Joe Malloy

I couldn't even see them on the pitch as they didn't pop as predators.

Let's take a short break.

Back with some stories from the week.

So obviously, a big story from the week that was a week on from his 91st birthday, Ronnie Delaney passed away.

Iconic name in sport.

A gold medal winner at the Melbourne Olympics in 56 in the 1500 meters.

Ireland's only gold in the athletics and track.

John Tracy came next with silver in the marathon in 84.

But Delaney, you know, to this day sort of stands apart.

Wouldn't have seen a huge amount of him, it struck me, in the last 20, 30 years.

I mean, he did the occasional interview, I'm sure, but he wasn't like this kind of ever-present figure.

And yet his name was just that iconic that it always kind of was in the ether.

Only 21 when he won it.

So spent 70 years as gold medal icon in the country, which is quite something.

I saw Eamon Coughlin saying as well, he was a great mentor to a lot of athletes, that he really kind of rubber stamped the Villanova link with a lot of Irish athletes.

And Sonia Sullivan had a piece in the Times where she was saying when she won the senior cross country at 17, the phone rang in the house and it was Ronnie Delaney congratulating her.

So...

Seems to have been very involved in helping other athletes in Ireland here and there.

And Coughlin was saying as well, he ran the last lap in 53 seconds on a cinder track, which is a great time.

You know, really amazing athletes.