The weekend’s hurling is cropping up on the back of most self-respecting papers today.
The Sun leads with the headline ‘We’re Back!’ – Dónal delight at Rebel romp’. Rather unsurprisingly, Dónal Og Cusack is pretty happy about his county’s 10 point win over Tipp at the weekend. And fair play to Eoin Cadogan (pictured) He did his part by wearing his lucky boxers on the big day.
The paper also runs a nice big feature story about Trapattoni – apparently he has rejected offers from Celtic and a number of unnamed Premier League clubs in order to complete his job at Ireland. Fair play to him.
The Sun also has a spot of World Cup coverage going on – apparently Fabio Capello has made his decision on who to cut from his provisional England squad and that the unlucky seven will be told of their fate tomorrow.
The sport section of the Irish Daily Mail is also dominated by the Cork v Tipp game. They reckon ‘Vintage Cork’ was on show during the clash. Hard to disagree.
The paper carries a substantial amount of rugby content which unsurprisingly is centred on Leinster’s defeat at the hands of the Ospreys. They reckon that although the poor finish failed to do justice to what was a good season, it is still time for a ‘New Blue Era’. With Cheika on the way out it’s not exactly a ground-breaking revelation.
The Irish Daily Mail has also found its way to highlighting the Ireland football team’s performances on Monday and Friday. They also give a nod to the fact that Trapattoni has confirmed that he is not for moving.
The Mirror is also gearing up for World Cup and its main sports story reads, ‘Why it’s unfair to judge Walcott’s England performances based on that magic night in Zagreb’.
The Irish News sport section leads with the Ulster Senior Football Championship first round. The score line from the weekend’s action was Donegal 2-10 Down 1-15 after extra time. The paper’s reporter Eamonn O’Hara highlights the role played by the mercurial Benny Coulter during the clash.
