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Also, are the Dubs set to play a Championship game at Nowlan Park next year & there’s been a big rugby shake-up in England.

Connacht are in Champions Cup action against Enisei-STM on Saturday but some of their players, like Bundee Aki, were brave enough to wear shorts when touching down in Siberia this morning. James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

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Shane Long has been ruled out of Friday’s crucial Euro 2016 play-off clash with Bosnia but could still feature in the second leg.

Ronan O'Gara and Shane Horgan working for RTE Television Will ROG and Shaggy be brought on-board by TV3? Billy Stickland / INPHO Billy Stickland / INPHO / INPHO

RTE have lost the rights to the Six Nations with TV3 swooping to secure coverage of the tournament from 2018 to 2021.
Rob Heffernan’s agent thinks the Cork native has a ‘very strong’ case for an Olympic bronze medal in light of the damning WADA investigation.
Munster’s Gerhard van der Heever has been slapped with a two-week ban after a bad tackle during their clash with Edinburgh.
It’s expected that Dublin will play a Championship game outside of Croke Park next summer with Nowlan Park the front-runner.

Jack McCaffrey with the Sam Maguire trophy Jack and Sam. Donall Farmer / INPHO Donall Farmer / INPHO / INPHO

Footballer of the Year Jack McCaffrey has been included in an eye-catching International Rules squad, along with 9 other Allstars.
Mayo’s star forward Cillian O’Connor is set to miss the entire 2016 League campaign after knee surgery.
After a life-threatening injury, Armagh’s Ronan Clarke is back as manager of the Armagh ladies senior side.

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Stuart Lancaster has stepped down as head coach of the England rugby team.
Arsene Wenger says he’s come across ‘many teams’ that have been guilty of doping.

Soccer Wenger infamously came up against Bernard Tapie's Marseille team during his time with Monaco. Phil O'Brien / EMPICS Sport Phil O'Brien / EMPICS Sport / EMPICS Sport

The world’s oldest footballer has just penned a new 12-month contract at the age of 48.
Remember Michu? He’s trying to get his career back on track in the fourth tier of Spanish football.

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Simon Zebo and Paddy Jackson have a bit of history with this sort of stuff. But they may have excelled themselves with this.

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Where We Were Today

Niall Kelly was in Abbotstown where Martin O’Neill and Robbie Keane spoke to the media.

Martin O'Neill Ryan Byrne / INPHO Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO

On The Record

To go over there and beat Castres in their own back yard was a fantastic occasion for us, because as a squad we knew how tough it was. Playing French teams in their own back yard is always going to be physical, always going to be tough and confrontational especially for the forwards. We know we have to take ourselves to a dark place to perform to the best of our abilities.”

Ulster back row Robbie Diack spoke to The42 ahead of the province’s Champions Cup test against Oyonnax on Saturday lunchtime.