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• Irish teenager Bertram Allen is in first place in the Show-jumping World Cup Final.
• This is the Leinster XV Matt O’Connor hopes will reach the final of the Champions Cup.
• Tipperary received a massive boost today as Seamus Callanan was cleared to line-up against Waterford this weekend.
• Ireland’s Ciaran Clarke could miss the rest of the season with a medial knee ligament injury.
• There was better news on the injury front for Cork footballers.

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• France are the latest country to throw their name in the hat for the 2023 World Cup.
• Louis van Gaal faces a monumental injury headache ahead of tomorrow’s clash with Chelsea.
• A marathon runner in St. Louis was disqualified for not actually completing the course.
• An ESPN reporter is in hot water for abusing a towing company employee and pulling the ‘don’t you know who I am’ trick.

The Best Thing We Shared

The parents of Ciaran ‘Casey’ Byrne flew 16,000km to see their son make his Aussie Rules debut:

Where We Were Today

Murray Kinsella made his way to France for both this weekend’s Champions Cup semi-finals.

This is not what Murray looks like. Morgan Treacy / INPHO Morgan Treacy / INPHO / INPHO

Meanwhile, Will Slattery was chatting to Simon Zebo about his participation in the Wings for Life World Run.

This is what Simon Zebo looks like. Dan Sheridan / INPHO Dan Sheridan / INPHO / INPHO

On The Record

The reality of it is that Toulon were probably 30-40% better on that day than they were at any other time that year. So it’s irrelevant.

Leinster head coach Matt O’Connor does not believe the experience of exiting the European Cup at the hands of Toulon twice in successive seasons will have an impact on Sunday.

The Fixture List

There’s Premier League action as well as a Champions Cup semi-final between Clermont and Saracens.

Louth’s Ciaran Byrne makes his AFL debut for Carlton against Essendon in Melbourne tomorrow morning (3.45am Irish time) with Laois man Zach Tuohy also in action.

Two EirGrid All-Ireland U21FC semi-finals with Dublin facing Tipperary in Tullamore at 4pm and Roscommon taking on Sligo in Markievicz Park at 6pm.

There’s five games in the Leinster minor football championship with reigning champions Dublin playing Offaly at 12.30pm in Parnell Park.

Showbiz, Baby!

We don’t have a clue what to call this dunk, but we know it’s pretty special:

‘Oh, Jefferson Starship… I thought you meant the Nicki Minaj song’