As Paul Warwick rolled back the decades with a consummate dropped goal, the consternation among a delirious crowd was unmistakable - were Munster really about to recreate rugby history? By Chris Barclay, New Zealand Press Association.
VIDEO: Highlights from the game, plus the Munster and New Zealand hakas
Sailing against light winds in Qingdao: Phil Lawton and Ger Owens have a chance of an Olympic medal in the 470 sailing class. By Emma Browne
Group A - Cristiano Ronaldo
For Cristiano Ronaldo, life has lately become a continuous procession of awards ceremonies. He's won 10 major player of the year awards in the last five seasons (that's excluding baubles like the Manchester United Players' Player of the Year awards), he has just collected the European Golden Shoe, and he is hailed as the world's best by everyone but a rogue cell of Irish TV analysts who are probably only doing it to wind everybody up.
Individually, the Iberian players are a class apart, but Germany are overall favourites
Following Ireland's abysmal exit from the Euro 2008 qualifiers, support will naturally draw to the nearest underdog, Poland. Bouts of mediocrity notwithstanding, Poland can progress beyond the first round of the Euro finals. By Ken Early
John Delaney's head was demanded by the soccer public in the wake of the Steve Staunton debacle. He managed to buy time by seeming to stand aside as CEO from the most significant appointment by the organisation he manages and Trapattoni, for now at least, quells dissent. But if that goes wrong…
BY ADAM MAGUIRE
The Welsh game in Dublin presents an unproven Ireland the chance to inspire the confidence of a skeptical public. Young players should be retained in the backline, Munster's forwards unleashed, but the game plan must change for Ireland to win the Triple Crown. By Brent Pope
This year's Six Nations is as much about testing new players as getting good results. Each coach will select his squad bearing the next World Cup in mind.
By Brent Pope
Gerry ‘Ginger' McLoughlin – better known as ‘Locky' in his native Limerick - was instrumental in winning the 1982 Triple Crown, Ireland's first since 1949. Below, ‘Locky' tells of his flirtation with the priesthood, Limerick's rugby rivalries and great players, his call-up to international rugby and the fateful tour to apartheid South Africa which impacted on his teaching career
By Dave McMahon
Brent Pope profiles the up and coming, exciting young rugby players to watch in the 2008 Six Nations and the European Cup.