The Echo anagram sports quiz by Rudely Shine
1. Marry Slipknot – All-Ireland-winning Cork captain who’ll serve you a double
2. Ed drivels – nickname for a top English football club
3. Tardy mob – Quarterback set for a new team in 2020 (below)
4. Amazed drifts guilt – picturesque GAA venue
5. Adorn navy goo – rows with his brother- but hopefully there aren’t too many rows with his brother!
6. Flintier orchids – British Olympic gold medallist sprinter
7. Irrational condos – Winner of five Champions League medals
8. Airplane intact – home ground of a Leinster GAA county
9. Tidiest protons – American basketball team
10. Nausea grime – his goals were key in helping Cork City to win the 2017 League of Ireland
11. Noon mirage – Irishman who captained England to glory
12. Enjoy hash – Irish rugby star who earned 105 caps
13. Gas hoarder – winner of six All-Ireland senior football medals
14. Asthma tidal glut – League of Ireland stadium
15. Legal hove union – she’s walked away with a few victories
16. Igloos hurl – Fifa World Cup-winning goalkeeper and captain
17. Holds in iron – Reading-based English rugby club
18. Ghana robin – name shared by Kilkenny and Tipperary All-Ireland medallists
19. Notable curls – Australian rules football team which has had a number of Irish players
20. Law lad advice – one of a trio of brothers to play rugby for Ireland
21. Meaning opera – star of USA’s women’s World Cup win in 2019
22. Dressier owl – play-offs to determine champions of an American sport
23. Borrow belief – striker who had two spells with Liverpool
24. Sunny owl jean – Wales rugby captain
25. Lebanon war – Republic of Ireland international midfielder from Cork
26. Pariah gains – Cork city GAA club
27. A tideway lung – soccer team from Connacht
28. Vodka vino jock – winner of 17 men’s grand slam tennis titles
29. Egomania rule – female Irish professional golfer
30. Neon bronco – made the hurleys he played with, one half of a set of twins
31. Liable cell mop – battled Tony Ward for the Ireland out-half position
32. A grandma queried sons – famous New York sporting venue
33. Ogre trill – horse which Davy Russell rode to victory in last two Aintree Grand Nationals
34. Gilded urns – Wicklow venue which has hosted the Irish Open
35. I, you, a farmer – recently retired Cork goalkeeper
36. The kens penny – the new man in charge of his country
37. Sap broke kook – man who has won four golf majors since the start of 2017
38. Arab tyres – Cork GAA’s first sponsors
39. Fractured one – sporting even associated with the colour yellow
40. Iconic knots tutor – Leeside rugby club
ANSWERS
1. Larry Tompkins
2. Red Devils (Manchester United)
3. Tom Brady
4. Fitzgerald Stadium
5. Gary O’Donovan
6. Linford Christie
7. Cristiano Ronaldo
8. Páirc Tailteann (Meath)
9. Detroit Pistons
10. Seán Maguire
11. Eoin Morgan
12. John Hayes
13. Darragh Ó Sé
14. Tallaght Stadium
15. Olive Loughnane
16. Hugo Lloris
17. London Irish
18. Brian Hogan
19. Carlton Blues
20. David Wallace
21. Megan Rapinoe
22. World Series (baseball)
23. Robbie Fowler
24. Alun Wyn Jones
25. Alan Browne
26. Na Piarsaigh
27. Galway United
28. Novak Djokovic
29. Leona Maguire
30. Ben O’Connor
31. Ollie Campbell
32. Madison Square Garden
33. Tiger Roll
34. Druids Glen
35. Aoife Murray
36. Stephen Kenny
37. Brooks Koepka
38. Barry’s Tea
39. Tour de France
40. Cork Constitution.
