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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The Score]]></title>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Could a new look Lingerie Football League actually help reduce sexism in sport? ]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/sexism-in-sport-916790-May2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The rebranded organisation, hold open try-outs this weekend in Dublin. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Steven O'Rourke</name>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Honesty & magic — O’Gara retires having made Irish rugby great]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/ronan-ogara-retires-914504-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/ronan-ogara-retires-914504-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The man born to play number 10 leaves behind a legacy and a legion of memories.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Ronan O'Gara" />
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<author><name>Sean Farrell</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Opinion: David Beckham may have been a limited footballer, but he was still a credit to his sport]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/opinion-david-beckham-limited-footballer-912867-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/opinion-david-beckham-limited-footballer-912867-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[After the former Manchester United star announced his decision to retire yesterday, we assess his legacy.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="conjecture" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="George Best" />
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<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[5 thoughts from this weekend’s Premier League games ]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/5-thoughts-from-this-weekends-premier-league-games-905932-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/5-thoughts-from-this-weekends-premier-league-games-905932-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Spurs put the pressure on Arsenal, Wigan look dead and buried, and Frank Lampard sets the record straight.  ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Ben Blake</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Smooth transition: At Leinster, succession planning breeds success]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/leinster-oconnor-move-898137-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/leinster-oconnor-move-898137-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Matt O’Connor has been on the province’s radar all season long.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sean Farrell</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Fantasyland: If you don’t have him already, now’s probably a good time to put Bale in your team]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/fantasyland-gareth-bale-895021-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6e6e99e6-5e27-287e-9a9d-b0ea691934f6</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/fantasyland-gareth-bale-895021-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Welshman is in action twice this week.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/paul-fennessy/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[7 of Joe Brolly’s views on Gaelic football ahead of the 2013 championship]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/7-of-joe-brollys-views-on-gaelic-football-ahead-of-the-2013-championship-891299-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7c1d21c5-1601-c74f-502b-89f6f01f4c8b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/7-of-joe-brollys-views-on-gaelic-football-ahead-of-the-2013-championship-891299-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The extraordinary Jimmy McGuinness, why the Dubs look like they will wilt and the GAA disciplinary system’s resemblance to Alice In Wonderland.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="GAA" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Gaelic Football" />
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<author><name>Fintan O'Toole</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Here’s who the BBC pundits think should be Footballer of the Year]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/bbc-pundits-footballer-of-the-year-887235-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:db0d023c-10b3-abad-f5fb-5256adcb18e3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/bbc-pundits-footballer-of-the-year-887235-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Gareth Bale, Luis Suarez and Michael Carrick are among the players championed.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Gareth Bale" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Carrick" />
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<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/paul-fennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[5 talking points from this week’s Champions League semi-final action ]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/5-talking-points-champions-league-semi-finals-884054-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:17159822-6f0a-2178-9ed2-05fd7b7557d7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/5-talking-points-champions-league-semi-finals-884054-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Our assessment of Bayern’s brilliance, Barca’s brutality and more.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/paul-fennessy/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Joe Schmidt ticks every box for the Ireland job… bar 1]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/joe-schmidt-ireland-boss-879721-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5dc5ff96-af89-1a32-a78b-6b71ab45c356</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/joe-schmidt-ireland-boss-879721-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Leinster boss will arrive with some provincial baggage but we all need to get behind the Kiwi, write Whiff of Cordite. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Whiff of Cordite</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/whiff-of-cordite/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[5 talking points from this weekend’s Premier League action]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/5-talking-points-premier-league-suarez-879348-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d21d91e3-61e6-b91e-6f82-dce5fbf33973</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/5-talking-points-premier-league-suarez-879348-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Gareth Bale was in inspired form once again, while Luis Suarez landed himself in hot water for the umpteenth time.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Liverpool" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Manchester City" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Manchester United" />
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<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/paul-fennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[‘Kearney could have been killed’ – Neil Francis on O’Connell’s head kick]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/paul-oconnell-kick-neil-francis-878656-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:31c7ff6a-a1d1-4bb6-45a5-2a4e8d28918d</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/paul-oconnell-kick-neil-francis-878656-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The former Leinster and Ireland lock condemned the Munster man for not expressing remorse after rendering his opponent unconscious. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="dave kearney" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="head kick" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="jim glennon" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Neil Francis" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Paul O'Connell" />
