What to Do Instead of Watching Sport This Weekend

Coronavirus’ inexorable spread has slowly nibbled its way into many of the things that make life worth living: rugby matches, football leagues, the NBA, and generally sports matches of all types have been cancelled by the dozen to keep players and fans alike safe from the fear of the rampant spread of the virus. But if your weekends are usually spent watching the game on the telly, what can you do instead?

Watch highlight reels

Find series of goals and best bits online to satisfy your love of superior sports. YouTube and other streaming and video sites are packed with ‘best of’ clips. You can also find blooper reels, spectacular fails, and one-to-one interviews with sporting heroes ranging from star players to coaches to referees. You might not be able to watch your favourite team in their latest matches, but you can learn a bit about their backstory, past successes (or otherwise) and even, perhaps, their future hopes.

Watch sports movies

For that heart-pounding, will-they-won’t-they action, sports movies are the answer. There is usually an engaging back story and enough skilful sports play for it to feel real, even to the most devoted sporty fan. There are plenty of sports based movies, many of which can be watched instantly on television streaming and broadcasting services. Some good ones to keep your eyes open for include: Field of Dreams, Invictus, Million Dollar Baby, Rudy, and Bend It Like Beckham to name just a few.

Play sports games on your video game console

To immerse yourself in the action, dig out your games console and find all your sporting games: the FIFA series as well as other football games, racing games, boxing and wrestling games, and more. Then spend time setting up a great team and creating a league to work your way up. Make sure you make the league climb just tricky enough that you are exercised and challenged, but not so difficult that you get upset and cannot achieve your goals!

Have a little flutter

If you like to put a little bet on the game each week and find yourself craving that harmless but satisfying thrill, why not sign up to an online casino or video slots site? You may not get the elegance of the beautiful game: a perfectly placed header, an elegant overhead bicycle kick, a long shot timed to bounce just so to stymie the goal-keeper, but you will get that delicious sense of anticipation that adds an extra edge to your match-time enjoyment. SkyCity Roulette is the perfect game: simple and quick to play, with a nicely drawn out moment once you have spun the wheel as you wait to see the ball coming to rest – just like on the field!

Hopefully the coronavirus will not be affecting sporting events for too much longer – and indeed, many stadia and broadcasters are in talks for teams to play behind closed doors (or, with no spectators) in order to protect the team and the spectators themselves. But until the powers that be have come up with a plan, now you have some options about what to do while you wait for things to revert to normal.

How to improve your chances when betting on sport

Betting on sport is a very different proposition today to what it was in the 1990s. Back in the 20th century, sports betting meant queueing up at the bookie’s with your betting slip in hand, ready to hand over your money and watch the action on grimy screens in attached to nicotine stained walls. Sure, there have always been casual punters, but back then, they were in the minority and most were serious experts placing bets they expected and needed to win.

Betting for fun

Today, it’s a different story. Anyone can download a sport betting app onto his or her smartphone. There are dozens to choose from and a guide like Bet Boss will help you understand the basics of checking a site is safe, making deposits and withdrawals and so on. These days, far more people bet for fun than profit. So if, for example, you’re a Villa fan, you put a couple of Euros on them to win, not because that’s your predicted result after long analysis, but because it means you will have double the celebration if they do.

That’s probably an extremely sensible way to approach sports betting – a bit of fun, and an assumed expense means any win is a nice bonus. If everyone took that approach, many of the “problems” associated with problem gambling would evaporate. But still, wouldn’t it be nice to get a few tips from those gambling experts and improve your win rate? Here are a couple of pointers to keep in mind next Saturday.

Check the odds

All those bookmaker sites are desperate for your business, and that means you are the one with the power. Back in the old days, you might only have had one bookie nearby and going elsewhere could easily have meant a 30 minute car journey. Now, they are all there on your phone, so take advantage of the fact.

You can use a resource like Oddschecker, which does exactly what the name implies. Select your fixture and the site will list the possible results and the odds that the top dozen or so bookies are quoting. You’ll be amazed at the variation, which can swing by as much as 30 percent. Open an account with all the major ones, just to be ready.

Any bet will do

OK, so if Villa’s your team, you’re betting on Villa no matter what, we get that. But whether it’s football, horse racing or international tiddlywinks you’re into, there will always be betting bargains to be had. We’ll stick with Premier League football for purposes of illustration.

Here, the trick is to look through all the match ups on a Saturday morning and run your eye down the odds on offer. You’ll inevitably see a few outliers where a particular bookmaker is offering far longer odds on a given result than the rest. Grab it with both hands, as it is statistically one of the best bets in football at that moment. Exactly the same applies with, for example, the day’s horse races.

List of sports cancelled due to coronavirus

We have a list of the sports events that have been cancelled due to the coronavirus plus other events that affect Irish athletes abroad.

16 March:

CRICKET: Pakistan and Bangladesh postpone a one-day international and a Test match, scheduled for early April.
FOOTBALL: The final six rounds of the Australian A-League season is to be played behind closed doors.

15 March:

BOXING: Olympic qualifiers in London, which will run until 24 March, moved behind closed doors.
CYCLING: International Cycling Union suspends all events until at least 3 April.
FOOTBALL: Five Valencia players and staff are “in good health” after testing positive for coronavirus.
FOOTBALL: Swiss Football Association president Dominique Blanc tests positive for coronavirus.
FOOTBALL: Boreham Wood’s National League home match against Halifax on Tuesday is called off.
FOOTBALL: Mexico’s Liga MX is suspended.
FOOTBALL: Brazilian Football Confederation suspends all national competitions until further notice.
FORMULA 1: Ferrari shuts down production of Formula 1 and road car factories.
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS: UFC London, scheduled to take place on Saturday 21 March, will be moved out of the UK.
NETBALL: The Netball Superleague season is suspended until further notice.
OLYMPICS: The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games flame handover in Athens next week will be done behind closed doors because of coronavirus concerns.
RUGBY UNION: England’s Premiership is set to announce a postponement to the league season – and European competitions will also be suspended.

