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Irish Daily Mirror
16 hours ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Leinster lions eclipse Farrell's Lions - astonishing role reversal at Croke Park
Leinster's own lions were sensational, reducing Farrell's Lions to the accompanying support act. How else to judge the URC Grand Final performances of TV's Man of the Match Ryan Baird, the common-man's player of the match Thomas Clarkson, the step-up hero for the day Luke McGrath and All Black Jordie Barrett. The blindside and tight-head were surrounded by six Lions tourists in the pack; the scrum-half wasn't even in the original team selection and the first-centre gilded the day with a try that will be remembered for a long time to come. A four-star constellation producing five-star worthy displays, instrumental in bringing the Bulls house crashing down around their ears. Sure, the British & Irish Lions guys got on with the day-job, Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan and Garry Ringrose doing well but... It begs the question being posed and that needs to be looked at again, have too many of the big-time Central Contracted players, 'Club Ireland', lost provincial focus, are they struggling with the small-time. Not so for T.C who really was Top Cat and a performance that will have resonated with every soul who has ever stepped on a rugby pitch, the very embodiment of the idea the tight-head is the most important player on a Rugby Union team. Clarkson's gaining a scrum penalty after four minutes electrically-charged his side, winning a second soon after meant Leinster knew this was their day. Alongside him in the fast lane Lucky Luke, benefitting from Leinster's best kept secret last week - although finally decoded by the Star/Mirror and posted online as an exclusive early on Saturday morning - that Jamison Gibson-Park was injured. While his first-half box-kick/chip ahead was the catalyst for a piece of try-scoring magical improv from the All Black. "T.C.'s physicality, his set-piece work, is really what got us into that game because the Bulls obviously came with their plan to disrupt our set-piece," said front-row colleague Sheehan. "That was one of the biggest focuses this week in the face of people doubting whether we could deal with it and we kind of said, scrap that, and we'll put our own spin on it, make sure that our set-piece was a weapon and they'll have to deal with ours. "I thought T.C. in particular, was unbelievable (helps if you start to sing-along 'Top Cat, the most effectual Top Cat, who's intellectual close friends get to call him T.C....') in stopping that and also enforcing our set-piece on them. "He got a bit of experience in the international jersey this year but I think his best rugby has definitely been played in these last few weeks, he's been absolutely unbelievable." McGrath's is a tale to be told too, jettisoned by Andy Farrell immediately following the 2019 Rugby World Cup, he remains not so much out in the cold but Arctic when it comes to getting another chance under the Yorkshireman's reign. Indeed, the scrum-half went from being number two internationally to Conor Murray and one of only two no9's Joe Schmidt brought to Japan for RWC 2019 to being no2 provincially to Jamison Gibson-Park (as per Farrell's wishes) in a matter of weeks. The Dubliner had shown signs of his best form in the latter half of this season but Saturday's display against Bulls, on the big day, when it was needed, was brilliant. Sheehan adds: "Luke does all the dirty work for us as a no9 and he's probably the most physical player while being the smallest player on the pitch. "He's also a person that is a sort of cornerstone of Leinster rugby at the minute and someone we all look up to. He puts his body on the line more so than anyone else in the team. Luke gives us a great sort of 'in' to the game, especially defensively and on a rainy day like that. It was massive that he got a good start and he gets a good few shots in there and he's just everywhere in the pitch. "You feel that energy off of people like that, you see him flying into collisions and it just makes you want to sort of fly into them too, so definitely a superstar today." Bulls coach Jake White went as far as to admit his heart sank when Bulls were mashed in the first scrum after just four minutes - he suspected all was lost already. Indeed there is a photo to be treasured of McGrath and Clarkson - not any of eight Lions or the other internationals with far greater reputations/profiles - who had the top table for the aftermatch media call. Clarkson wasn't for hiding from his match ambition either: "The scrum was going to be the biggest battle of the day, the stuff around the park was going to come after. "If the scrum wasn't sorted it was going to give them a way into the game I couldn't let them have that. So I also gave away two penalties (both of which were hotly disputed by Sheehan and skipper Jack Conan) in the first-half but I was still happy with how it went." While McGrath revealed he had been alerted he might be starting on Thursday night and spoke of Barrett's vision ahead of the second try: "Jordie had said it earlier that it could be on and had said 'So listen for me with the call...'