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• Paul O’Connell has announced his retirement from all rugby due to injury.
• There’s been a huge outpouring of tributes towards O’Connell and it was also revealed today that his autobiography will be published later this year.
• Back in the Ireland Six Nations camp, Sean O’Brien returned to training but Keith Earls is still a doubt for the clash with France.
• Irish people are ‘embarrassed and ashamed’ of Conor McGregor – so says Rafael Dos Anjos.
• It was a good day for Clare hurling boss Davy Fitzgerald with his LIT team in the Fitzgibbon Cup.

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• Jamie Carragher reckons Liverpool got it wrong in deciding to increase ticket prices.
• The Premier League has got itself a new logo.
• More bad news for the sport of tennis with a new report claiming that umpires have been banned on corruption charges.
• Super Bowl winner Denver Broncos linebacker DeMarcus Ware credits MMA training with helping his longevity.
• Not even Jamie Vardy can believe he’s top of the Premier League goal-scoring charts.

Jamie Wardy wheels away in celebration after scoring against Liverpool last week. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

The Best Thing We Shared

One Irish Liverpool fan was none too happy with their proposed ticket price hike.

On The Record

I look at someone like Felix Jones, who I’d be close to, retiring at 28 with so much ahead of him. I consider myself very lucky, it’s unfortunate what happened in the French game, but I’ve been very lucky on the whole.

Paulie in a philosophical mood as he looks back on his rugby career.

Where we were today

Murray Kinsella and Sean Farrell were catching up with the Irish rugby team at Carton House.

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Fixture list

• FA Cup fourth round replay - Peterborough v West Brom, London Road Stadium, 7.45pm
• Leinster Senior Schools Cup second round - Blackrock College v Belvedere College, Donnybrook, 3pm
• Sigerson Cup quarter-final - University of Ulster Jordanstown v St Mary’s, Jordanstown, 2pm

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