14 March:

ATHLETICS: The Edinburgh Marathon, scheduled to take place on Sunday, 24 May, is postponed with organisers aiming to announce a new date on Monday.
BOXING: The World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight final – and IBF world title bout – in Riga between Latvia’s Mairis Briedis and Cuba’s Yuniel Dorticos, scheduled for 21 March, is moved to 16 May.
CRICKET: The final two Australia v New Zealand one-day internationals of the series, as well as three Twenty20 matches between the teams, due to start on 24 March, are postponed.
CURLING: The LGT World Men’s Curling Championship 2020 in Glasgow is cancelled.
CYCLING: The Tour of Flanders, scheduled to take place on 5 April, is postponed.
FOOTBALL: Morocco’s football federation suspends all football activity in the country until further notice.
FOOTBALL: Five of Saturday’s 11 National League games are called off, despite the league’s board allowing fixtures in its three divisions to go ahead as planned.
FOOTBALL: Barnet’s squad goes into self-isolation after four members of staff show signs of coronavirus. Tuesday’s National League match against Barrow is postponed.
FOOTBALL: The international friendly between Germany and Italy, scheduled to take place in Nuremberg, Germany on 31 March, is cancelled.
FOOTBALL: On-loan Wolves forward Patrick Cutrone is one of two more players at Fiorentina to test positive for coronavirus.
HORSE RACING: Enhanced hygiene measures used at jump racing’s Cheltenham Festival are extended to all racecourses as the sport continues to hold fixtures.
MOTORSPORT: World Rally Championship event in Mexico concludes a day early due to flight disruption.
MOTORSPORT: The Cookstown 100 is postponed, with new provisional dates of 11 and 12 September subject to approval from the relevant authorities.
NETBALL: Loughborough Lightning’s Superleague game against Saracens Mavericks on Monday, 16 March will be played behind closed doors.
RUGBY UNION: All forms of rugby, including training, are suspended in Wales from 18:00 GMT on Saturday, 14 March up to and including Monday, 30 March.
RUGBY UNION: Super Rugby, the southern hemisphere club competition, is suspended after this weekend’s matches.
TRIATHLON: The International Triathlon Union suspends all competition until 30 April shortly after Britain’s Vicky Holland wins the Mooloolaba World Cup event in Australia.

13 March:

ATHLETICS: London Marathon – scheduled for 26 April – is postponed and rearranged for 4 October. The Manchester Marathon, scheduled for 5 April, is also postponed.
BADMINTON: All BWF World Tour and other BWF-sanctioned tournaments are suspended from 16 March until 12 April.
CRICKET: England’s Test series against Sri Lanka postponed.
CRICKET: India’s one-day international series with South Africa postponed.
CRICKET: Pakistan Super League play-offs condensed, while some overseas players fly home.
CRICKET: Indian Premier League’s start delayed from 29 March until 15 April.
CRICKET: Scotland’s one-day international series against USA & UAE postponed.
CRICKET: Champion County game between MCC and Essex cancelled.
CRICKET: Hampshire, Kent, Warwickshire and Yorkshire curtail pre-season tours.
CYCLING: May’s Giro D’Italia, which was due to begin in Hungary, is postponed.
CYCLING: The Six Day Manchester – scheduled to be held this weekend – will not take place.
CYCLING: ASO says the final stage of the Paris-Nice race is cancelled, so Saturday’s stage will be the last.
DARTS: The Professional Darts Corporation reschedules its double-header in Rotterdam, which had been due to take place on 25-26 March, for 9-10 September. The semi-finals and finals of the tournament will take place on the second of those nights in the Dutch city.
FOOTBALL: The Football Association, Premier League, EFL and Barclays FA Women’s Super League and FA Women’s Championship collectively agree to postpone the professional game in England until 3 April at the earliest.
FOOTBALL: The remainder of the Scottish football season is postponed indefinitely.
FOOTBALL: Domestic football at all levels in Wales is suspended until at least 4 April due to coronavirus.
FOOTBALL: The men’s and women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, scheduled for 25-31 March, are postponed.
FOOTBALL: Bournemouth goalkeeper Artur Boruc and four first-team staff self-isolate after showing symptoms of the virus.
FOOTBALL: Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi tests positive for coronavirus and Chelsea men’s team squad are self-isolating.
FOOTBALL: Everton’s first-team squad and coaching staff self-isolate after a first-team player shows symptoms of the virus.
FOOTBALL: Uefa suspends all football competitions due to be played on 17 and 18 March.
FOOTBALL: French football’s governing body suspends all Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches.
FORMULA 1: The start of the season is suspended with the Bahrain and Vietnam Grands Prix, due to be held in March and April, called off.
GOLF: The Masters, scheduled to start on 9 April, is postponed.
GOLF: The Players Championship in Florida is cancelled after one round, with PGA Tour suspending all play until 2 April.
GYMNASTICS: The Apparatus World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, has been cancelled.
HOCKEY: All Pro League matches scheduled to take place before 15 April are called off by the International Hockey Federation.
ICE HOCKEY: Elite League cancels all matches with immediate effect.
MOTORSPORT: Formula E is suspended for two months, affecting races in Paris, Seoul and Jakarta.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Leeds Rhinos postpone the Super League game against Catalans Dragons on Saturday after a player shows symptoms of coronavirus.
RUGBY UNION: French rugby federation suspends all competitions until further notice.
RUGBY UNION: Saturday’s Six Nations match between Wales and Scotland is postponed.
RUGBY UNION: Sunday’s Premiership Cup final between Sale and Harlequins is off.
SQUASH: PSA tour suspended until end of April.

