Saturday Sport: Ireland get Six Nations underway against England, Liverpool lead Bournmouth

Ireland get their Six Nations campaign underway, while there is action in the football and hurling leagues.

Rugby

Ireland are looking to make it three Six Nations championships in a row, and become the first team to do so in the history of the competition.

Simon Easterby's side take on England at the Aviva Stadium from a 4:45pm.

Caelan Doris captains the side from number 8, whilst Sam Prendergast starts at out-half with Jack Crowley named on the bench.

Meanwhile Scotland lead Italy 19-6 heading for half time at Murrayfield.

Last night, France thrashed Wales 43-0 at the Stade de France.

GAA

The Limerick hurlers are back in action this evening, they take on Cork in Division 1A of the National League.

Throw-in is at 7:30 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

In Division 1 of the National Football League, Tyrone travel to take on Armagh for a 6 o'clock start.

Whilst Donegal icon Michael Murphy could make his return when Donegal host Dublin from 7:30pm in Ballybofey.

Soccer

Nottingham Forest recorded their biggest ever Premier League victory as they thrashed Brighton 7-nil.

Chris Wood scored a hat-trick, with strikes from Morgan Gibbs-White, Neco Williams, and Jota ((pron: jotter)) Silva adding to a Lewis Dunk own goal.

Boss Nuno Espirito Santo says it was the perfect way to bounce back after being hammered 5-0 at Bournemouth last week.

Elsewhere, Liverpool lead Bournmouth 1-0 at half time in their Premier League encounter.

Mo Salah opened the scoring from the penalty spot.

Everton have a 3-0 half time lead over Leicester City after opening the scoring inside 10 seconds at Goodison Park.

Southampton and Ipswich are level 1-1 and Jacob Murphy has given Newcastle a 1-0 lead over Fulham.

The day's evening kick-off sees Wolves host Aston Villa from 5-30.