THE SPORTING SPIRIT

Sir, - Having watched the cheating by Neil Back in the Heineken Cup Final, and having listened afterwards to the crass arrogance…

Sir, - Having watched the cheating by Neil Back in the Heineken Cup Final, and having listened afterwards to the crass arrogance of Dean Richards, I am heartened in the hope that perhaps now the English will stop bleating about Diego Maradona's "hand of God", supplied as they are with their own sporting cheats. - Yours, etc.,

Dr TONY MARGIOTTA,

Ratoath,

Co Meath.