12 March:

ALL SPORT: Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the government is considering banning sporting fixtures but it will not happen immediately.
BASEBALL: Start of MLB season delayed by at least two weeks and spring training games cancelled.
BASKETBALL: NBA is suspended until further notice after Utah Jazz player tests positive for coronavirus.
BASKETBALL: International Basketball Federation suspends all competitions from 13 March.
BASKETBALL: Euroleague Basketball competitions suspended.
CRICKET: Australia’s men to play their three one-day internationals against New Zealand behind closed doors
CRICKET: Australia women’s team will not travel to South Africa for scheduled limited-overs series.
CURLING: The World Women’s Curling Championship, due to take place between 14 and 22 March, is cancelled.
DARTS: The Professional Darts Corporation cancels the Premier League double-header in Rotterdam on 25-26 March.
GOLF: The PGA Tour bans spectators from attending tournaments through to April 5, starting with Friday’s second round of the Players Championship.
The GAA, FAI and IRFU have taken the unprecedented step of suspending all games for a two-week period in response to the on-going coronavirus pandemic.
FOOTBALL: Uefa calls emergency meeting for Tuesday at which possibility of postponing Euro 2020 by one year will be discussed.
FOOTBALL: Conmebol qualifiers, including Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, scheduled to take place between 23-31 March for the 2022 World Cup, are postponed.
FOOTBALL: The Premier League announces it will hold an “emergency club meeting” on Friday to discuss future fixtures.
FOOTBALL: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta tests positive for coronavirus and Saturday’s Premier League fixture against Brighton is postponed.
FOOTBALL: Second leg of Manchester City’s last-16 Champions League tie against Real Madrid, scheduled for Tuesday 17 March, is postponed after Real first team quarantined. A Real Madrid basketball player, who shares training facilities with La Liga club, tests positive for the virus.
FOOTBALL: Spanish top flight La Liga is suspended for at least next two rounds of matches.
FOOTBALL: MLS suspends matches for 30 days.
FOOTBALL: Danish Football Association cancels all football activities in the country for two weeks.
FOOTBALL: Bosnia-Herzegovina request Uefa postpones the home Euro 2020 play-off semi-final against Northern Ireland on 26 March.
FOOTBALL: Three Leicester players self-isolating after showing symptoms of coronavirus.
FOOTBALL: Juventus announce 121 members of staff, including players, are self-isolating after defender Daniele Rugani tested positive for coronavirus.
FOOTBALL: Sampdoria striker Manolo Gabbiadini tests positive for coronavirus.
FOOTBALL: Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy is self-isolating after one of his family members is taken ill showing signs of coronavirus.
FORMULA 1: This weekend’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix is called off. News follows McLaren team member testing positive for coronavirus.
GOLF: Next three tournaments on the LPGA Tour postponed, including first major of the season.
ICE HOCKEY: NHL season in the US and Canada is suspended.
ICE HOCKEY: Great Britain’s two matches with Poland, due to take place on 17 and 18 April, are cancelled.
RUGBY UNION: Pro14 suspended indefinitely.
TENNIS: ATP suspended for six weeks.
TENNIS: Miami Open, starting on 23 March, is cancelled.
TENNIS: No professional tennis tournaments to be played anywhere in the world until at least 20 April.

11 March:

ALL SPORT: Argentina cancels all international sporting events due to be held in the country in March. The South American Swimming Championships, World Cup fencing events, Olympic boxing qualifiers and athletics are affected.
BASKETBALL: NBA match between Golden State Warriors and Brooklyn Nets to be played behind closed doors in San Francisco.
BASKETBALL: The NCAA college basketball tournament, known as March Madness, taking places in various cities across the USA, to be closed to paying spectators.
CRICKET: Somerset, Surrey and Worcestershire cancel pre-season trips to the United Arab Emirates
DARTS: The cancelled European Darts Open in Leverkusen in Germany is replaced by a Players Championship weekend in Milton Keynes on 28-29 March.
FOOTBALL: Manchester City’s Premier League match with Arsenal on 11 March is postponed as a “precautionary measure” – and several Gunners players put into self-isolation.
FOOTBALL: Juventus and Italy defender Daniele Rugani tests positive for virus.
FOOTBALL: The Europa League ties between Sevilla and Roma in Spain and Inter Milan’s match against Getafe on 12 March are postponed.
FOOTBALL: Rangers’ Europa League game at Bayer Leverkusen on 19 March and the Eintracht Frankfurt-Basel tie on 12 March in the same competition to be played behind closed doors.
FOOTBALL: Seattle Sounders against FC Dallas on 21 March in the MLS is postponed.
FOOTBALL: Four-team tournament in Qatar from 26-30 March involving Belgium, Portugal, Croatia and Switzerland is cancelled.
FOOTBALL: French League Cup final between Paris St Germain and Lyon on 4 April is postponed.
FOOTBALL: Spanish Cup final between Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad in Seville on 18 April is postponed.
FOOTBALL: Timo Hubers, who plays for German second tier side Hannover, tests positive for coronavirus.
FORMULA 1: Two members of the Haas Formula 1 team and one from McLaren are in self-isolation after being tested for coronavirus at the Australian Grand Prix.
GOLF: European Tour event Hero Indian Open, due to take place from March 19-22, is postponed. The Czech Masters, scheduled from August 20-23 is cancelled, along with two tournaments in the Czech Republic in May, and one in Slovakia in July on the secondary Challenge Tour.
GYMNASTICS: The International Gymnastics Federation postpones three World Cup competitions until June.
ICE SKATING: The World Figure Skating Championships, scheduled to take place in for Montreal from 16-22 March, are cancelled.
MOTORSPORT: World Superbike organisers say the Spanish round of the series, scheduled for 27-29 March, is postponed until 23-25 October.
MOTORSPORT: Formula E race in Jakarta on 6 June is cancelled. It is the third race this season to be postponed.
TAEKWONDO: The European Senior Championships in Zagreb from 7-10 May are postponed, along with the European Olympic and Para-taekwondo qualification event, which is due to take place in April in Moscow.
TENNIS: The Fed Cup finals in Budapest from 14-18 April and other Fed Cup play-offs ties on the weekend of 17 and 18 April are postponed.

