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.

They have just thrown in at Croke Park, where Dublin are taking on Monaghan.

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

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.

There's been a big shock in the FA Cup with League One Mansfield winning 2-1 at Premier League strugglers Burnley.

Southampton have beaten Leicester 2-1 after extra time to make the 5th round.

West Ham needed extra time to get past another League 1 side, Burton, 1-0.

Freddie Potts was sent off for the east Londoners.

Manchester City eased past League Two Salford 2-0 and Norwich were 3-1 winners over West Brom.

Aston Villa and Newcastle are playing in the evening game and lead through Tammy Abraham's goal.

Following that, Liverpool meet Brighton in the later kick-off.

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 is making a move on Moving Day at the Pebble Beach Pro Am.

The Irishman is 3 under through 7 holes so far today on the PGA Tour.

He's now in a tie for 15th and five shots off the lead

Rory McIlroy is 1 over par for the day after a costly triple bogey on 4.

He's back on 9 under par.

Sam Burns is now the man to catch on 16 under par.