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Everything you need to know before kicking back for a loooooonnnnnnnggggg weekend.

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Veteran centre Gordon D’Arcyhas announced that he will retire from rugby after this year’s World Cup.
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Tipperary stalwart Paul Curran has called time on his hurling career.
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The Hurling Championship will begin this weekend in Leinster. Here’s the team news from Laois, Westmeath and Antrim.

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Toulon and Clermont have named their starting-line-ups for tomorrow’s Champions Cup final. Here they are.
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Jose Mourinho thinks Chelsea should have been handed the league title by now.
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On The Record

“If I had him at home, I’d find it hard not to go to bed with him.”

–Ted Walsh loves that horse.

The Fixture List

Phew! Where do we start? There are seven Premier League games on the cards for tomorrow while European rugby will have all its oval shaped eyes on the Champions Cup final in Twickenham at 5pm.

Closer to home, Tipperary take on Tyrone in the under 21 football final in Parnell Park at 6pm.

After that, you should rest up and get yourself ready for the ‘fight of the century’ Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao is finally going to happen at some time around 4am Sunday morning.

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Cathal Pended and his dog Ringo are the Bromance you need to kick-start the long weekend.

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‘I can’t wait for the weekend to begin’

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