Saturday Sport: Ireland open Six Nations with England test, Liverpool 2-0 up against Bournemouth

Rugby

The opening round of the Six Nations concludes this evening as Ireland and England renew their rivalry at the Aviva Stadium.

Twins Ben and Tom Curry start for the visitors while Finlay Bealham starts in the front row for the hosts.

The action got underway in Dublin from 4:45pm.

Meanwhile Scotland have beaten Italy 31-19 at Murrayfield to kick off their Six Nations.

Soccer

Nottingham Forest recorded their biggest ever Premier League victory as they thrashed Brighton 7-0.

Chris Wood scored a hat-trick, with strikes from Morgan Gibbs-White, Neco Williams, and Jota 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 2-0 in their Premier League encounter. Mo Salah opened the scoring from the penalty spot.

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

Southampton are 2-1 up against Ipswich and Newcastle United are 2-1 down to Fulham at St James Park.

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

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 7:30pm at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

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

Meanwhile Dublin and Donegal meet in Ballybofey for a 7:30pm throw in.

Golf

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry will be to break into the top ten during round three of the Pebble Beach Pro Am on the PGA Tour this afternoon.

The Irishmen are tied for 13th place on 8 under par and are six shots off the lead in California.

Rory will be back out for his Saturday at 6:20pm Irish time while Lowry is out around 10 minutes later.

Seamus Power is also in the field and he tees off from 4 under just before 5pm.

Leona Maguire is just 4 shots off the lead ahead of the third round of the LPGA's Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions.

The Irishwoman is in a tie for third on 6 under par after yesterday's round of 68.

She tees off her third round just after 20 past 4 this afternoon while Kim A-Lim is the woman to catch at the top on 10 under par.

Racing

Galopin Des Champ made history at the Dublin Racing Festival this afternoon.

The Willie Mullins mount recorded a third straight victory in the Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown.

There was also a Mullins winner in the opening Grade One of the day with favourite Final Demand taking the Nathaniel Lacy & Partners Solicitors Novice Hurdle.

The Carlow trainer recorded a hattrick of Grade One wins with Majborough winning the Goffs Irish Arkle Novice Chase

Elsewhere, Hello Neighbour won the Gannon's City Recovery & Recycling Services Juvenile Hurdle for Gavin Cromwell and Keith Donoghue.