Hurling is the big winner on the back pages of the papers this morning with several leading with accounts of the action from Thurles in the Waterford v Clare match.
The other main story is Wayne Rooney and his foul-mouthed tirade. Footballers cursing? Now that is news!
Here are some of the excitable and rather ambiguous headlines:
‘Water relief!’ – The Irish Sun
‘Take that!’ – The Irish Daily Mail
‘Wayne Warned over his f-word rant’– Daily Express
The Irish Sun’s headline relates to the hurling, although like the Irish Daily Mail’s, you would never guess without the assistance of a picture. The Mail focuses on super-sub Declan Prendergast who delivered the perfect response to his critics with a match-winning second-half show for his county.
The Sun meanwhile highlights quotes from Waterford boss Davy Fitzgerald (pictured) who spoke of his relief to have secured a win against Clare.
The Sun has also reserved some back page real estate for the story of how Marcello Lippi, set to finish up as Italy coach after the World Cup, will not be stepping into the Liverpool post. The news has pushed Hodgson firmly into the favourate spot.
The Irish Sun also carries a delightful story of how Capello is apparently giving his players a rough time of it after their poor result against what the paper describes as ‘a bunch of locals’. That would be the Platinum Stars.
The Irish Daily Mail has another decent GAA story on page 75 – ‘This is our final shot at big one – Clerkin’ reads the headline. Apparently Monaghan’s stunning victory over Armagh was driven by the belief that this is their last shot at winning the Ulster title.
The Irish Independent highlights Kerry’s injury concerns. Paul Galvin may have done the business when he came off the bench last Sunday but the wing-forward may still not be ready to start in Sunday’s Munster SFC replay.