10 March:

FOOTBALL: The Italian football federation (FIGC) says the Serie A season may not finish because of the coronavirus outbreak, with alternative options including staging play-offs, not having a champion for 2019-20, or declaring the current standings final.
FOOTBALL: Chelsea’s Champions League last-16 second leg at Bayern Munich on 18 March will be played behind closed doors.
FOOTBALL: Nottingham Forest confirm owner Evangelos Marinakis has coronavirus.
FOOTBALL: Manchester United’s Europa League last-16 first leg at Austrian side LASK on 12 March to be played behind closed doors.
FOOTBALL: The Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2020 play-off against Slovakia on 26 March will be played behind closed doors.
FOOTBALL: Matches in the top two divisions in Spain and France to be played behind closed doors for at least the next two weeks.
FOOTBALL: Barcelona’s Champions League game against Napoli on 18 March will be played behind closed doors at the Nou Camp.
FOOTBALL: Borussia Monchengladbach’s Bundesliga game against Cologne on Wednesday to be played behind closed doors, as will five of nine matches in the league at the weekend.
FOOTBALL: Poland’s top-flight the Ekstraklasa to be played behind closed doors until further notice.
FOOTBALL: Japan’s J League is suspended until at least 3 April having initially postponed matches until 18 March.
ROWING: Two World Rowing Cups, the European Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta and the final Paralympic Qualification Regatta, all due to be held in Italy between 10 April-May 10, are cancelled.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Saturday’s Super League game between Catalans Dragons and Leeds Rhinos will take place behind closed doors.
TABLE TENNIS: International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) says April’s ITTF World Tour Japan Open is postponed. It hopes to hold the event later in 2020.
WINTER SPORT: GB Alpine Championships 2020, which were due to be held in Tignes, France between 29 March and 10 April, are cancelled

9 March:

ALL SPORT: All sport at all levels in Italy to be suspended until at least 3 April, the country’s prime minister announces.
ALL SPORT: The government says there is ‘no rationale’ for cancelling sport events in the UK.
BASEBALL: Japanese officials postpone the start of the professional baseball league season, scheduled for 20 March.
BOXING: Francesco Patera vs Devis Boschiero, due to take place on 27 March in Verona, Italy, for the vacant interim WBA world lightweight title is postponed.
CRICKET: Lancashire call off pre-season trips to Dubai and South Africa
CYCLING: Organisers of the Paris-Nice race say the event will now be ‘behind closed doors’.
FOOTBALL: Olympiakos v Wolves and Sevilla v Roma in the Europa League, scheduled to be played on 12 March, will take place behind closed doors.
FOOTBALL: The Romanian Football Federation announces all league matches will be played behind closed doors until further notice and ticket sales for the 2021 European Under-21 Championship qualifier between Romania and Denmark on 31 March are suspended.
FOOTBALL: The Asian qualifiers for the Qatar World Cup in 2022, due to be played on 23-31 March and 1-9 June, are postponed.
FOOTBALL: Paris St-Germain’s Champions League last-16 match against Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday will be played behind closed doors.
JUDO: The International Judo Federation says all World Judo Tour events are cancelled until the end of April.
RUGBY UNION: The Six Nations match between France and Ireland, scheduled for 14 March, is postponed.
RUGBY UNION: The Women’s Six Nations fixture between Wales and Scotland is postponed after a Scottish player tests positive for the virus.
SNOOKER: The attendance in the arena for the Gibraltar Open, which starts on 11 March, is limited to 100 people as a precautionary measure.
TENNIS: Indian Wells, a combined ATP and WTA event which is one of the most prestigious tournaments outside of the Grand Slams, is cancelled two days before the main draw matches are due to start.
WINTER SPORT: The Italian Winters Sports Federation suspends all sporting activity across its disciplines, including skiing, snowboarding and biathlon.

8 March

ALL SPORT: The Greek government announces all professional sports events for the next two weeks will be played without spectators.
FOOTBALL: Uefa bans pre-match handshakes between players and officials in all its competitions until further notice.
FOOTBALL: All Bulgarian league matches over next two rounds will be played behind closed doors and all sporting events in the Pleven and Gabrovo regions of the country are postponed.
FORMULA 1: The Bahrain Grand Prix from 20-22 March will be held behind closed doors.

7 March

ATHLETICS: The Barcelona Marathon, which was scheduled for 15 March, is postponed until 25 October.
ICE HOCKEY: The 2020 IIHF Women’s World Championship, due to be held in Canada between 31 March and 10 April, is cancelled.

6 March

ALL SPORT: Saudi Arabia suspends public attendance at all sports events starting on 7 March.
ATHLETICS: The World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia, Poland, which were to be held on 29 March, are postponed until 17 October.
CYCLING: One-day classic Milan-San Remo, scheduled for 21 March, is postponed.
FOOTBALL: Paris St-Germain’s league fixture at Strasbourg is postponed.
FORMULA E: The Rome E-Prix, scheduled for 4 April, is postponed.
GOLF: The European Tour’s Kenya Open, due to take place between 12-15 March, is postponed.
GYMNASTICS: The Gymnastics World Cup event in Doha, Qatar, between 18-21 March will be held behind closed doors.
RUGBY UNION: Scotland Women’s Six Nations match with France is postponed after a home player contracts coronavirus.
SKIING: The Alpine Skiing World Cup finals, scheduled for 18-22 March in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, are cancelled.

