A CBC Monkstown fan during today's game with St Gerard's College in the Leinster Senior Cup. Donall Farmer / INPHO Donall Farmer / INPHO / INPHO

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• There was a blow for Leinster as it was confirmed that Marty Moore would be joining English Premiership side Wasps next season.
• While it almost emerged that Moore would miss the entire Six Nations with a hamstring tear. Finlay Bealham will take his place in the squad.
• There was better news for Leinster and Ireland when the province revealed that Johnny Sexton had not failed his Head Injury Assessment at the weekend.
• Donegal launched their 2016 football jerseys and they are very slick indeed.
• We were exhausted from reading about a day in the life of Irish Olympic hopeful Arthur Lanigan O’Keeffe.

Gael Monfils dives for a return at the Australian Open. Andrew Brownbill / AP/Press Association Images Andrew Brownbill / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

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• Despite his disciplinary record, Dylan Hartley was named as the new England captain.
• Speculation continued to mount that Louis van Gaal would leave his role as Manchester United boss.
• The Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers will face off in Super Bowl 50 after impressive wins in their respective conference championship games last night.
• Stipe Miocic will fight for the UFC heavyweight belt next month after former champion Cain Velasquez pulled out with injury.
• Former Manchester United and City striker Carlos Tevez had an interesting weekend.

The Best Thing We Shared

Normally being ‘on the rocks’ is a bad thing. Not if your name is Jason Dufner who followed this shot up with victory in the Career Builder Challenge last night.

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On The Record

I don’t think we’ll ever be bosom buddies buying each other a drink in the pub but out of everybody I ever faced as a player, he drove me to become better.”

– Roy Keane paid a glowing tribute to the ‘immense’ Patrick Vieira.

Where we were today

Murray Kinsella was with the Ireland U20s as Nigel Carolan named his Six Nations squad while Ryan Bailey was getting the latest on Johnny Sexton and Marty Moore from Leinster’s Leo Cullen.

Moore was taken off injured at the weekend. James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

Elsewhere, Fintan O’Toole was at the launch of the National Hurling and Football Leagues. We’ll have a raft of interviews from there tomorrow.

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Fixture list

Soccer
League Cup, Semi-Final second leg
Liverpool (1) v Stoke (0), Anfield, 7.45pmGAA
Sigerson Cup, Preliminary Round
Trinity College v NUI Galway, Clanna Gael Fontenoy, 7pm
Cork IT v Garda College, Cork IT, 7pmSigerson Cup, First Round
IT Carlow v IT Sligo, IT Carlow GAA pitch, 2pm
Maynooth University v Queen’s University, NUIM North Campus, 7pm
DCU v Athlone IT, DCU Sportsground, 7pm

 Showbiz, Baby!

You  know you’re cruising to an easy NFC Championship Game win when you’re able to take a picture like this mid-way through the fourth quarter.

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“You asked for hot takes, you didn’t ask for evidence to back it up.”

Leinster now say that Johnny Sexton did NOT suffer concussion against Wasps

Blow for Leinster as Wasps win tug-of-war for Ireland international Marty Moore