"I have never seen any- thing so violent in all my life and I have never been as frightened."

- French rugby player Christophe Lamaison after the fight that broke out between his side Brive and Pontypridd from Wales following their European Cup match last weekend.

"We all know in Clare that he [Eamonn Cregan] doesn't like us."

- Clare hurling team manager Ger Loughnane taking umbrage with the All-Ireland hurling final analysis provided by Cregan on RTE.

"I am just hoping that they, the GAC, realise that they made a disastrous blunder. When you make a disastrous blunder you look at it again and you remedy that blunder."

- Ger Loughnane attacking the GAA for its rule governing pitch encroachment during the All-Ireland hurling final.

"It's one swallow. It doesn't make a summer."

- Leinster rugby manager Jim Glennon after his side's inspiring win over top English club Leicester.

"I don't think I have seen a striker who can do as many things on the ball."

- Newcastle substitute and former Liverpool striker Ian Rush on Faustino Asprilla after his hattrick against Barcelona on Wednesday night.