Toyota AFL Fixtures Results & Previews 2020 Updated

SportsNewsIreland Brings You The Toyota AFL Fixtures Results & Previews 2020

The first Match Kicks off On Thursday, March 19th 2020

UPDATE : Victorian clubs are considering pulling their involvement in the 2020 VFL competition

In other updates on Saturday from AFL:

“- The AFL was prepared to cram up to six rounds of football into four weeks beyond round one, as a potential measure to stockpile some of the required 198 premiership games before the near-inevitability of the competition being shutdown indefinitely when the Coronavirus outbreaks peaks in Australia;

– There are mixed views among the AFL and its clubs as to what will happen if a player is diagnosed with coronavirus – some clubs believe the competition should be shut down immediately, others have the view that removing that player from the club and closely monitoring all others would allow for competition to continue;”

More Updates as they come:

(T) Twilight match (N) Night match

Thursday, March 19

Richmond vs. Carlton (Melbourne Cricket Ground) (N)

Friday, March 20

Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)

Saturday, March 21

Essendon vs. Fremantle (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
Adelaide Crows vs. Sydney Swans (Adelaide Oval) (T)
GWS GIANTS vs. Geelong Cats (GIANTS Stadium, Sydney; ) (N)
Gold Coast SUNS vs. Port Adelaide (Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast) (N)

Sunday, March 22

North Melbourne vs. St Kilda (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne)
Hawthorn vs. Brisbane Lions (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
West Coast Eagles vs. Melbourne (Optus Stadium, Perth) (T)

ROUND 2

Thursday, March 26

Collingwood vs. Richmond (Melbourne Cricket Ground) (N)

Friday, March 27

Sydney Swans vs. Essendon (Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney) (N)

Saturday, March 28

Melbourne vs. GWS GIANTS (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Carlton vs. Western Bulldogs (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (T)
Brisbane Lions vs. North Melbourne (The Gabba, Brisbane;) (N)
Port Adelaide vs. Adelaide Crows (Adelaide Oval) (N)

Sunday, March 29

Geelong Cats vs. Gold Coast SUNS (GMHBA Stadium, Geelong;)
St Kilda vs. West Coast Eagles (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
Fremantle vs. Hawthorn (Optus Stadium, Perth) (T)

ROUND 3

Thursday, April 2

Carlton vs. Essendon (Melbourne Cricket Ground) (N)

Friday, April 3

GWS GIANTS vs. Western Bulldogs (UNSW) (N)

Saturday, April 4

Hawthorn vs. Collingwood (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Adelaide Crows vs. Brisbane Lions (Adelaide Oval) (T)
North Melbourne vs. Port Adelaide (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)
West Coast Eagles vs. Geelong Cats (Optus Stadium, Perth) (N)

Sunday, April 5

Melbourne vs. Fremantle (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
St Kilda vs. Richmond (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
Gold Coast SUNS vs. Sydney Swans (Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast) (T)
ROUND 4

Thursday, April 9

Brisbane Lions vs. Collingwood (The Gabba, Brisbane;) (N)

Friday, April 10

North Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (T)
Port Adelaide vs. West Coast Eagles (Adelaide Oval) (N)

Saturday, April 11

Richmond vs. Adelaide Crows (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Fremantle vs. Gold Coast SUNS (Optus Stadium, Perth)
Essendon vs. GWS GIANTS (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)

Sunday, April 12

Sydney Swans vs. Carlton (Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney)
St Kilda vs. Melbourne (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (T)

Monday, April 13

Geelong Cats vs. Hawthorn (Melbourne Cricket Ground)

ROUND 5

Thursday, April 16

Adelaide Crows vs. Essendon (Adelaide Oval) (N)

Friday, April 17

West Coast Eagles vs. Richmond (Optus Stadium, Perth) (N)

Saturday, April 18

Collingwood vs. Port Adelaide (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Gold Coast SUNS vs. Melbourne (Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast)
Western Bulldogs vs. Brisbane Lions (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)
Sydney Swans vs. GWS GIANTS (Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney) (N)
Sunday, April 19

North Melbourne vs. Fremantle (Blundstone Arena, Hobart)
Hawthorn vs. Carlton (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;
Geelong Cats vs. St Kilda (GMHBA Stadium, Geelong;) (T)
ROUND 6

Friday, April 24

Melbourne vs. Richmond (Melbourne Cricket Ground) (N)
Saturday, April 25

Hawthorn vs. West Coast Eagles (UTAS)
Collingwood vs. Essendon (Melbourne Cricket Ground) (T)
Brisbane Lions vs. Sydney Swans (The Gabba, Brisbane;) (N)
Port Adelaide vs. Western Bulldogs (Adelaide Oval) (N)
Sunday, April 26

GWS GIANTS vs. Gold Coast SUNS (UNSW)
Carlton vs. North Melbourne (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
St Kilda vs. Adelaide Crows (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (T)
Fremantle vs. Geelong Cats (Optus Stadium, Perth) (N)
ROUND 7

Friday, May 1

Collingwood vs. St Kilda (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)
Saturday, May 2

Gold Coast SUNS vs. Adelaide Crows (Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast)
Richmond vs. GWS GIANTS (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Port Adelaide vs. Carlton (Adelaide Oval) (T)
Geelong Cats vs. Brisbane Lions (GMHBA Stadium, Geelong;) (N)
Western Bulldogs vs. Haw(The Gabba, Brisbane);
Sydney Swans vs. North Melbourne (Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney)
Essendon vs. Melbourne (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
West Coast Eagles vs. Fremantle (Optus Stadium, Perth) (T)
ROUND 8

Friday, May 8
Brisbane Lions vs. Richmond (The Gabba, Brisbane;) (N)

Saturday, May 9

Adelaide Crows vs. Fremantle (Adelaide Oval)
Western Bulldogs vs. Gold Coast SUNS (Mars Stadium, Ballarat;)
Geelong Cats vs. Essendon (Melbourne Cricket Ground) (T)
West Coast Eagles vs. Sydney Swans (Optus Stadium, Perth) (T)
GWS GIANTS vs. Collingwood (GIANTS Stadium, Sydney; ) (N)
St Kilda vs. Carlton (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)
Sunday, May 10

Melbourne vs. Port Adelaide (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
North Melbourne vs. Hawthorn (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (T)

ROUND 9

Friday, May 15

Richmond vs. Geelong Cats (Melbourne Cricket Ground) (N)

Saturday, May 16

North Melbourne vs. Essendon (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
Gold Coast SUNS vs. West Coast Eagles (Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast)
GWS GIANTS vs. St Kilda (GIANTS Stadium, Sydney; ) (T)
Hawthorn vs. Sydney Swans (Melbourne Cricket Ground) (N)
Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane Lions (Adelaide Oval) (N)