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<author><name>Patrick McCarry</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Timing of Boston bomb was a whole other level of sick]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/timing-of-boston-bomb-was-a-whole-other-level-of-sick-871395-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:80be4798-e5d2-eb4b-b12d-773f8bd1a061</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/timing-of-boston-bomb-was-a-whole-other-level-of-sick-871395-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/timing-of-boston-bomb-was-a-whole-other-level-of-sick-871395-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The people targeted, injured and killed are your friends, your colleagues. Regular people.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Boston Marathon" />
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<author><name>Emmet Ryan</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/emmet-ryan/</url>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[5 thoughts from this weekend’s Premier League and FA Cup action]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/5-things-learned-city-chelsea-fa-cup-semi-869924-Apr2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Our assessment of another United win and today’s entertaining FA Cup semi-final.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
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</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Should there be alcohol advertising in sport?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/alcohol-sponsorship-gaa-858316-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d5bfdb5f-4f31-ae11-1fcb-287768ea040d</id>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[As a recovering alcoholic I should say that alcohol advertising and sponsorship has no place in sport, but I can’t: I know there are few options for sports clubs and I need my GAA club to stay open, writes an anonymous contributor. ]]></summary>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[5 thoughts from last night’s United-City encounter]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/5-thoughts-man-city-man-united-862493-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:034689fd-dc15-8ec1-b146-3d9b16c58a23</id>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Our assessment of what last night’s game means in the context of the Premier League season.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[5 things we learned from this week’s Champions League action]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/5-things-we-learned-from-this-weeks-champions-league-action-856089-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e598e26d-3865-e6bb-2e95-755ffcf73c4b</id>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Our take on recent events in Europe’s top club competition, including thoughts on Messi, Beckham and Ozil. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Mesut Özil" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Paris St. Germain" />
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<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Too early to say if Messi is best ever: Ibrahimovic]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/lionel-messi-best-ever-early-ibrahimovich-852899-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e4badfc0-0670-6e09-a54b-420b90157576</id>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Messi, who turns 26 this year, scored his 43rd goal of the season in La Liga at the weekend.]]></summary>
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<author><name>AFP</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Analysis: Did Fergie even care about the FA Cup? ]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/analysis-did-fergie-even-care-about-the-fa-cup-852671-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:fda63311-93a6-c7c5-4220-1cf8c3a5561c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/analysis-did-fergie-even-care-about-the-fa-cup-852671-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Manchester United manager seemed nonchalant after his side’s jaded efforts against Chelsea. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Tony Cuddihy</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/tony-cuddihy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Opinion: History is a nightmare from which Trapattoni’s Irish side are trying to awake]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/opinion-history-nightmare-trapattoni-ireland-851559-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cf076cec-e6ba-3288-1d67-e11189983054</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/opinion-history-nightmare-trapattoni-ireland-851559-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Will the Austria draw be remembered as Trap’s ‘Israel moment’?]]></summary>
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<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[5 things we learned from the Premier League today]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/five-things-learned-premier-league-united-sunderland-851318-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9e0e248f-8f14-3b8b-a8f8-73321783613c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/five-things-learned-premier-league-united-sunderland-851318-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Michael Carrick put in a big performance, while Chelsea did the opposite, plus more thoughts from the day’s action.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[‘We are not England’ – Trap showed he doesn’t speak our language and doesn’t get us]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/trpaattoni-post-match-comments-847145-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:be369677-2109-6a78-60fd-0ab8d9985809</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/trpaattoni-post-match-comments-847145-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The manager’s post-match comments spoke volumes. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Kealan McGuinness</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Gerrard: Fans have right to blast Ferdinand]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/gerrards-fans-have-right-blast-ferdinand-843436-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0f6b58e4-1afe-e173-7553-bda4c8158486</id>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The United player worked as a television pundit during England’s 8-0 victory over San Marino.]]></summary>
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<author><name>TheScore Team</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/thescore-team/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Here’s how the Ireland players rated against Sweden tonight ]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/sweden-ireland-player-ratings-842389-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6d8094bc-c352-10e9-c759-5cfa2c5d6fa6</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/sweden-ireland-player-ratings-842389-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Our thoughts on how the Boys in Green fared this evening.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/paul-fennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Comment: O’Neill and Cork face up to familiar injured feeling]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/cork-colm-oneill-838774-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e3015cd8-3e01-7330-f98f-c85d33f67f89</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/cork-colm-oneill-838774-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Rebels attacker has shown a capacity to reinvent himself before after suffering cruciate ligament injuries.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Conor Counihan" />
