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• Boston bound Colm Galvin hasn’t ruled out the possibility of featuring for Clare in this year’s All-Ireland senior hurling championship.
• There was bad news for Tipperary as Seamus Callanan lost his appeal against the red card he picked up at the weekend.
• Ireland U17s have been handed a tough draw for this summer’s European Championships in Group D alongside England, Netherlands and Italy.
• Ulster have signed Australian out-half Sam Windsor from Championship side Worcester Warriors.
• Brian O’Driscoll has tipped Ireland to make the World Cup final.
• Pat Lam has named Robbie Henshaw and Mils Muliania in his Connacht side for tomorrow’s Challenge Cup quarter-final against Gloucester.
• Bray Wanderers moved swiftly to appoint a new caretaker manager following the departure of Alan Mathews.

Ryan McHugh and Kieran McGeary met the media in Belfast ahead of the Ulster U21 Football final next week Presseye / Darren Kidd/INPHO Presseye / Darren Kidd/INPHO / Darren Kidd/INPHO

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• The Raheem Sterling saga rumbled on with Brendan Rodgers insisting the player would not be leaving Anfield.
• The Australian Football League season got under way this morning with Laois native Zach Tuohy scoring a monster goal for Carlton at the MCG.
• Everton manager Roberto Martinez has hit back at Eamon Dunphy after the RTÉ pundit criticised James McCarthy.
• Will Genia is the latest big name to head to the Top 14 after Stade Francais confirmed the capture of the Australian scrum-half for next season.
• Championshup club Brighton are providing their young players with training on issues surrounding sexual consent.

The Best Thing We Shared

The 12-day media tour to promote UFC 189 culminated in Dublin this week and in the final episode of the Embedded series, here’s a look behind the scenes as McGregor and Aldo arrived in the capital.

On The Record

“She doesn’t make weight, she’s not an athlete, and is talking s**t.”

Claudia Gadelha takes aim at Aisling Daly as the pair’s rivalry intensifies even though their fight has been cancelled.

Where we were today

Steve O’Rourke was down at the Sky Ireland offices to speak to European Indoor silver medallist Mark English.

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Meanwhile, Murray Kinsella was at UCD for Leinster’s press conference ahead of the weekend’s Champions Cup quarter-final.

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Fixture List

• Connacht get a bumper weekend of European action under way on Good Friday when they face Gloucester at Kingsholm (7.45pm).
• There are four SSE Airtricity League fixtures with Derry’s visit to Turner’s Cross the pick of the bunch.
• Across the water, there is a full programme of Football League action as the race for promotion intensifies.

Showbiz, Baby

Charles Piutau will fit right in when he moves to Ulster next season. Here’s a video of the All Black trying his hand at GAA when New Zealand were on these shores in 2013.

You look like Dobbo when you shuffle your sheets!

Mixed international reaction to this week’s UFC fan Q&A in Dublin

It didn’t take Bray Wanderers long to appoint a new manager