. "But when he said it, he was quite late, and after I'd put the ball through I was just hoping he would get to it. I was happy when he got there." Skipper Conan has been around the block, three Lions 2021 Tests at no8 and heading for Australia 2025 but there may well be recourse to think of Clarkson in Georgia and Portugal hoping to make a second Ireland start and McGrath who isn't traveling anywhere this summer. "You come up against the Bulls renowned for their scrummaging set piece and Tommy's (again, keep humming: 'Top Cat, the indisputable leader of the gang, he's the boss, he's the pip, he's the championship...) performance was fantastic. "He's grown immensely throughout the season, given a great account of himself, and you see the just rewards for what he's done, getting capped by Ireland, everything else. "Delighted for Lukey, obviously we lose Jamo and we've got someone who has 220-odd Leinster caps to come in. He was absolutely fantastic, controlled the game, he's incredibly physical, it's like having another back-row out there. "Myself and Lukey started together at Leinster U16s in Terenure longer ago that I'd like to admit and we've been very close for a long time. He performed unbelievably well. "Delighted for the two boys, it shows the strength of Leinster that there are two lads to come in that are ready to perform the way they did, testament to them for their mentality and getting across their bits today." What a day, redemption for Leinster and a first trophy for four years. But, don't forget, with Clarkson deputising for Furlong, Baird in because Doris is injured, McGrath stepping in for late withdrawal Gibson-Park and Barrett starting because Henshaw is unavailable, the fanfare is more for the common man than the masters of the universe... ("Yes, he's the chief, he's the king, but above everything he is the most tip top, Top Cat...!)
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Yahoo
MANDEL: Brampton man tried fentanyl, then a hitman to kill girlfriend
K.P. sure was determined to kill T.C. as he'd texted her, 'It's me and u till the end till death do us part.' K.P. and T.C., their names covered by a court-ordered publication ban, had been a couple since 2019 and opened a business together. But in the fall of 2022, T.C. told him she wanted out. Like so many violent domestic abusers before him, he refused to let her go. He begged her to take him back, repeatedly threatening to kill himself if she didn't. When she continued to reject him, he decided to kill her instead. On Oct. 24, 2022, K.P. began researching whether fentanyl can be fatal. T.C. began wondering why her food and drinks had a chemical taste. In November 2022, K.P's Google search history showed he visited two websites that confirmed fentanyl was fatal. On Nov. 17 of that year, he brought T.C. chemical-tasting food that made her sick. She went to the hospital despite him trying to convince her not to go. That was the day he texted her 'till death do us part.' Toxicology reports later found fentanyl in her system as well as in the Tim Hortons coffee cup he'd given her. According to Superior Court Justice Renu Mandhane, K.P. administered fentanyl seven times to T.C. between November and December 2022. 'The fact that someone close to me could have tried to drug me – more than once – and then make me feel like it was all in my head is an overwhelming betrayal that's incredibly difficult to overcome,' T.C. would write in her victim impact statement. MANDEL: 'Voices' commanded him to kill his husband, court hears MANDEL: Woman beaten by her neighbour awarded $265,000 MANDEL: Is Hamilton man tied to network of men who drug, rape women on video? According to the hitman, K.P. confessed to trying to poison T.C. When she threatened to call the police and shut down their business, he hired a hitman to kill her. After a night of drinking, doing cocaine and smoking weed together, K.P. gave him a key and dropped him off at T.C.'s house where she and her family were all asleep. The hitman entered her bedroom and began suffocating her with his bare hands. This could have been a tragic tale of a murder but the family dog started to bark, T.C.'s sister walked into the room and her attacker fled the scene. Following an 18-day trial where he claimed he'd accidentally tried to poison her with fentanyl and only hired the hitman to 'scare' T.C., a jury convicted K.P. of all charges on Dec. 16, 2024. 