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Longer evenings, freshly cut grass, teenagers with cans of cider. Over here the telltale signs of summer are well known, but in France they’ve got their own sure-fire way of telling when l’ete has arrived. At almost exactly the same time every year, Clermont Auvergne usher in the season by losing the French Top 14 Final. The tradition began long ago, but it’s been at it’s strongest in recent years as they’ve been the beaten finalists for each of the last 3 years. All in all, it’s they’ve got a stunning 100% records in national finals – losing all ten of the deciders, but they’re not chokers says Mario Ledesma. “That cracks me up,” he scoffed with little other proof to back up his claims. Could they get Auver’ the mental block by beating the defending champions from Perpignan ? 8pm ESPN

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Top 14 Final Betting – The Choke’s On You

Such is the exodus that Leinster are about to experience, they’ll be lucky to have a ball and Drico’s supply of hairspray come the end of the Magners League Final. A host of players and staff are bringing the curtain on their time with the province and chief among them is the man responsible for turning them from the Spice Boys of rugby to steely fart-lighters you can be proud of. Michael Cheika has changed the ethos of the team and that’s enough to guarantee him the fondest of farewells regardless of the result – not that he cares. “It is not about me. It is about the club, making the club better. It has always been about that,” he said in that tough Aussie way of his. It could be a winning goodbye because the Blues tend to farewell against the Ospreys . Sat. 6.30pm Set.

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Magners League Final Odds – Cheik-ing Out

Richard Cockerill has received a boost ahead of the Guinness Premiership Grand Final with the news that he won’t be banned from attending the match for going all Chuck Norris on an inanimate object. The Leicester coach got a little peeved during the semi-final win over Bath and took his frustrations out on the wall of the coaches’ box. With Saracens gaffer, Brendan Venter currently serving a ten week ban for taunting fans at match earlier in the season, some people – Saracens fans and/or idiots we’re guessing – believe that the actions of the two weren’t too dissimilar and wondered why the Tigers coach hasn’t been handed a similar punishment. Leicester were the better side over the course of the season, but is there a chance they’ll hit the wall for the big occasion? 5pm SS3

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Guinness Premiership Final – Making Out Like A Ban-dit

If you’re sitting down with your kids to watch the League One playoff final between Millwall and Swindon, you may want to keep the sound on mute until kick-off. Or at least be ready to play ear-muffs. After being caught by the Sky Sports sound man giving a motivational speech which contained more swear words than a Roy Chubby Brown routine and had the presenters apologising like Tiger Woods, Millwall skipper Paul Robinson is making no promises that he won’t unleash a similar tirade in the Wembley tunnel. “It got the lads going and we produced the performance we needed, so I’m not going to apologise for it…We can sense their nerves a bit and we like to make it intimidating just before we walk out. I won’t change for Wembley.” Can Robinson put a curse on Swindon? Sat 3pm Wembley

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Millwall v Swindon – No Lion Taming

Like that bit at the end of Bullseye when they used to show the poor schlups what they could have won and parade it out in front of them, before sending them home with their bus fare and a crappy plastic statue of Bully, Dundee United manager Billy Houston felt it necessary to thank Bohemians for not allowing Pet Fenlon to take over at the club at the start of the season. There you are Pat, here’s the SPL side you could have guided to third in the league and a place in the Europa League, not to mention the bigger pay packet. That’s not to say Bohemians are a crappy plastic statue of Bully but as they struggle to recapture their league winning form, he could probably have done without seeing what he could have won. Ah, what would he have done with a speedboat anyway? Sat 1pm Setanta

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Bohs v Shamrock Rovers – What You Could Have Dun’

French Open Enhanced Price Peer to beat Bartoli 12.15pm Eurosport Almagaro to beat Dolgopolov 1.30pm Belluci to beat Ljubicic 1.30pm 2/1 for the treble

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Tennis Power Play

Irish fans get our last opportunity to half-heartedly cheer for our team when they face World Cup bound Algeria in the RDS. Before a summer spent cursing Thierry Henry and pretending to hate England, whilst secretly following them. Damn you Henry!! This is what you’ve reduced us to. Now no one will be able to get away with stumbling in to work late, stinking of booze with some strange girl on their arm, by simply singing Olé-Olé-Olé and mumbling something about Jack Charlton. Trappatoni is rightly using these friendlies to prepare for the Euro 2012 qualifiers, which start in September, and he’s getting to know a little more about some of his fringe players. Useful stuff but beating Algeria 10-0 and uncovering our new Jonny Giles won’t make up for not being in South Africa. Fri 7.45pm SS1

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Ireland v Algeria – We’ll Be Al’ Right

Andy Murray v Marco Baghdatis 2.30pm, Eurosport French Open Matches Men’s Matches – Men’s Outright Ladies’ Matches – Ladies’ Outright

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Tennis – Murray v Baghdatis Betting

With the West Indies falling 2-0 behind to South Africa in the ODI series, it seems appropriate that the team’s management look at what can be done to improve cricket in the Caribbean. Appropriate and a decade too late. CEO of the West Indian Cricket Board, Dr. Ernest Hilaire gave a presentation on what he thinks needs to be done – and as we all know, giving a presentation is always a precursor to sweeping changes. Hilaire says he has consulted society’s intellectuals in an attempt to find solutions. “I have listened to many past players, taxi drivers, immigration officers and hotel bar men to name a few,” he explained, apparently recalling the day he went to a cricket match and then caught a flight later. Could they possibly Windie 3rd ODI ? Fri. 2.30pm SS4

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Cricket Betting – You’re Hilaire-ous

Essendon v Western Bulldogs AFL, 10.40am ESPN

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Aussie Rules – Aussie Rules Betting