Sunday, May 17

Carlton vs. Collingwood (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Melbourne vs. Adelaide Crows (TP)
Fremantle vs. Western Bulldogs (Optus Stadium, Perth) (T)

ROUND 10

Friday, May 22

Sydney Swans vs. Geelong Cats (Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney) (N)

Saturday, May 23

St Kilda vs. Fremantle (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
Hawthorn vs. Port Adelaide (UTAS)
Adelaide Crows vs. Carlton (Adelade Oval) (T)
Essendon vs. Richmond (Melbourne Cricket Ground) (N)
Brisbane Lions vs. Gold Coast SUNS (The Gabba, Brisbane;) (N)

Sunday, May 24

Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Collingwood vs. North Melbourne (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
West Coast Eagles vs. GWS GIANTS (Optus Stadium, Perth) (T)

ROUND 11

Friday, May 29
Hawthorn vs. Melbourne (Melbourne Cricket Ground) (N)

Saturday, May 30

Geelong Cats vs. North Melbourne (GMHBA Stadium, Geelong;)
Richmond vs. Sydney Swans (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
GWS GIANTS vs. Adelaide Crows (GIANTS Stadium, Sydney; ) (T)
Western Bulldogs vs. Carlton (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)
Fremantle vs. Brisbane Lions (Optus Stadium, Perth) (N)

Sunday, May 31

Essendon vs. Gold Coast SUNS (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
Collingwood vs. West Coast Eagles (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Byes: St Kilda, Port Adelaide

ROUND 12

Friday, June 5

Adelaide Crows vs. Western Bulldogs (Adelaide Oval)(N)

Saturday, June 6

Sydney Swans vs. Fremantle (Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney)
Gold Coast SUNS vs. Hawthorn (Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast) (T)
Carlton vs. GWS GIANTS (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)

Sunday, June 7

Richmond vs. North Melbourne (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
St Kilda vs. Port Adelaide (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (T)

Monday, June 8

Melbourne vs. Collingwood (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Byes: Brisbane Lions, Essendon,
Geelong Cats, West Coast Eagles

ROUND 13

Thursday, June 11

West Coast Eagles vs. Essendon (Optus Stadium, Perth) (N)

Friday, June 12

Hawthorn vs. Geelong Cats (Melbourne Cricket Ground) (N)

Saturday, June 13

North Melbourne vs. Brisbane Lions (Blundstone Arena, Hobart)
Gold Coast SUNS vs. St Kilda (TIO Stadium, Darwin) (T)
Western Bulldogs vs. GWS GIANTS (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)
Sunday, June 14

Adelaide Crows vs. Port Adelaide (Adelaide Oval)
Byes: Carlton, Collingwood, Fremantle,
Melbourne, Richmond, Sydney Swans

ROUND 14

Thursday, June 18

Sydney Swans vs. Collingwood (Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney) (N)
Friday, June 19

Brisbane Lions vs. Melbourne (The Gabba, Brisbane;) (N)

Saturday, June 20

Essendon vs. St Kilda (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
Fremantle vs. Carlton (Optus Stadium, Perth) (T)
Port Adelaide vs. Geelong Cats (Adelaide Oval) (N)

Sunday, June 21

Richmond vs. West Coast Eagles (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Byes: Adelaide Crows, Gold Coast SUNS,
GWS GIANTS, Hawthorn, North Melbourne,
Western Bulldogs
ROUND 15

Thursday, June 25

Brisbane Lions vs. Hawthorn (The Gabba, Brisbane;) (N)

Friday, June 26

Western Bulldogs vs. Essendon (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)

Saturday, June 27

Melbourne vs. Gold Coast SUNS (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Carlton vs. Geelong Cats (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (T)
GWS GIANTS vs. Richmond (GIANTS Stadium, Sydney; ) (N)
West Coast Eagles vs. North Melbourne (Optus Stadium, Perth) (N)

Sunday, June 28

Collingwood vs. Adelaide Crows (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
St Kilda vs. Sydney Swans (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
Port Adelaide vs. Fremantle (Adelaide Oval)(T)

ROUND 16

Thursday, July 2

Essendon vs. Hawthorn (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)

Friday, July 3

Geelong Cats vs. West Coast Eagles (GMHBA Stadium, Geelong;) (N)

Saturday, July 4

Collingwood vs. Brisbane Lions (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Richmond vs. Port Adelaide (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (T)
Sydney Swans vs. Western Bulldogs (Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney) (N)
Adelaide Crows vs. St Kilda (Adelaide Oval) (N)

Sunday, July 5

Gold Coast SUNS vs. Carlton (Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast)
North Melbourne vs. GWS GIANTS (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
Fremantle vs. Melbourne (Optus Stadium, Perth) (T)

ROUND 17

Friday, July 10

Richmond vs. Collingwood (Melbourne Cricket Ground) (N)

Saturday, July 11

Melbourne vs. St Kilda (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Hawthorn vs. North Melbourne (UTAS)
GWS GIANTS vs. Essendon (GIANTS Stadium, Sydney; ) (T)
Western Bulldogs vs. Fremantle (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)
Brisbane Lions vs. Geelong Cats (The Gabba, Brisbane;) (N)

Sunday, July 12

Port Adelaide vs. Gold Coast SUNS (Adelaide Oval)
Carlton vs. Sydney Swans (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
West Coast Eagles vs. Adelaide Crows (Optus Stadium, Perth) (T)

ROUND 18

Friday, July 17

Collingwood vs. Geelong Cats (Melbourne Cricket Ground) (N)

Saturday, July 18

Hawthorn vs. GWS GIANTS (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Gold Coast SUNS vs. Richmond (Metricon Stadium, Gold CoastMS)
Sydney Swans vs. Port Adelaide (Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney) (T)
St Kilda vs. Western Bulldogs (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)
Fremantle vs. West Coast Eagles (Optus Stadium, Perth) (N)

Sunday, July 19

Essendon vs. North Melbourne (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Carlton vs. Brisbane Lions (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
Adelaide Crows vs. Melbourne (Adelaide Oval) (T)
ROUND 19