'The attempted murders were planned, deliberate, cold-hearted, and heinous. After the complainant tried to end the relationship, the offender took advantage of the fact that they owned a business together to continue to stalk and harass her. The offender was plotting to kill the complainant for three months, and the crimes took place in the context of an increasingly coercive and controlling relationship,' the judge wrote in her sentencing ruling this week. 'When the complainant continued to rebuff him, he did not leave her alone but rather escalated his violent behaviours by hiring a hitman to strangle her.' In her victim impact statement, T.C. said she lives in fear of K.P. being out of prison and is constantly on edge. 'I had plans, goals, and a future that I was working towards, but this experience robbed me of so much – especially time. Time I had to spend just trying to heal from the trauma instead of living my life.' Court heard K.P., now 33, was diagnosed with severe borderline personality disorder and had a history of domestic abuse – he has a criminal record from 2019 for uttering threats against his former wife and got a suspended sentence and 12 months probation. The judge considered sentencing him to 21 years in prison for this heinous case of intimate partner violence (IPV) but reduced that by five years due to the systemic, 'excessively harsh' conditions he suffered at Maplehurst – a correctional facility in Milton – including triple-bunking, lockdowns and segregation. At least K.P. will be put away for a good, long time. 'Sentences for IPV must foster an environment where individuals have the autonomy and freedom to leave intimate partner relationships without fear of harassment, harm, or violence,' Mandhane wrote. mmandel@
Toronto Sun
05-06-2025
- Toronto Sun
MANDEL: Brampton man tried fentanyl, then a hitman to kill girlfriend
And now the 33-year-old has been sentenced to 16 years behind bars Get the latest from Michele Mandel straight to your inbox Scales of justice. K.P. sure was determined to kill T.C. as he'd texted her, 'It's me and u till the end till death do us part.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account K.P. and T.C., their names covered by a court-ordered publication ban, had been a couple since 2019 and opened a business together. But in the fall of 2022, T.C. told him she wanted out. Like so many violent domestic abusers before him, he refused to let her go. He begged her to take him back, repeatedly threatening to kill himself if she didn't. When she continued to reject him, he decided to kill her instead. On Oct. 24, 2022, K.P. began researching whether fentanyl can be fatal. T.C. began wondering why her food and drinks had a chemical taste. In November 2022, K.P's Google search history showed he visited two websites that confirmed fentanyl was fatal. On Nov. 17 of that year, he brought T.C. chemical-tasting food that made her sick. She went to the hospital despite him trying to convince her not to go. That was the day he texted her 'till death do us part.' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Toxicology reports later found fentanyl in her system as well as in the Tim Hortons coffee cup he'd given her. According to Superior Court Justice Renu Mandhane, K.P. administered fentanyl seven times to T.C. between November and December 2022. 'The fact that someone close to me could have tried to drug me – more than once – and then make me feel like it was all in my head is an overwhelming betrayal that's incredibly difficult to overcome,' T.C. would write in her victim impact statement. Read More According to the hitman, K.P. confessed to trying to poison T.C. When she threatened to call the police and shut down their business, he hired a hitman to kill her. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. After a night of drinking, doing cocaine and smoking weed together, K.P. gave him a key and dropped him off at T.C.'s house where she and her family were all asleep. The hitman entered her bedroom and began suffocating her with his bare hands. This could have been a tragic tale of a murder but the family dog started to bark, T.C.'s sister walked into the room and her attacker fled the scene. Following an 18-day trial where he claimed he'd accidentally tried to poison her with fentanyl and only hired the hitman to 'scare' T.C., a jury convicted K.P. of all charges on Dec. 16, 2024. 'The attempted murders were planned, deliberate, cold-hearted, and heinous. After the complainant tried to end the relationship, the offender took advantage of the fact that they owned a business together to continue to stalk and harass her. The offender was plotting to kill the complainant for three months, and the crimes took place in the context of an increasingly coercive and controlling relationship,' the judge wrote in her sentencing ruling this week. