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Ireland reveal Mack Hansen and James Lowe fitness as New Zealand team confirmed

Andy Farrell has named an unchanged starting XV for Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final against the All Blacks

The Independent UK

Mack Hansen to start Ireland’s World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand

Hansen suffered a calf issue in last weekend’s 36-14 victory over Scotland.

The Independent UK

Billy Vunipola ready to return for England having served ‘time for the crime’

The number eight will feature against Chile after missing two matches following a high challenge on Ireland’s Andrew Porter.

The Independent UK

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Andrew Porter says Ireland squad ‘all have the belief’ to win World Cup

Ireland have never won a knockout match at the tournament.

The Independent UK

Jury takes 5 hours to convict Madigan’s ex-top aide of perjury, attempted obstruction of justice: ‘This should stand as a clear message’

Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff to onetime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, is the seventh person to be convicted by a federal jury in Chicago this year as a result of public corruption investigations.

Chicago Sun-Times

Billy Vunipola joins Owen Farrell in being banned for start of Rugby World Cup

Vunipola will miss Saturday’s final warm-up fixture against Fiji and the pivotal World Cup opener against Argentina after his red card against Ireland

The Independent UK

Wife of ex-top aide to Madigan says he was ‘very sullen, very depressed ... as if he was lost’ after being sacked

Witnesses in the perjury trial of Tim Mapes have said they found his forced resignation in June 2018 to be surprising, unexpected, traumatic. But Tuesday, jurors heard Mapes’ wife describe how he handled being fired amid a #MeToo wave at the Capitol.

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England pledge to stand by Billy Vunipola after red card against Ireland throws World Cup into doubt

Saracens back row sent off for head-high tackle on Andrew Porter

Evening Standard

Billy Vunipola red card adds more disciplinary drama as England beaten by Ireland

Ireland 29-10 England: England’s Rugby World Cup preparation was thrown into further disarray as Billy Vunipola was sent off in a disheartening loss

The Independent UK

Billy Vunipola red card adds to England woes in humbling defeat by Ireland

England’s No 8 was sent off after a high shoulder on Andrew Porter as Ireland scored five tries on their way to a 29-10 victory in Dublin

The Guardian - UK

England’s Rugby World Cup plans in disarray after damaging defeat to Ireland

Billy Vunipola given red card in 29-10 defeat in Dublin

Evening Standard

‘I do not think we should talk in person or on the phone,’ ex-top aide to Madigan was warned after asking about federal probe

The email and others appeared to underscore the feds’ contention that Tim Mapes was well aware of a federal investigation and its key points before he wound up in front of the grand jury and drew a blank on some questions.

Chicago Sun-Times

Defense of former top aide to Madigan in perjury trial begins with talk of high school reunions, old crushes and a faulty memory

Defense attorneys argued that Tim Mapes did not lie to a grand jury in 2021 but didn’t know or couldn’t remember the answers to certain questions he was asked under oath.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kyle Sinckler not taking England World Cup call as a given after Lions omission

The tighthead prop was initially left out of Warren Gatland’s 2021 Lions squad only to be drafted in following Andrew Porter’s injury.

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An 1851 maritime law protected the Titanic’s owners in court. Could OceanGate use it too?

The owners of Titanic sought to limit liability following the ship’s sinking by petitioning under 1851 legislation. The owners of the submersible lost on its dive to visit that famed ship’s wreckage may do the same thing, legal experts tell Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK

An 1851 maritime law protected the Titanic’s owners in court. Could OceanGate use it too?

The Independent UK

An 1851 maritime law protected the Titanic’s owners in court. Could OceanGate use it too?

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An 1851 maritime law protected the Titanic’s owners in court. Could OceanGate use it too?

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Chicago Sun-Times

Madigan’s ex-chief of staff wants judge to block feds from playing roughly 100 recordings at perjury trial

They also revealed that the FBI tried to convince Tim Mapes to work as a “confidential witness” during a meeting in Springfield in February 2019. Mapes “politely declined.”

The Independent UK

An 1851 maritime law protected the Titanic’s owners in court. Could OceanGate use it too?

Dublin Live

Leinster v La Rochelle kick off time, channel, team news and betting odds ahead of Heineken Champions Cup final

Leo Cullen has named this side to take on La Rochelle in Saturday's final

Irish Mirror

Leinster 35-5 Sharks: Leo Cullen's side cruise into URC semi-finals

Leinster will compete in the final four after a big win at the Aviva Stadium.

Irish Mirror

Leinster's Leo Cullen lays it on the line: 'Play like you have a point to prove'

The Blues face the Sharks in the URC quarter-finals at the Aviva Stadium tomorrow (5pm) and Cullen has rung the changes after last week's Champions Cup semi-final triumph

Irish Mirror

Leinster advance to Champions Cup final with victory over Toulouse

The Blues' defeat of five times champions Toulouse presents the province with a second chance in 12 months to join the French giants at the top of Europe's title standings

Irish Mirror

Leinster 30-15 Ulster: The Blues book quarter-final spot with battling victory

Leo Cullen's men dealt with the brutal conditions better to set up a last eight clash with Leicester Tigers at the same venue next weekend

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