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ARENA QUIZ

ANSWERS: 1. Who succeeded Mario Zagallo as Brazil coach after the World Cup? (Wanderley Luxemburgo)
2. Who is captain of South Africa's rugby union tourists? (Gary Teichmann)
3. What British football club plays at Tannadice Park? (Dundee United)
4. Apart from John Higgins, who are the only two snooker players to have held the world and UK titles and the number one ranking at the same time? (Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry)
5. Who is Britain's third ranked male tennis players after Henman and Rudseski? (Chris Wilkinson)
6. Pairc Tailteann is the county ground in what Leinster town (Navan)

GAA
Cork team to play Kilkenny in the Waterford Crystal Senior Hurling Tournament at Nowlan Park on Saturday next::
D. Og Cusack; D. Murphy, W. Twomey, B. O'Driscoll (Fr. O'Neill's); J. Sheehan, D. O'Sullivan, P. Ryan; D. Barrett, R. Dwane; T. McCarthy, F. McCormack, N. Ronan; B. O'Keeffe, K. Morrison, S. McGrath.
Subs. B. Rochford, F. Ryan, W. Sherlock, M. Landers, M. Daly, M. O'Connell, K. Murray, D. Ronan.
LIMERICK will end their programme for the year with a visit to Dungarvan on Sunday to play Waterford in the South East League.
Once again, Manager Eamon Cregan has taken the opportunity to filed an experimental team for this clash but this time it includes John Meskall, who captured the Man of the Match Award when assisting Ahane to victory in the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship Final.
The only regulars included are Declan Nash, Ciaran Carey, Mark Foley, Mike Galligan.
LIMERICK: F. Kinsey, D. Nash, B. Begley, D. Ryan, B. Geary, C. Carey, M. Foley, B. Tobin, O. Moran, M. Galligan, P. Coleman, J. Meskall, J. Butler, M. Fitzgerald, M. O'Brien.
Subs. A. Shanahan, J. Foley, B. Foley, D. Quigley, O. O'Neill, P. Carey, J. O'Hallorhan, A. Browne, C. Murphy.
TIPPERARY call up two newcomers for their senior hurling clash with Wexford in the South Eastern League at Thurles on Saturday.
Eamonn Corcoran of JK Brackens, a member of this years U-21 squad is named at left corner back in place of Hugh Flannery who is unavailable.
Mark Keeshan of Moneygall gets his chance in attack as Mark O'Leary is rested., while Eugene O'Neill is recalled to the team taking over from John Enright who also is rested.
TIPPERARY: K. O'Brien, D. Fahy, F. Heaney, E. Corcoran, R. Ryan, D. Kennedy, J. Leahy, L. Sheedy, E. Enright, P. Ormond, E. Tucker, M. Keeshan, L. Cahill, B. O'Meara, E. O'Neill.
Munster Vocational Schools:
Junior A Hurling Semi-Final, Causeway Comprehensive School 3-6 Roscrea Community College 1-6; Senior B Football, Gael Colaiste Tralee 3-12 McSweeney Community College (Knocknaheeny) 2-1; Senior B Football, Dungarvan Technical College 3-6 Kilmehil Vocational School 1-6; Junior B Hurling, Clonakilty Community College 1-6 Colaiste An Chraiobhin (Fermoy) 2-2; Junior B Football, Colaiste Mhuire (Askeaton) 2-11 Carrig-on-suir Vocational School 1-1, Colaiste an Dun Iascaigh (Cahir) 5-10 Abbeyfeale Vocational School 3-3.

HOCKEY
Co. Tipperary Inter Colleges Junior Hockey Blitz at Thurles:
"A" Final - Ursuline Convent, Thurles 1 (Fiona Connolly), Kilkenny College 0. "B" Final - Ursuline Convent, Thurles 2 (Finola Gallagher, Katie Connors), Rockwell College, Cashel 0.
"C" Final - Ursuline Convent, Thurles 1 (Annmarie Dixon), Loreto Secondary School, Clonmel 0 (AET).

RUGBY
SOUTH AFRICA team to play England at Twickenham on December 5: P Montgomery (Griqualand West); S Terblanche (Boland Cavaliers), A Snyman (Blue Bulls), C Stewart (Western Province), P Rossouw (Western Province); H Honiball (Natal Sharks), J van der Westhuizen (Blue Bulls); R Kempson (Natal Sharks), J Dalton (Golden Lions), A Garvey (Natal Sharks), K Otto (Blue Bulls), M Andrews (Natal Sharks), J Erasmus (Free State), B Skinstad (Western Province), G Teichmann (Natal Sharks, capt).
Replacements: G du Toit (Griqualand West), F Smith (Blue Bulls), W Swanepoel (Free State), C Krige (Western Province), A Venter (Free State Cheetahs), O Le Roux (Natal Sharks), N Drotske (Free State).

ENGLAND: N Beal (Northampton), T Underwood (Newcastle), P de Glanville (Bath), J Guscott (Bath), D Luger (Harlequins), M Catt (Bath), M Dawson (Northampton), J Leonard (Harlequins), R Cockerill, D Garforth, M Johnson (all Leicester), T Rodber (Northampton), L Dallaglio (Wasps capt), R Hill (Saracens), N Back (Leicester).
Replacements: D Rees (Sale), A King (Wasps), A Healey (Leicester), M Corry (Leicester), D Grewcock (Saracens), G Rowntree (Leicester), P Greening (Sale).

SCOTLAND team to face Spain in Saturday's World Cup European qualifying zone Pool 3 match at Murrayfield:
G Townsend (Brive); C Murray (Edinburgh Reivers), J Mayer (Edinburgh Reivers), J Leslie (Glasgow Caledonians), K Logan (Wasps); D Hodge (Edinburgh Reivers), B Redpath (Edinburgh Reivers, capt); T Smith (Glasgow Caledonians), G Bulloch (Glasgow Caledonians), W Anderson (Glasgow Caledonians), S Murray (Bedford), D Weir (Newcastle Falcons), C Mather (Edinburgh Reivers), E Peters (Bath), M Leslie (Edinburgh Reivers).
Replacements: S Longstaff (Glasgow Caledonians), A Tait (Edinburgh Reivers), G Armstrong (Newcastle Falcons), B Pountney (North-ampton), S Grimes (Glasgow Caledonians), D Hilton (Bath), S Brotherstone (Edinburgh Reivers).
Spain won through to next year's World Cup thanks to a four-point win, 21-17, over Portugal at Murrayfield last night.
But it was Portugal who scored the only tries of the match, Thiery Teixeira crossing in the first half and then Rohan Hofman closing the game in the same fashion as he did last Saturday on the same ground against Scotland.
Portugal now go on to a play-off for a World Cup place with Uruguay.

SQUASH
World Men's Open Championship, Doha, Qatar.
3rd rd: P Johnson (England) bt D Harris (Eng) 8-15 15-10 15-10 15-17 15-5, S Casteleyn (Belgium) bt C Walker (Eng) 15-17 15-13 15-12 15-8, A Hill (Aus) bt M Berrett (Eng) 15-4 15-8 15-6, J White (Sco) bt S Parke (Eng) 8-15 15-11 13-15 15-5 15-11. P Nicol (Sco) bt B Hadrell (Aus) 15-13 15-5 12-15 15-12, A Barada (Egy) bt T Hands (Eng) 15-7 15-8 14-15 15-9, J Power (Can) bt G Ryding (Can) 15-4 15-4 15-11, A Gough (Wa) bt K Beechill (Eng) 15-12 15-9 15-11.

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