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• There was good news from the Ireland camp as Jon Walters trained today and could be in contention to play against France.
• Roy Keane spoke about his disappointment with Ireland only getting 4,500 tickets for the game.
• While Shane Long refuted any suggestion Ireland were using that handball in 2009 as motivation for the last 16 clash on Sunday.
• Nigel Carolan was able to name an unchanged 23 for Ireland’s U20 World Championship final clash with England.
• While the senior side visited Missionvale Care Centre to meet under-privileged locals in Port Elizabeth ahead of the third and final test.
• Finally, news emerged that the 2014 Footballer of the Year James O’Donoghue could feature in the Munster final.

Away

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• LeBron James became the latest big name to pull out of Rio 2016 but it wasn’t the Zika virus that forced the NBA star out.
• An drug-testing lab in Rio has had it’s accreditation rescinded just 42 days before the Games’ opening ceremony.
• The Fury-Klitschko rematch was postponed after the current heavyweight champion sprained his ankle in training.
• Elmar Bjarnason revealed Iceland’s unusual source of motivation ahead of their clash with England.
• An English hooligan picked up a 5-year travel ban as a result of violence in Marseille earlier in the tournament. 

Where We Were Today

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Ben Blake and Paul Fennessy were both in attendance as Roy Keane and Shane Long spoke to the press at the team’s base in Versailles.

The Best Thing We Shared

What’s better than Marty Morrissey? Marty Morrissey in space on a flag at Glastonbury, that’s what.

On The Record

I’m always hugging people, it’s just usually there aren’t people around. I’m always hugging my dogs but no one seems to worry about that — family, friends — yeah, you do. We were happy.”

Roy Keane was adamant that he was always a happy-go-lucky kind of guy and those hugs on the touchline after victory over Italy was nothing out of the ordinary.

The Fixture List

• Euro 2016 is back with three fixtures: Switzerland v Poland (2pm), Wales v Northern Ireland (5pm) and Croatia v Portugal (8pm).
• Ireland can secure a first Southern Hemisphere series win when they take on South Africa in Port Elizabeth at 4pm.
• Finally, the U20 World Championship final featuring Ireland against England kicks off at 7pm.

Showbiz, baby!

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Carolan able to name unchanged 23 for Ireland’s U20 World Championship final clash with England

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