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Irish Times
41 minutes ago
- Health
- Irish Times
Leinster hopeful Josh van der Flier will be fit for Glasgow clash
Josh van der Flier and Leinster have been enduring an anxious wait for the results of a scan on the hamstring injury which forced him off in the first half of his side's BKT URC quarter-final win over the Scarlets last Saturday. But the province remain reasonably hopeful that van der Flier might yet be fit for next Saturday's semi-final against Glasgow Warriors at the Aviva Stadium (kick-off 2.45pm) and that the injury will not jeopardise his fitness for the forthcoming British & Irish Lions tour to Australia. 'We hope for clearance,' said senior coach Jacques Nienaber at the squad's HPC on Monday which, being a bank holiday, may have contributed to the delay in obtaining results. 'We sent him for a scan yesterday but I don't think it has come back yet. That's quite weird, for a first-world country, so we are still waiting.' In the intervening void, Nienaber was not inclined to speculate. READ MORE 'Obviously, I am fingers crossed, toes crossed, that he can make the semi-final. It would be nice.' Garry Ringrose will also be monitored before a decision is made on his fitness after missing last week's quarter-final with a calf injury. 'He did some running last week so his race against time is going through the return-to-play protocols so running, change direction, acceleration, deceleration,' said Nienaber. 'If he can tick all the boxes and doesn't have symptoms after being loaded, then he is available for selection.' Similarly, Tommy O'Brien will be further assessed for a foot injury, while Jordan Larmour has returned to full training. However, Tadhg Furlong has been ruled out and is unlikely to add to his injury curtailed haul of seven games for Leinster and three for Ireland this season due to his recurring calf issues. Leinster's Tadhg Furlong. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho 'I can't talk for him,' said Nienaber, 'but he hasn't played a lot, didn't play in the Six Nations, then comes back for two or three games and then he gets a setback again. It's tough for a player to get a rhythm. You like to get a string of games and build on your confidence and get the team to get confidence in you, so I think it is frustrating.' Although Leinster lacked precision in their handling and were at times impatient against the Scarlets, the two-time World Cup-winning coach reasoned that 'knockouts are a little bit different. It's a different competition and something that in international level one doesn't get exposed to except in World Cups. 'But if you look at Glasgow they've been quite successful, Munster have been quite successful, we haven't been successful with it yet. Hopefully we took lessons out of the previous games we played in knockouts and we can apply ourselves a little bit better.' Speaking of lost knockout ties, the Champions Cup semi-final defeat to Northampton appears to be lingering but Nienaber maintained this wasn't the case for him. 'No, it's gone. The competition is gone. Next year. Like, is there a anything we can about it?' Informed that Leo Cullen had, unprompted, referenced the Northampton game four times in his post-match last Saturday, Nienaber said: 'Maybe with Leo, but not for me. For me it's water under the bridge. Not one ounce of energy from me personally put into, thinking about the Champions Cup semi-final is going to change anything, except the lessons you learn. So maybe he referenced that. 'There's definitely stuff that we could have learned and that being the last knockout game that we played that's definitely something we can bring into that. 'So, maybe his angle was more that; there's lessons from our last knock-out game that we played was Europe and now we have a URC one.' That 52-0 Champions Cup quarter-final win in the Aviva over Glasgow seems much more than eight weeks ago now. It was put in perspective five weeks' later by Leinster's hard-earned 13-5 over the same opponents in the same stadium and with Sione Tuipulotu, Kyle Steyn, Max Williamson and Scott Cummings having all returned from injury in recent weeks the reigning champions were full value for their 36-18 quarter-final win at home to the Stormers last Friday. This was a repeat of last season's quarter-final victory, after which Glasgow won away to Munster and the Bulls to lift the trophy, so heightening the threat they pose next Saturday. 'Yeah, because they love it,' said Nienaber. 'If you think back to last year they went to Munster in Thomond Park. It's a tall order to win in Thomond Park and they did that. Then it's an even taller order to fly over, go to altitude, play the Bulls – which we struggled with. We got knocked out the week before by the Bulls. They went over there and got a result there.'
Yahoo
a day ago
- General
- Yahoo
🚨 Millonarios make several changes for Santa Fe clash
Millonarios opens the semifinal quadrangulars of the 2025 Apertura as a visitor by calendar against Santa Fe in a new chapter of the traditional capital classic. The team led by arrives at this duel with some sensitive losses, so the coach must make some forced adjustments to the team. Confirmed starting lineup for Millonarios against Santa Fe Kevin Palacios, the team's left winger, suffered a trauma to his right knee and was ruled out. In his place, Neyser Villarreal enters; also, Jader Valencia earns a starting spot in the attack, as Daniel Ruiz will play further back. In the midfield, Dewar Victoria enters in place of Juan Carlos Pereira, who is suspended due to accumulation of yellow cards. Álvaro Montero; Helibelton Palacios, Jorge Arias, Danovi Banguero, Andrés Llinás; Nicolás Arévalo, Dewar Victoria, Daniel Ruiz; Jader Valencia, Neyser Villarreal, and Falcao García. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Photos: Cox defeats Great Bridge 2-1 in region semi
Cox defeated Great Bridge 2-1 in the Class 5 Region A semifinal at Cox High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on May 31, 2025.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Penfield and HF-L punch tickets to Sectional Finals
Class A: (3)Penfield 10, (2)Fairport 7 Griffin Banister scored four times pacing Penfield to a semifinal win at Spencerport high school Friday night. The Patriots led this game start to finish. Jake Maurer added a hat trick for Penfield and Mason Schembri made 10 saves—many of which were spectacular. The Patriots jumped out to a 3-1 lead early. Robert Protz scored one of his three Fairport goals in the final three minutes of the half to close the Red Raiders within 4-3 after 24 minutes. Banninster and Maurer each scored goals in the first 68 seconds of the second half for the Patriots who eventually built an 8-4 lead. Protz answered again for Fairport and then the Raiders got a break when Penfield accidentally put a rebound into their own net with 1.8 seconds left in the quarter. The Penfield lead was down to 8-6. Schembri and the defense shut the door from there. The Raiders scored only once and were never again closer than two goals. Penfield opened the season with a five-game losing streak, but the Patriots are now 11-7. They will meet top-seeded McQuaid for the Class A title Tuesday evening at Hobart College with faceoff scheduled for 5pm. Fairport finished their season at 8-8. Class C: (2) Honeoye Falls-Lima Central 14, (3) Geneva 5 Only down by three, Geneva still had life at the start of the second half. That was until HF-L's Quinn Kailbourne opened the game up, scoring four of his six goals in the second half, leading all scorers on the night. Cash Arena for the Cougars added four goals of his own, including two in a 19-second span to end the second half. Grady Goodberlet had two of his own, followed by Jackson Coon and Marco Vengoechea with one each. Goodberlet and Coon were the key distributors of the game, with three assists each. In goal, Jason Bennett ended the night with 11 saves, only allowing one goal in the second half. On the opposite side, Ryland Dunham led the way for Geneva, with three goals, all coming in the first half. Ben Budgar added one goal and one assist for the Panthers. Jack Dunham and Dominick Verdora found their way into the box score as well. Durham assisted Budgar's first goal of the night, while Verdora scored Geneva's lone goal of the second half. HF-L will take on top-seeded Palmyra-Macedon, who come off a huge 21-10 victory over Wayne. The Class C title game is set for next Friday at Hobart College, with faceoff scheduled for 5pm. Geneva finished their season 13-5. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Sport
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VIDEO: Perry's Lacy Zapotoczny has perfect bunt against Green in OHSAA regional final
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