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<author><name>Fintan O'Toole</name>
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</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Opinion: Ireland’s fall down to more than just injuries and ‘atrocious’ Kidney]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/ireland-opinion-italy-836239-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6697463a-0845-295c-06b0-72a1fa474744</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/ireland-opinion-italy-836239-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[‘When even your strengths turn into weaknesses, it exposes your limitations in a very cruel way’, writes Emmet O’Rafferty.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Autopsy" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Declan Kidney" />
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<author><name>Emmet O’Rafferty</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Opinion: Professional sport doesn’t need a gay Jackie Robinson]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/gay-sports-stars-833181-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5802ee82-ba8f-dc68-6c76-98f0b70e0cf6</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/gay-sports-stars-833181-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A player’s sexuality has no impact on performance so shouldn’t be a concern. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Jackie Robinson" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Manti Te'o" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="MLB" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="NFL" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Premier League" />
<author><name>Steven O'Rourke</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/steven-o'rourke/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Opinion: Impossible to find a winner from 2 poor teams]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/opinion-ireland-france-bad-teams-827459-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:830998f6-e36d-a26d-4b3b-c068e573a7d1</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/opinion-ireland-france-bad-teams-827459-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Plus, Fergus McFadden should have been on kicking duty, says Emmet O’Rafferty.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Editor's picks" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Emmet O'Rafferty" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<author><name>Emmet O’Rafferty</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/emmet-o’rafferty/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Opinion: A lack of pretence made Off the Ball stand out from the crowd]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/opinion-off-the-ball-lack-of-pretence-826327-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8008472c-225a-c13e-6f1a-7ae6480d88ec</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/opinion-off-the-ball-lack-of-pretence-826327-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/opinion-off-the-ball-lack-of-pretence-826327-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[While the show still remains on Newstalk’s schedule, its essence has been cruelly removed.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="BS Report" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="eoin mcdevitt" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Facebook" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="ger gilroy" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Newstalk" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Off The Ball" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/paul-fennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Analysis: Roy Keane may not be a better pundit than a player, but he’s certainly a better person]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/opinion-roy-keane-nani-itv-madrid-824333-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:05ec9a13-f187-990d-9bb5-a67a6aa641c4</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/opinion-roy-keane-nani-itv-madrid-824333-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/opinion-roy-keane-nani-itv-madrid-824333-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The transformation came full circle last Tuesday night, when he castigated Nani for an offence far more innocuous than the types of challenges he used to regularly commit.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Alex Ferguson" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="conjecture" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Gareth Southgate" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="ITV pundit" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Joey Barton" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Lee Dixon" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Manchester United" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Nani" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Roy Keane" />
<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/paul-fennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Fantasyland: This is where luck and skill combine]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/fantasyland-liverpool-v-tottenham-824459-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8788d62e-0d13-0406-e614-8a463648706a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/fantasyland-liverpool-v-tottenham-824459-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/fantasyland-liverpool-v-tottenham-824459-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United are all not in action in the league this weekend.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Ashley Williams" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Christian Benteke" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Fantasyland" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Luck" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="SKILL" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="William Gallas" />
<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/paul-fennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[5 things we learned from this weekend’s Premier League action]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/5-things-learned-arsenal-tottenham-817055-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a8ac32ce-5ddc-9989-4ffa-3b7d4e3575f7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/5-things-learned-arsenal-tottenham-817055-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/5-things-learned-arsenal-tottenham-817055-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[We assess the ramifications from Arsenal v Spurs, United v Norwich and other games.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Chelsea" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Liverpool" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Manchester United" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Premier League" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Rafael Benitez" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Tottenham" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Weekend" />
<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/paul-fennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Analysis: McIlroy another no-show on the weekend ]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/mcilroy-another-no-show-opinion-816966-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e31157a1-2566-f176-57fa-b0bb9a2bdcf0</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/mcilroy-another-no-show-opinion-816966-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[With the Masters just more than a month away, the Irish golfer has played only 80 holes this year. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Honda Classic" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Mark Wilson" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Match Play" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Review" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Rory McIlroy" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Wisdom Tooth" />