Friday, July 24

Port Adelaide vs. Hawthorn (Adelaide Oval) (N)

Saturday, July 25

Carlton vs. West Coast Eagles (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
North Melbourne vs. Gold Coast SUNS (Blundstone Arena, Hobart)
Geelong Cats vs. Melbourne (GMHBA Stadium, Geelong;)(T)
GWS GIANTS vs. Sydney Swans (GIANTS Stadium, Sydney; ) (T)
Essendon vs. Adelaide Crows (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)

Sunday, July 26

Richmond vs. Western Bulldogs (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Brisbane Lions vs. St Kilda (The Gabba, Brisbane;)
Fremantle vs. Collingwood (Optus Stadium, Perth) (T)
ROUND 20

Friday, July 31

Adelaide Crows vs. Richmond (Adelaide Oval) (N)

Saturday, August 1

Essendon vs. Collingwood (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
GWS GIANTS vs. Brisbane Lions (UNSW)
Geelong Cats vs. Western Bulldogs (GMHBA) (T)
St Kilda vs. Hawthorn (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)
West Coast Eagles vs. Port Adelaide (Optus Stadium, Perth) (N)

Sunday, August 2

North Melbourne vs. Carlton (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
Melbourne vs. Sydney Swans (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Gold Coast SUNS vs. Fremantle (Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast) (T)

ROUND 21

Friday, August 7

Geelong Cats vs. GWS GIANTS (GMHBA Stadium, Geelong;) (N)
Saturday, August 8

Collingwood vs. Melbourne (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Brisbane Lions vs. West Coast Eagles (The Gabba, Brisbane;)
Hawthorn vs. Adelaide Crows (UTAS) (T)
Sydney Swans vs. Gold Coast SUNS (Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney) (N)
Fremantle vs. St Kilda (Optus Stadium, Perth) (N)
Sunday, August 9

Carlton vs. Richmond (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Western Bulldogs vs. North Melbourne (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
Port Adelaide vs. Essendon (Adelaide Oval) (T)#

ROUND 22

Friday, August 14

West Coast Eagles vs. Collingwood (Optus Stadium, Perth) (N)
Saturday, August 15

Western Bulldogs vs. Port Adelaide (Mars Stadium, Ballarat;)
Melbourne vs. Carlton (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
GWS GIANTS vs. Fremantle (GIANTS Stadium, Sydney; ) (T)
Essendon vs. Sydney Swans (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;) (N)
Gold Coast SUNS vs. Brisbane Lions (Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast) (N)
Sunday, August 16

St Kilda vs. Geelong Cats (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
Richmond vs. Hawthorn (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Adelaide Crows vs. North Melbourne (Adelaide Oval) (T)
ROUND 23

Friday, August 21 –
Sunday, August 23

Port Adelaide vs. GWS GIANTS (Adelaide, Oval)
North Melbourne vs. Melbourne (Blundstone Arena, Hobart)
Geelong Cats vs. Adelaide Crows (GMHBA Stadium, Geelong;
Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast Eagles (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
Carlton vs. St Kilda (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne;)
Collingwood vs. Gold Coast SUNS (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Fremantle vs. Richmond (Optus Stadium, Perth)
Sydney Swans vs. Hawthorn (Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney)
Brisbane Lions vs. Essendon (The Gabba, Brisbane;)

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Ian Madigan signs for Ulster Rugby

Ulster Rugby have announced the signing of Ireland fly-half, Ian Madigan, who will join the province in the summer after agreeing terms last month.

The 30-year old, who joins the club on a one-year-deal, brings with him a superb range of experience gained from time spent at clubs including Leinster, Bordeaux Bègles – and most recently a three-year stint with Bristol Bears.

Madigan, who has represented his country on 30 occasions, played a part in Ireland securing the Six Nations title in 2014, and retaining it the following year.

He featured in all of Ireland’s Rugby World Cup games in 2015, including a standout performance in the match which saw Ireland defeat France.

Head Coach, Dan McFarland, said: “It’s great news that Ian has chosen to make the move to Ulster for the upcoming season.

“Given Ian’s skillset, and the fit it can have with our style of play, I’m confident he will be a valuable addition to our squad both on and off the pitch, where he will bring a bank of experience to a group of talented young out-halves.

“I look forward to welcoming him to our province.”

Premier League season should be null and void

It’s just what every Liverpool fan wants to hear with there side are two wins from their first title in 30 years, “null and void”.

West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady, whose relegation-threatened side are 16th in the Premier League and only out of the bottom three on goal difference, has called for the season to be made “null and void”.

Football across the world has been ground to a halt due to the outbreak of coronavirus, with the Premier League and English Football League halted until at least 3 April.

Top-tier clubs are due to convene for an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss what happens next and Brady, whose club are in a relegation fight, wants the campaign to be scrapped.

“There is no dodging the possibility that all levels in the EFL as well as the Premier League will have to be cancelled and this season declared null and void because if the players can’t play the games can’t go ahead,” she wrote in her column in The Sun.

“The Premier League hopes that an interlude of three weeks from now will enable it to restart but that may well be dreamland.”

Neil Atkinson of the Anfield Wrap podcast, who said: “It would be absolutely ridiculous but Karren Brady says a lot of things that are absolutely ridiculous and she shouldn’t be taken seriously at any stage of the proceedings.

“It’s inarguable that Liverpool have been the best team in the league this season. It’s really more about the integrity of the competition for me.

“The Liverpool part is the easy part for me. Liverpool have won 27 out of 29 games. We haven’t had an Aguero moment, it’s done and dusted and we’ve had the emotional journey.”

Edinburgh Marathon on May 24th is postponed

The Edinburgh Marathon due to take place on 24th May has been postponed because of coronavirus.

Its surprising news considering that it is 9 weeks away, but it might be a sign of how long officials are expecting the outbreak to last.

Neil Kilgour, Edinburgh Marathon’s race director, said “We are devastated to have to make this decision but we believe that this course of action is in the best interests of our participants, our affiliate charities, the event team who deliver the event and the emergency services who support the event.

