Ireland Under-20s were beaten by a late England try in last night's fifth to eighth place semi-final at the World Rugby Under-20 Championship. It was a cruel blow for an Ireland team that clawed their way back from 23-9 down to level the match with nine minutes to go and a man advantage. Ireland will now face New Zealand in a game which will decide the team that finishes seventh or eighth and will determine their seeding for next year's tournament.

In this week's pay for play pages, Ruaidhrí Croke asks, is social media denying fans the real news from sports teams? "There's no doubt that consumers now receive more insight into the sports world than ever before thanks to social media. However, the question is: when does more insight become less knowledge of what's actually going on?"

In his column this morning, Kevin McStay writes that Roscommon's success and the scenes from Salthill on Sunday showed the best side of the provincial championships. The man who up to the end of last year was Roscommon's manager, explains: "part of me would have loved to have been on the bus as the man leading that charge. But then you remember the eight months of unglamorous slog on the field, the constant stress of thinking and thinking about the team – I would fall asleep convinced I had to drop X and then wake up absolutely certain that X was the man to drive midfield." After the conclusion of this year's round robin provincial hurling matches in Leinster and Munster, the crowds for 2019 have exceeded those for last year. And the increase is driven by Munster.

Meanwhile, Tuesday's draw in Nyon will deal with two rounds of qualification in the Champions League and one of the Europa League, in which Cork City, Shamrock Rovers and St Patrick's Athletic are all due to compete. Dundalk and Cork are seeded in the first rounds of the respective competitions. Dundalk will earn at least €800,000 under structures that guarantee them at least one round in each competition. Read more here.