How many gold medals were won by Irish boxers representing Team NI at the Commonwealth Games?
1
3
5
7
Who scored the winning point as Kilkenny beat Cork in the All-Ireland camogie final?
Aoife Prendergast
Sophie O'Dwyer
Laura Murphy
Denise Gaule
What was unusual about Sunday's Kerry Senior Hurling Championship final between parish rivals Causeway and Ballyduff?
Causeway midfielder Brandon Barrett streamed the game on Twitch from a camera built into his jersey, leading to a reprimand from official broadcasters TG4
Referee John O’Halloran was mic'd up for the game, meaning viewers could hear the rationale behind his decisions.
Ballyduff wing-back Eoin Ross took a swig from a water bottle but it turned out it was actually somebody's 'hidden naggin' which had gotten mixed up with the players' drinks.
Causeway captain Jason Diggins locked the Neilus Flynn Cup into his car for safe-keeping but now can't find his keys.
For whom did Ireland U21 captain Conor Coventry make his Premier League debut last weekend?
Wolves
West Ham
Southampton
Crystal Palace
Serena Williams announced on Tuesday that she is set to retire from tennis. How many Grand Slams has the 40-year-old won?
20
21
22
23
Why was England rugby head coach Eddie Jones rebuked by his employers, the RFU?
He said in an interview that English rugby is too reliant on 'closeted' private-school-educated players who lack 'resolve'.
He was filmed by a fan running a red light near his home in London and, upon noticing the fan filming him, flipped the bird towards the camera.
He criticised the atmosphere at Twickenham, describing it as often resembling 'a massive social club for yacht owners and Brexiteers'.
He described the country's hosepipe ban as 'woke nonsense', adding: 'it hasn't stopped pissing rain since I got here, mate.'
Shamrock Rovers eased past North Macedonians Shkupi over two legs to book their place in the play-off round of Europa League qualifying. From which country are the Hoops' next opponents, Ferencvaros?
Slovakia
Slovenia
Hungary
Czech Republic
South Africa again host New Zealand in the Rugby Championship this weekend after last week inflicting upon the under-fire All Blacks a third consecutive test defeat for the first time since 1998. When was the last time New Zealand lost four in a row?
1918
1978
1998
They have never lost four tests in a row
Davy Fitzgerald is back at the Déise helm. To how many All-Ireland hurling semi-finals did he guide Waterford during his previous four-year stint in charge?
1
2
3
4
What did Leona Maguire describe as being 'a little bit surreal' earlier this week?
She met a girl who had taken 'Leona' as her Confirmation name in honour of the golfer.
She found a DVD which her sister Lisa had sworn she returned to Xtra-Vision circa 2004 (the Maguires' parents took the fine out of their pocket money at the time).
Somebody stole her wheelie-bin while she competed at the Women's Open.
The idea that crabs might look at human beings and think we walk sideways.
You scored out of !
GOLD!
Momentous. We'll all remember where we were when you wrote your way into Irish sporting history on Friday 12 August, 2022.
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Silver!
If we'd have offered you that before the quiz started, you'd have bitten our hands off...
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Bronze
Was this really the best you could muster?
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Red-Ass
We don't make the rules...
Okay, we do, but still. Turn around.
Only fair…connacht had only 1 fit lock last week between international call ups and injuries and got no help from IRFU..but when its munster its a different story…double standards
@jay bernard: bit of patience
@Jim Demps: Not really Jim, this lad signed in a matter of days once Kilcoyne is out, Connacht still waiting on a second row.
@jay bernard: there’s a difference between a prop and a second row. Most blindsides and no 8′s have at sometime played secondrow, where as the frontrow is different. Slotting into the secondrow is not too difficult and when a secondrow gets a yellow card one of the backrow just jumps in. Can’t do that at prop.
@jay bernard: would like to see Jack Dunne sent out West for a couple of months
@Paddy Kennedy: https://twitter.com/murray_kinsella/status/1322167460615905280?s=21
@jay bernard: surely this is a deal between Munster and Ulster. Munster get cover, and an Ulster prospect possibly gets some gametime. Why the assumption that the IRFU is in some way blocking Connacht? Maybe they didn’t go looking for a lock from the other provinces, or they consider those available not better than what they have
@Jim Demps: Sweet vindication! Fair play Jim.
@SomeGuy: Munster get a player from a different province while Connacht have to get one from an AIL side? How’s that the same
@Jim Demps: thank you Jim
I think both Ulster and Connacht are treated worse than both Leinster and Munster in general. Remember the time Pat Lam wanted to use his son as short term fh cover because they had a load of injuries and the IRFU refused it. He was playing AIL for a club in Connacht at the time as well. It made no sense.
@Rudiger McMonihan: that was a visa issue wasn’t it? He couldn’t go from being on a holiday visa and playing rugby for free to being in a paid environment as it would have been in breech of his visa conditions. Think Lam tried to play it out publicly to force it through but the union rightfully held tough.
@jay bernard: Cormac Daly???
Hopefully benefit for both parties. Great opportunity for the lad to see another pro set up and work with world class coaching set up.
@Bryan Russell: He already works in a World Class coaching set up.
@Ian Frizzell: It’ll still be good for him, Ian. Like when a young David Beckham spent a few months with Preston North End.
@Bryan Russell: he’s going to munster so not sure of the world class coaching set up. I’d say he’s got a better set up at ulster
@Ian Frizzell: keep your hair on, Ulster has fantastic coach’s and set up. This is a great opportunity to suck and see somewhere else not get somewhere better.
@Chris Mc: they’re both very good set ups. In what way is Ulsters any better?
@Bryan Russell: yes potentially a great opportunity to get some first team game time quicker, and also to catch up with some of his U20 Grand Slam mates again – something which is difficult these days. Hopefully it all goes well for him…
@Chris Mc: Rowntree was England’s forwards coach for 8 years and was forwards coach for the Loins for two tours but, as always, you choose to ignore this due to your anti-Munster stance. Add in the fact he played in the same position so it will be of huge benefit to Reid
@Munsterman: I think the player will benifit from different coaching and Munsters set up is very good. I think that Ulsters is better as there are not any question marks about McF being the right person for the job, whereas at Munster there are about Van Graan.
@Munsterman: ulster play a far more expansive game, bring through more young players and this coaching set up took a team in turmoil and turned them into a force in Europe and finalists in the league. Apart from this international window we have seen none of the above.
@John Buckley: easterby is the Ireland forwards coach and I wouldnt give him the junior 3 job at Colmine. What had this coaching set up done for munster. 10 seasons of going sideways
Let’s look beyond the interprovincial bunfight that these stories often become and ask the question why are their so many injuries at Munster these days? Is it down to the style of training, the style of play, sub-par S&C? Seems like you could make a full Pro-14 standard matchday 23 out their injuries at the moment
@Del McG: slot of props are getting injuries at the moment, Muster had to bring in Reid and Leinster had to bring in Parker. Connacht are light on second rows, it’s just the nature of the game especially after a long lay off due to Covid
@Patrick O Connell: Leinster only had to bring in Parker because Aungier & Salanoa left, leaving them short in the tighthead position during the international window. Furlong is the only injury in the Leinster front row ranks.
@Del McG: Parker is in because of Furlongs injury, Roman and Aungier stated over 6 months ago they were leaving. Leinster were happy to go into the season with Furlong Bent Clarkson .
@Patrick O Connell: also add in Abadalaze who in also a tight head in the Leinster squad
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