzpatrick, C Healy, C Dunne; Joe Phelan, M Whelan, M McEvoy; J Fitzpatrick (capt), S Dollard; J Brophy, J Young, JJ McHugh; T Fitzgerald, W Hyland, P Russell.

Reports on the radio that it may be back on in August sometime.

The old thread seems not to have survived the transfer so might as well start a new one.

Hurling championship is as follows

Kinvara v Mullagh or Kiltormer
Loughrea v Beagh or Athenry
Portumna v Clarinbridge or Craughwell
Gort v Liam Mellowes or Castlegar

Don't have the latest on the football in front of me so if anyone has it post it up.

Pool 1
Benetton Treviso, London Irish, USA Perpignan, Newport Gwent Dragons

Pool 2
Ospreys, Gloucester Rugby, Bourgoin, Ulster Rugby

Pool 3
Stade Francais Paris, Bristol Rugby, Cardiff Blues, Harlequins

Pool 4
Glasgow Warriors, Saracens, Biarritz Olympique, Viadana

Pool 5
London Wasps, Clermont Auvernge, Llanelli Scarlets, Munster

Pool 6
Leinster, Leicester Tigers, Toulouse, Edinburgh Rugby

Bad news for Munster and Leinster who are both in groups of death. In comparison look how weak pools 1, 3 and 4 are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcelticminded%2Ecom%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Ft%3D334899