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Quiz: How well do you remember Ireland's tour success in Australia?
'Eight as one': Ireland pack braced for U20 World Cup opener against England
Here's The Sunday Game's Football Team of the Year for 2018
'The youth teams seemed a bit of a shambles - I wanted to give it the respect it deserved'
'People still remember me for marking Ronaldo in the FA Cup final and it's quite nice to tell my kid'
'There was a magic about Noel - he had a special vibe, an aura of humility and brilliance'
‘I swapped shirts with Pablo Aimar in the team hotel... he didn't speak English but I think he got the gist of it’
‘I’d been released by Blackburn... I was at a crossroads in my career’
16 players from the 1997 World Youth Championships who became stars
‘Brian always believed in us. We slowly started to believe in him as the tournament went on’
Mars bars, diarrhoea, Connect 4 and a once in a lifetime triumph: an oral history of Malaysia '97
Boys of Summer: We celebrate Ireland's golden generation and their golden moment
From the uncapped to the peerless captain: 5 players key to Irish U20 hopes next week
'It felt like the first time in a while where we were properly enjoying ourselves'
14 reasons we’re glad The Sunday Game is back
Omission doesn't rule Stephen Ireland out of summer tour -- Martin O'Neill
Hoops, guns, dodgy plugs and pool boys: It's the Irish rugby team on tour