“We are continuing to work closely with the local authorities in Edinburgh and East Lothian, the emergency service teams and our other delivery partners over the coming hours to secure and communicate a new date for the event which we expect to do on Monday.”

World triathlon activity cancelled until May

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has suspended all triathlon activity until April 30 including all events in the World Triathlon and Continental calendars due to the coronavirus outbreak, the governing body said on Saturday.

All world rankings, Olympic qualification rankings, paratriathlon rankings and Paralympic qualification rankings will be frozen from Monday as a result.

“This is a decision that’s hard to take and we’re taking it with the health and safety of athletes, coaches, officials, facilitators, staff, volunteers and spectators, all the triathlon family, as the top priority,” ITU President Marisol Casado said in a statement.

“We all have to take our part to prevent and stop the spread of the virus. It is our responsibility, as a society. Having our athletes, coaches, officials and staff travelling around the world at this challenging time is not something that we in World Triathlon are willing to risk.”

Watch Irish boxers live in Olympic boxing qualifiers – 11:55am Saturday

Watch the Irish boxers looking to qualify for boxing in the Olympics in Japan, it starts in London today and lasts a week.

The first session starts at 11:55am and click here to watch live

This is the first of two opportunities for Irish boxers to gain qualification to the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer. There are 77 spots available in this tournament – 50 for men and 27 for women. Boxers who don’t achieve qualification in London will have a second chance to qualify for Tokyo 2020 at the World Tournament in Paris in May 2020.

This is the third event of five in the Boxing Road to Tokyo – the first two Continental qualification events took place in Africa and Asia. In late March, Buenos Aires will host the fourth event for the Americas and the final event in the qualification process will be the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament will take place in Paris, France from the 13-20 May.

The Olympic Games will have eight events for men, and five events for women – with an increased number of women’s boxing medals up for grabs, in line with the IOC’s aim to achieve gender balance in the Olympic Games.

The IOC recently announced that Tokyo 2020 will have achieved gender balance with 48.8% females competing, they also confirmed there will be full gender representation across all National Olympic Committees for the first time ever. The IOC also introduced a new rule that will allow one male and one female flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony.

Full details on Team Ireland will be updated throughout the week on the IABA Website HERE

Live Streaming of the event is on the Olympic Channel HERE

The official event website page is HERE

Boxing at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2020 and all the events on the Boxing Road to Tokyo will be run by the IOC Boxing Task Force.

TEAM IRELAND COMPETITION TIMES

March 15

Last 32

63kg George Bates (Ireland) v Leon Dominguez (Spain)

81kg Emmett Brennan (Ireland) v Radenko Tomic (Bosnia)

91kg Kiril Afanasev (Ireland) v Begadze Nikoloz (Georgia)

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March 16

Last 32

69kg Aidan Walsh (Ireland) v Pavel Kamanin (Estonia)

75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) v Pas der Van (Netherlands)

Last 16

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) v Istavan Szaka (Hungary)

51kg Carly McNaul (Ireland) v Charley Davison (Team Great Britain)

57kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) v Hamsat Shadolov (Germany) or Anton Charnamaz (Belarus)

March 17

Last 16

57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) v Melissa Morensen (Denmark) or Mona Mestian France)

60kg Kellie Harrington (Ireland) v Aneta Rygielska (Poland) or Paula Cosmo (Romania)

69kg Christina Desmond (Ireland) v Angela Carina (Italy)

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) v Viktoriya Kebikava (Belarus)

March 18

Last 16

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) v Petar Belberov (Bulgaria)

TEAM IRELAND BOXERS

(Olympic qualification standard in brackets)

Male

52kg Brendan Irvine (St Paul’s, Antrim) Cpt (Top 8)

57kg Kurt Walker (Canal, Antrim) (Top 8)

63kg George Bates (St Mary’s, Dublin) (Top 8)

69kg Aidan Walsh (Monkstown, Antrim) (Top 6)

75kg Michael Nevin (Portlaoise, Laois) (Top 6)

81kg Emmett Brennan (Dublin Docklands) (Top 6)

91kg Kiril Afanasev (Smithfield, Dublin) (Top 4)

91+kg Dean Gardiner (Clonmel, Tipperary) (Top 4)

Female

51kg Carly McNaul (Ormeau Road, Belfast) (Top 6)

57kg Michaela Walsh (Monkstown, Antrim) (Top 6)

60kg Kellie Harrington (St Mary’s, Dublin) (Top 6)

69kg Christina Desmond (Fr Horgan’s, Cork, Garda BC) (Top 5)

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea, Roscommon) (Top 4)

High-Performance Director: Bernard Dunne

Coaches: Zaur Antia, John Conlan, Dmitry Dimitruk

Coronavirus testing kits are costing £150 each which is mad

Irish born football chairman Darragh MacAnthony has come out against the cost of Coronavirus testing.

MacAthony who was educated in St Marys in Dublin is the Peterborough United football club chairman and has two players in isolation and thinks the cost of Coronavirus testing kits is mad.

“The two players we have in isolation were asked to ring the 111 number. They’ve been told to stay at home without being told how to get a test to determine if they have it.

“That doesn’t help our club because our players are all back in training next week because the last thing we need is a player who has it, passing it to all the players and staff. So I’ve been scrambling around as has our CEO trying to find out how we get tested. We ring our local doctor they can’t tell us that they can come in and give everyone a test at the training ground. Eventually I tell our CEO ring Chelsea, Everton, Arsenal and even Millwall who also I believe were doing testing just to get an idea of how we can do testing across the board.

“We rang our private health insurance again they could not give us the right advice. So in the end our CEO came across a private company referred to us. And I approved us spending close to £6k, the testing kits were £150 each which is mad. So those kits are going to be delivered to us on Monday. We are then going to test the players in isolation at the training ground, the staff, and then it will be 48 hours before we know if anyone has it so we can make a plan for what we do for the next few weeks while the season is on hardest.”

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