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'When the complainant continued to rebuff him, he did not leave her alone but rather escalated his violent behaviours by hiring a hitman to strangle her.' RECOMMENDED VIDEO In her victim impact statement, T.C. said she lives in fear of K.P. being out of prison and is constantly on edge. 'I had plans, goals, and a future that I was working towards, but this experience robbed me of so much – especially time. Time I had to spend just trying to heal from the trauma instead of living my life.' Court heard K.P., now 33, was diagnosed with severe borderline personality disorder and had a history of domestic abuse – h e has a criminal record from 2019 for uttering threats against his former wife and got a suspended sentence and 12 months probation. The judge considered sentencing him to 21 years in prison for this heinous case of intimate partner violence (IPV) but reduced that by five years due to the systemic, 'excessively harsh' conditions he suffered at Maplehurst – a correctional facility in Milton – including triple-bunking, lockdowns and segregation. At least K.P. will be put away for a good, long time. 'Sentences for IPV must foster an environment where individuals have the autonomy and freedom to leave intimate partner relationships without fear of harassment, harm, or violence,' Mandhane wrote. mmandel@ World Olympics Toronto & GTA Columnists Columnists
The Age
02-05-2025
- General
- The Age
Schoolkids won't give up their bus seats. I'm not standing for it
This story is part of the May 3 edition of Good Weekend. See all 14 stories. When I was young, schoolchildren would always surrender their bus seats to adults. However, there has since been a shift whereby they occupy seats while adults stand. Did I miss the memo about this change in etiquette? T.C., Mosman, NSW You're right, it has changed. As schoolkids, we always had to stand up for adults on public transport, even though it didn't seem fair because we had tiny arms that couldn't reach the grab-rails and flimsy legs that couldn't withstand sudden jolts and massive schoolbags strapped to our backs, containing about 40 kilos of textbooks, a lunchbox the size of a Honda Civic, a pencil-case with Textas in every colour on the Pantone chart, a selection of sports gear/gym-wear/weightlifting apparatus and a physics project we did on the weekend where we constructed an actual, collapsed nebula that sucks up all light and matter in the universe. Loading But we did it. We stood there quietly, politely and in excruciating discomfort because that's the way the world worked back then: grown-ups were our superiors, of whom we were gut-wrenchingly afraid, and we treated them with kindness and respect. But not now – nope. Spineless, modern parenting has created a generation of entitled children who have no fear of adults. You ask a schoolkid to stand up for you on the bus and you'll get taunted, humiliated, filmed and, by the end of your trip, you're a TikTok meme with a devil-horns filter and 1.4 million views.
Sydney Morning Herald
02-05-2025
- General
- Sydney Morning Herald
Schoolkids won't give up their bus seats. I'm not standing for it
This story is part of the May 3 edition of Good Weekend. See all 14 stories. When I was young, schoolchildren would always surrender their bus seats to adults. However, there has since been a shift whereby they occupy seats while adults stand. Did I miss the memo about this change in etiquette? T.C., Mosman, NSW You're right, it has changed. As schoolkids, we always had to stand up for adults on public transport, even though it didn't seem fair because we had tiny arms that couldn't reach the grab-rails and flimsy legs that couldn't withstand sudden jolts and massive schoolbags strapped to our backs, containing about 40 kilos of textbooks, a lunchbox the size of a Honda Civic, a pencil-case with Textas in every colour on the Pantone chart, a selection of sports gear/gym-wear/weightlifting apparatus and a physics project we did on the weekend where we constructed an actual, collapsed nebula that sucks up all light and matter in the universe. Loading But we did it. We stood there quietly, politely and in excruciating discomfort because that's the way the world worked back then: grown-ups were our superiors, of whom we were gut-wrenchingly afraid, and we treated them with kindness and respect. But not now – nope. Spineless, modern parenting has created a generation of entitled children who have no fear of adults. You ask a schoolkid to stand up for you on the bus and you'll get taunted, humiliated, filmed and, by the end of your trip, you're a TikTok meme with a devil-horns filter and 1.4 million views.
