It’s game-day for the Irish football team, and it would be a fine start indeed to Mick McCarthy’s time in charge if we could have 6 points on the board after the first round of matches. The shadow of off-field events still hovers over everything though, with Niall Quinn the latest to have his say on the FAI “charade”.

The AFLW is one of the most successful professional sports leagues for women in the world, and it’s third season comes to a climax this Sunday morning – there will be an Irish player on the field as it all kicks off, and we speak to Clare’s Ailish Considine about an amazing few months for her, why Irish players are so well suited to it, what it’s like to be a professional athlete, and what the AFL’s plans for the league could mean for Irish players.

 

US Murph tells us about the retirement of Rob Gronkowski, loveable meat-head of the New England Patriots, and we offer our career obituaries to the definitely-also-retired former UFC fighter Conor McGregor, who we say again IS NOW RETIRED.

Plus there’s tennis balls, racial abuse, Gareth Southgate, and… a Notorious move into FAI sports administration?

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