Saturday sport: Ireland beat Italy in Six Nations fixture, Galway draw with Kerry in GAA
Eva Osborne
Rugby
Ireland survived a scare to beat Italy 20-13 in round two of the Six Nations.
They trailed 10-5 at half-time at the Aviva Stadium - and could have fallen further behind - but the Italians had a try ruled out for a forward pass.
Second half tries from Jack Conan and Robert Baloucoune gave Andy Farrell's side their first victory of the tournament.
Scotland has stunned England with a 31-20 victory in the Calcutta Cup.
The Scots bounced back from defeat to Italy and eased the pressure on head coach Gregor Townsend at Murrayfield.
GAA
The action is underway in this evening's National Football League games.
Galway came from behind to draw 2-17 to 3-14 with Kerry.
David Clifford scored 1-4 in the first half as the Kingdom led 2-10 to 1-3 at the break.
Shane McGrath with a crucial two-pointer late on in that match.
Dublin have their first win of the year.
Joe Quigley's late goal helped them on their way to a 1-18 to 0-17 win over Monaghan at Croke Park.
Elsewhere, Meath just edged out neighbours Louth by 1-20 to 22 points.
The National Camogie League is underway this afternoon.
Tipperary beat Antrim by 2-19 to 9 points in their Division 1A clash.
All-Ireland champions Galway have been beaten by Kilkenny by 2-11 to 1-13 in Ballinasloe,
And at Walsh Park, Waterford held on to beat Cork by 1-12 to 9 points.
Soccer
Bohemians lead Sligo Rovers in the only League of Ireland Men's Premier Division game of the night.
Dayle Rooney's early opener separates the sides at the Showgrounds.
Newcastle came back from a goal down to beat 10-man Aston Villa 3-1 and reach the FA Cup fifth round.
Goalkeeper Marco Bizot saw red after a trip right on the stroke of half time.
The Magpies will be joined in Monday's draw by League One Mansfield, who claimed a shock 2-1 win at Burnley.
West Ham needed extra time to get past Burton 1-nil, while Manchester City claimed a 2-0 victory over Salford.
Southampton beat Leicester 2-1 after extra time to make the 5th round.
Liverpool are taking on Brighton in the late tie this evening.
Curtis Jones scored just before the half time whistle to give the Reds a 1-0 advantage.
Chelsea and Wrexham progressed to the fifth round after wins last night.
Winter Olympics
Cormac Comerford finished 42nd in the Giant Slalom in his third race of the Olympic Games, posting a combined time of 2:41.75.
Racing in Bormio, the Dubliner contested the first of his technical events, recording a time of 1:24.32 on the opening run before clocking 1:17.43 on his second descent.
The race was won by Brazilian Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, whose outstanding first run gave him a commanding advantage.
He claimed gold in a winning time of 2:25.00, pushing a trio of Swiss skiers down the standings. Pre-race favourite Marco Odermatt secured silver, while teammate Loïc Meillard took bronze.
Golf
Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy are battling hard on day three of the Pebble Beach Pro Am.
Lowry is best of the Irish on 11 under par all round and in a tie for 20th.
He is currently 3 under thru 13 holes today.
A bogey for McIlroy on the 10th means he is level thru 12 today and 9 under for the week.
Akshay Bhatia is the man to catch on 21 under par.
