It was honours even on Merseyside yesterday, as Everton and Liverpool played out a drab 0-0 draw behind closed doors at Goodison Park. Meanwhile Chelsea have opened up a five-point gap over Manchester United after they came from behind to beat Aston Villa 2-1 at Villa Park. Elsewhere, in this morning’s Tipping Point column, Brian O’Connor has suggested the USA could win the Rugby World Cup before Ireland do - providing Major League Rugby can help grow the sport in the States. Without it there’s little hope of implementing the sort of culture change that can have significant numbers of kids playing the game. Manage that and the potential for the US to become a first world rugby power is manifest.”

Source: The Irish Times June 22, 2020 06:45 UTC