<author><name>Associated Press</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/associated-press/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Opinion: How Gareth Bale went from being the worst player in the Premier League to the best*]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/opinion-gareth-bale-best-player-worst-810614-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:afe86b4b-446b-4ee7-6c7b-47416abd7f38</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/opinion-gareth-bale-best-player-worst-810614-Feb2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[*Caution: Headline contains irony.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Barcelona" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="conjecture" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Cristiano Ronaldo" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Gareth Bale" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Nottingham Forest" />
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<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/paul-fennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[‘To play Scotland without a recognised kicker was madness’ – Shane Byrne]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/irish-rugby-coach-declan-kidney-under-pressure-810129-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3ec8ac29-8991-a943-133c-05730ee95248</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/irish-rugby-coach-declan-kidney-under-pressure-810129-Feb2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The former Ireland hooker believes Declan Kidney’s tenure with the national team ‘is done’.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="6 Nations" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Declan Kidney" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="France" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Rugby" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Jamie Heaslip" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Paddy Jackson" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Shane Byrne" />
<author><name>Shane Byrne</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/shane-byrne/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[5 things we learned from this weekend’s Premier League action]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/5-things-learned-weekend-premier-league-action-808176-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:334ea884-2d85-dbde-067b-bb4ac1456946</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/5-things-learned-weekend-premier-league-action-808176-Feb2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Our thoughts on the title race, plus a potential solution to Chelsea’s recent problems.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="5 things" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="action" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Chelsea" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Manchester City" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Manchester United" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Premier League" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Yaya Toure" />
<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/paul-fennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Who will win this week’s Premier League games and why*]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/who-win-weekend-premier-league-qpr-united-806324-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:41fe9b78-c212-5b61-ba27-c18342104775</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/who-win-weekend-premier-league-qpr-united-806324-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/who-win-weekend-premier-league-qpr-united-806324-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[*We’re not not actually psychic and may indeed be wrong.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Arsenal" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Chelsea" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Manchester City" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Manchester United" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Predictions" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Premier League" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Tottenham" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="who will win" />
<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/paul-fennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Opinion: Why Damien Duff is Ireland’s most underappreciated sports person]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/damien-duff-irelands-most-underappreciated-sports-person-806289-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9fb567de-90ce-6800-d449-f41512345159</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/damien-duff-irelands-most-underappreciated-sports-person-806289-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/damien-duff-irelands-most-underappreciated-sports-person-806289-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The winger, who signed a new contract yesterday, doesn’t always get the credit he deserves, writes Paul Fennessy.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Chelsea" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="conjecture" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Contract Extension" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Damien Duff" />
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Fulham" />
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<author><name>Paul Fennessy</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/paul-fennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Rumour has it: Forced to gamble, Kidney opts to twist rather than stick]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/rumour-has-it-forced-to-gamble-kidney-opts-to-twist-rather-than-stick-801194-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4033e9c8-cafc-c5a3-a791-38101d0d6c3b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/rumour-has-it-forced-to-gamble-kidney-opts-to-twist-rather-than-stick-801194-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/rumour-has-it-forced-to-gamble-kidney-opts-to-twist-rather-than-stick-801194-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Last night, an apparently leaked Ireland starting line-up bore the name Jackson rather than O’Gara.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Six Nations" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Paddy Jackson" />
<category scheme="http://thescore.thejournal.ie"  term="Ronan O'Gara" />
<author><name>Sean Farrell</name>
<url>http://thescore.thejournal.ie/author/sean-farrell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Here’s how the Arsenal players rated against Bayern Munich]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/arsenal-bayern-munich-player-ratings-801517-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1d3fef4a-f65b-7c18-1b7c-e4f24b7507f6</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/arsenal-bayern-munich-player-ratings-801517-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/arsenal-bayern-munich-player-ratings-801517-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T19:34:53+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[We assess the individual performances in what was a disappointing night for Arsene Wenger’s men.]]></summary>
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