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@m_brosnan Very well put, Maurice. It’s gone from an impossibility to a piece of piss in one act.

Holy shit. That was sensational. Walking with McIlroy there was the most impressive thing I’ve ever witnessed in sport. He has completely demystified the place and now made it his own.

Switching straight to Cantlay after that back 9 is pretty dismal #themasters

@holybulll @HenfreyJamie That’s a way too sensible answer for this platform.

Only Paul knows the real answer, but an injury in the hindend is harder to feel at gallop than in front. Especially at the end of a race when the horse’s action isn’t going to be as easy and fluid as early on It’s much more black and white when the horse is trotting, as it’s a two beat gait where they move symmetrically and bear weight evenly. Sounds like the injury was his spine (although that can mean a lot of different things). A horse feeling sore in their back is a very different feel to a broken leg or tendon injury and far harder to determine the severity

Sickening to see that with Gold Dancer. Really not what the horse deserved or what this Aintree meeting needed. But in Townend’s defence; it’s very hard to feel hind end lameness in a horse at gallop. I’ve ridden nearly every day of my life (and have a veterinarian as a father) and couldn’t reliably say that I’d be able to feel if a tired horse went off behind. The only pace you can reliably feel lameness is trot, and that’s when he seemed to notice the issue and jumped off as soon as he could. If the horse had a complete fracture that would be one thing, but that lameness could just as easily have been a muscle tweak as something so devastating

@henrywinter If Tuchel is in The Bernabao tonight, it won’t change his mind on Trent

England are not in the class of France, Argentina or Spain. But they do have some exceptional talent. Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane are world class. So is John Stones - at his best. Trent Alexander-Arnold is world class - in possession. Declan Rice is having the season of his life. There are more reasons to be positive going into this tournament than negative. But England have to be bold and play to their strengths.  Imagine if England were bold and, if all fit, went into the World Cup… Pickford; Alexander-Arnold, Stones, Guehi, O’Reilly; Anderson, Rice; Saka, Bellingham, Gordon; Kane.  Stones would have some covering to do of Alexander-Arnold when he raced upfield. Bellingham gets heavily scrutinised but he’s a big-game player, a winner and used to pressure at Real Madrid. He has to start. England also have an exceptional head coach in Thomas Tuchel who can make the right changes at the right time. England have a chance of progressing to the quarter-finals of the World Cup and then anything’s possible. But only if they are bold. Not gung-ho. But bold. Risk/reward. #ENG

@m_brosnan Savage Monnie. Soak it all in.

Let’s have a week

@CorkGourmetGuy @Istabraq777 Waterford clubs growing every year. And the spin home from cork on a Sat night is certainly a lot handier than Limerick.

@Istabraq777 Cork schools dominate school's rugby, Cork Con the biggest & financially strongest club in Munster. The only Munster club to consistently challenge for AIL honours. Limerick clubs are a shadow of what they were. It's almost 20yrs since we won the ERC, it's not working as it is.

Leinster drew under 22k to the Aviva for the game with Edinburgh (which was a cracker), @Munsterrugby drew 36k fans to Parc Ui Chaoimh for a pool game with Gloucester. It doesn't take a genius to see where the majority of Munster games need to be played. #SUAF

@DiscussingFilm @fittzer

First trailer for a Hulk Hogan documentary, featuring a final interview with Hogan himself. Releasing April 22 on Netflix.

@necky_fade Imagine how good he’d have been if he could hit 7 irons 200y instead of 3 irons.

1995 Masters Jack Nicklaus talking about his opening 67. He casually throws in the story about holing a 5 iron on the 5th for an eagle 2 and knocking it close on most of the back 9. He then went and made an eagle 2 in round 3 as well! Sadly no footage of these eagles

@OfficialCorkGAA Badly missin a Niall Mccarthy. Too many sunshine hurlers in forwards.

Full-Time in Gaelic Grounds

Someone want to tell this ref it’s not an u12 game #AllianzLeagues

@Munsterrugby “We never went away” 🤷🏻‍♂️

Full-time in Sandy Park and we exit the Challenge Cup. #SUAF 🔴 | #EXEvMUN

@MTownsendGolf Tigers chip-in wins every category ; fav, best, most memorable. Nothing will ever beat it. (Bubbas 40 yard hooked wedge a worthy runner-up)

Pick your favourite ever shot at Augusta? Not the best or your top three, just your favourite stand-alone shot at the Masters Sandy Lyle, 1988 - the fact his previous shot was a 1-iron - the Mizuno TP-11 irons (and visor) - the natural talent - the trousers - the commentary

@Velo_Rugby @SBarnesRugby You’re prob right but not all are like that. When Jack Crowley was dropped in favour of Sam Prendergast for absolutely no reason apart from Johnny Sexton not liking him, he could’ve moved to England for a lot more money. But he stayed to fight for his place and help his club.

@SBarnesRugby money's ruining the game. Look at the way players chase contracts instead of legacy. It’s becoming a circus.

The obsession with money and celebrity is downright depressing

@RobbieCoo76 @RTEsport @RichieSadlier Pretty accurate

Kenny Cunningham is the most obnoxious, braindead pundit I’ve EVER seen on @RTEsport Fair dues to @RichieSadlier for putting him in his place just now. 👊🏻

@Azzurri In fairness, when Mctominay wins player of the year, there’s something seriously wrong.

⏱️ 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐄 🇧🇦🇮🇹 #BosniaItalia 1-1 (5-2 d.c.r.) 15’ #Kean; 79’ Tabakovic #Nazionale #Azzurri #VivoAzzurro

@henrywinter If Eng’s WC hopes are pinned on HK, they’d be as well to stay at home.

England so narrow. Where is the width? Gordon coming inside, Rogers coming inside. Full-backs trying to provide some width. One good cross from O'Reilly. White pushing on. But otherwise so narrow. And the false 9 isn't working. England not able without Kane. #ENG

@andun1010 TMO ross to help ref’s out ? Or just expect everything to be seen properly in real time, all the time, like we have been for a century ?

Don’t anyone analyse games again without highlighting the unacceptable performance of referees. Already today the performance of both referees have been shockingly unacceptable. David Gough hang your head in shame

@tadhgrohan @Ciara_576 Surprised they even gave him the yellow

@Ciara_576 Only Michael Murphy gets away with a yellow card for that!!

It’s a miracle. Michael Murphy actually being penalised for off the ball dirty work #Donegal #Kerry

@princesanggano Zero chance of it coming out like that

So, is this a burger??

@forks_gk_ Not sure I’d be asking John o Shea to step up just cos he played for Utd. Penalties are 50/50. Parrots shootout pen would’ve been brutal if keeper went other way. The best penos are the ones still beating the keeper that guesses right.

@dmorr80 Tbf if we had someone in the arsenal squad today I’d be fully expecting that they take a pen for us.

What the hell is Alan Browne doing taking pen no.5 there?