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Wednesday 2 December 2020
Ireland will be hoping their 35-year-old out-half is fit for this weekend’s visit to Twickenham.
This week’s episode of The42 Rugby Weekly asked whether the out-half requires more leadership around him.
Three stunning individual goals from Paulo Dybala, Cristiano Ronaldo and Douglas Costa were enough for the perennial champions.
Can you put a face to a quote?
Former professional prop Tim Ryan has overseen Highfield RFC’s rise in the AIL in recent years.
The Ireland and England leaders are remarkably similar personalities and players.
James Ryan, Iain Henderson, and Peter O’Mahony are also part of the group.
Marseille won 2-0 at Angers on Tuesday to briefly cut the gap at the top.
Marcelo Bielsa’s side replaced Albion in pole position.
With Rhys Ruddock and Luke McGrath also away at the World Cup, Leo Cullen will want his senior players to step up.
With Romelu Lukaku out of sorts and Alexis Sanchez making a late cameo, Stefano Sensi was the difference maker for Inter.
The Kazakh outfit clinched the first stage, sprinting to victory in an opening team time trial.
Second-placed Bayern, the defending champions, had trimmed their rivals’ lead to three points on Friday.
Steven Gerrard’s side beat Hamilton 1-0, after champions Celtic crashed to a surprise 2-0 defeat.
The Egypt international continued his recent good form to help the Reds secure another victory.
Skerries RFC’s Hugo Lennox is set to win his first international sevens cap.
Dundalk beat Sligo Rovers 2-0 at the Showgrounds with goals by Michael Duffy and Patrick Hoban.
Johnny Sexton is the favourite to take over the captaincy for the first Test against the Wallabies.
With Rory Best missing, the two vice-captains will fill the leadership mantle in Australia.
The Lilywhites came back from a 12th minute Darren Cole goal.
The Ireland boss is delighted his side have claimed nine points in their opening two Six Nations games.
Blair thinks Labour should be opposing Brexit.
A spokesperson for the emergency services said there was “a bad mix of chemical products on the kitchen level”.
Germany has called the attack “revolting”.
Matt Kuchar looks to be the biggest threat to the American at Royal Birkdale.
The Lions’ defence was superb against the Crusaders but there is more to come.
Enda Kenny faces the opposition from 12pm.
Ireland international Jonathan Walters was on target for the Potters.
The Blues have gone 11 points ahead at the summit after beating Swansea.
Enda Kenny will likely announce a tribunal this afternoon.
Denis O’Brien appears to be skipping the latest installment.
Diego Costa’s 10th Premier League goal of the season gave Chelsea a 1-0 victory over Middlesbrough – and sealed top spot in the table.
Even the Pope had something to say about the Donald.
Leaders are made not born.
The former Irish president thinks we can learn a lot from the east African nation when it comes to looking after refugees.
Leaders of the major parties have each promised to bring stability to a government long mired in chaos.
Andy Farrell’s impact on Ireland has been impressive and immediate.
Leo Cullen’s men scored four tries in the second half at the RDS.
It looks likely there will have to be a fourth vote, as the parties have not yet been able to reach an agreement.
THE SHOPS ARE back, festive music is playing and the weather is going to get absolutely Baltic this week. Even though it’s been a strange year, you’d know Christmas is on the way.
But although it’s a time for giving and the shops are open again, the usual scenes of charity fundraisers on the streets will likely be less frequent due to public health concerns.
Many people make a point of putting some money, food or other items away to make a donation to a particular cause around this time of year, and will likely have to go a bit out of their way to do so in 2020.
Are you one of those people? This morning we want to know: Will you be giving to charity this Christmas?
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