Saturday sport: Ireland trail Italy at half time, loads of GAA action later
Eva Osborne
Rugby
Ireland trail Italy by 10 points to 5 at half time in round two of the Six Nations.
Jamie Osborne crossed over for the Irish try while Sam Prendergast missed the conversion.
Italy have come from behind to lead thanks to a Giacomo Nicotera try and a Paolo Garbisi 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 gets underway on Saturday afternoon.
Antrim and Tipperary square off in Division 1A from 2pm at Robert Emmets, Cushendan.
At the same time, All-Ireland champions Galway take on Kilkenny in Ballinasloe and, at Walsh Park, Waterford face Cork.
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.
Those games kick-off at 3pm.
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
Rory McIlroy is six shots off the lead at the midway point of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
The defending champion signed for a second-round 67 yesterday to sit on nine-under-par.
Speaking afterwards, McIlroy said he feels he will need to make the most of conditions today to be in contention.
Akshay Bhatia leads the way on 15-under heading into Day Three,
While Shane Lowry will tee off his third round from eight-under.
