WHAM BAM THANK YOU TAM Ryan doubt for Sunday

TYKE THAT

Abraham salutes the goal that saw off Barnsley last night

BARNSLEY CHELSEA

BY MICHAEL SCULLY

JAMES RYAN is now rated doubtful for Ireland’s Six Nations clash with France on Sunday, with Rhys Ruddock on standby to play at Test level for the first time since the World Cup.

Ryan (inset) did not return after a HIA in last Sunday’s loss to Wales.

At the start of the week, Tadhg Beirne would have been the front-runner to replace Peter O’mahony in the back row but now he looks set to partner Iain Henderson in thesecond row, with the in-form Ruddock able to fill the no 6 or no 8 jersey, depending on where Farrell wants to play CJ Stander.

Quizword ACROSS

1 Exhibition centre opened in 1927; former home of the Glasgow Museum of Transport (6,4) 8 Adam —, England and Brighton and Hove Albion footballer (7)

9 and 14 Chelsea FC scorer in the 1971 European Cup Winners’ Cup Final and replay (5,6) 10 Mixture of smoke, fog and chemical fumes (4)

11 See 12 Across 12 and 11 2005 crime film featuring

Bruce Willis and Mickey Rourke (3,4)

14 See 9 Across

15 Historic county of Northern Ireland famous for the

Giant’s Causeway (6) 18 Flying mammal such as the Soprano pipistrelle (3)

20 The —, opera by

Dmitri Shostakovich first performed in full in 1930 (4) 21 Genus of deer that includes the chital (4)

23 US comedienne and actress born Marietta Sangai

Sirleaf in 1970 (5)

24 English name of Roman comic dramatist Publius Terentius Afer whose works include Andria and Eunuchus (7)

25 Jacques —, 1997 F1 World Drivers’ Championship winner (10)

DOWN

1 W K —, US food manufacturer associated with breakfast cereal cornflakes (7) 2 Hawaiian feast of food, drink and entertainment (4) 3 Style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right (6)

4 1929 opera by Elisabeth Hauptmann, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill (5,3)

5 Plant in Greek mythology whose fruit induced forgetfulness in those who ate it (5) 6 Town in Somerset; reputed burial place of King Arthur (11) 7 Highest title that can be awarded to a player by world chess organisation FIDE (11)

13 English county; administrative centre Truro (8)

16 1987 romcom starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah (7) 17 Frederick —, British choreographer of

1931 ballet Facade (6) 19 Member of a people of Rwanda and Burundi (5)

22 Official language of Pakistan also spoken in India (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

Killer Su-doku is based on the traditional grid and every column, every row and every 3x3 box must contain the digits 1 to 9. But the dotted squares must be filled with numbers that add up to that in the left corner.

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror