The Champions League is a very entertaining sports competition. Once again, it served up quite ridiculous levels of drama (and schadenfreude), as Ajax over-turned a 2-1 first leg deficit to beat Real Madrid 4-1 in the Bernabeu in one of the most popular results in European football history.

Ken talks (00.20 secs) Sergio Ramos, the sweet, sweet relief of defeat for Madrid, the brilliance of Ajax, and the next six months of back-biting, scapegoating and transfers that Real have to look forward to.

Ireland are still in the fight for this 6 Nations, and Shane Horgan and Gerry Thornley analyse (30.05 mins) Joe Schmidt’s rarely discussed soft skills as he tries to get the team back on track.

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We also discuss the omnishambles that is Welsh regional rugby, as their national team serenely continues on to a possible Grand Slam.

Plus there’s grassroots Murph, The L’Equipe 10, Atletico Spurs, and being red-pilled by Ken.

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