Saturday sport: Ireland beat Italy in Six Nations fixture, loads of GAA action later

Eva Osborne

Rugby

Ireland has beaten Italy by 20 points to 13 in their Six Nations fixture.

Jamie Osborne, Jack Conan, and Robert Baloucoune have crossed over for the Irish tries while Jack Crowley has kicked a penalty.

Scotland and England do battle for the Calcutta Cup at Murrayfield from 4:40pm.

GAA

After a week's break, there is plenty of action in the Allianz Football Leagues on Saturday.

In Division 1, Kerry and Galway lock horns at Austin Stack Park in Tralee from 5pm.

It is a 7pm throw-in at Croke Park, where Dublin take on Monaghan.

Before that, local rivals Meath and Louth contest a Division 2 encounter at GAA HQ at 5pm.

Kildare welcome Derry to St Conleth's Park in Newbridge at 6:30pm.

At the same time, O'Moore Park hosts the meeting of Laois and Sligo in Division 3.

Down welcome Westmeath to Páirc Esler, and Waterford take on Wicklow at Fraher Field.

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

There is one game in the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division on Saturday evening.

Bohemians are the visitors to Sligo Rovers, with kick-off at the Showgrounds at 7:45pm.

In the FA Cup, Aston Villa will face Newscastle in the pick of Saturday afternoon's fourth-round ties.

That will get underway at Villa Park from 5:45pm.

West Ham came out victorious against Burton. That game had kicked off at 12:15pm, ending with a 1-0 scoreline.

League Two outfit Salford City make the short trip to the Etihad Stadium to face Manchester City, while Southampton and Leicester meet for the second time in a week, and Burnley welcome Mansfield Town to Turf Moor.

Man City lead Salford 1-0 at half-time, Southampton is winning 1-0 against Leicester City, and Burnley lead Mansifled Town 1-0 too.

Chelsea and Wrexham progressed to the fifth round, after wins last night.

Winter Olympics

Cormac Comerford is back on the slopes for Team Ireland at the Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina.

The Dublin skier completed his first run in the Giant Slalom earlier, in a time of 1-minute, 24.32 seconds.

He will go in his second run on Saturday.

Golf

Two Irish stars are just about in touching distance of the top of the leaderboard ahead of day 3 of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am.

Rory McIlroy is in a tie for 17th on 9 under par for this PGA Tour event with Shane Lowry a shot further back.

They will tee off their third rounds after 5pm this evening.

Akshay Bhatia and Ryo Hisatsune share the lead there on 15 under par.