THE MASTERS AT Augusta.
A full set of Champions Cup and Challenge Cup rugby quarter-finals. El Classico in Spain.
The Grand National meeting at Aintree. Premier League action. Ireland’s first game in this season’s Women’s Six Nations.
It’s one of those action-packed weekends on the sporting front and here’s the schedule to get you through the next few days.
Friday
2pm: Live action from the Masters on Sky Sports Main Event with the focus on featured groups.
2pm: Live racing from the Aintree Festival on Virgin Media One with the feature Marsh Chase off at 3.25pm.
2.30pm: Stage 5 of the Tour of the Basque Country on Eurosport.
5.45pm: St Pat’s take on Derry City in the Premier Division on WATCHLOI.
7.30pm: Day Two coverage of the Masters continues live on Sky Sports Main Event.
7.45pm: Dundalk take on Bohemians in the Premier Division on WATCHLOI and Watford face Reading in the Championship on Sky Sports Football.
8pm: Rugby action on BT Sport 2 as Bath take on London Irish in the Challenge Cup quarter-final.
8pm: Fulham take on Wolves in the Premier League on BT Sport 1.
Saturday
12.30pm: Man City face Leeds United in the Premier League on BT Sport 1 while Millwall take on Swansea City in the Championship on Sky Sports Main Event.
12.30pm: Leicester play Newcastle on BT Sport 2 in the Challenge Cup quarter-final.
2pm: It’s Grand National day at Aintree, live coverage of the card begins on Virgin Media One with the big one off at 5.15pm.
2pm: Italy take on England in the Women’s Six Nations, catch the game on the RTÉ Player.
2.30pm: Bayern Munich v Union Berlin in the Bundesliga is on BT Sport ESPN.
2.30pm: Stage 6 of the Tour of the Basque Country on Eurosport.
3pm: La Rochelle face Sale Sharks in the Champions Cup quarter-final on BT Sport 2 and Channel 4.
3pm: Liverpool against Aston Villa in the Premier League is on Sky Sports Main Event while QPR take on Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship on Sky Sports Football. Celtic v Livingston in the Scottish Premiership is on Celtic TV.
4pm: Paris St-Germain play Strasbourg in Ligue 1 on BT Sport 3.
5pm: Live Women’s Six Nations action on RTÉ 2 as Ireland take on Wales in Cardiff.
5pm: AC Milan go up against Parma in Serie A on Premier Sports 1.
5.15pm: Full AFLW deferred coverage on TG4 as the 2021 Finals continue.
5.30pm: Leinster take on defending champions Exeter Chiefs in the Champions Cup quarter-final on BT Sport 2.
5.30pm: Crystal Palace v Chelsea in the Premier League on Sky Sports Main Event while Borussia Dortmund v VFB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on BT Sport ESPN.
6pm: Three games in the Premier Division – Finn Harps v Waterford, Longford Town v Drogheda Utd and Sligo Rovers v Shamrock Rovers – on WATCH LOI.
8pm: Coverage of the Masters third round is live on Sky Sports Main Event.
8pm: The day’s rugby action is rounded off in the Challenge Cup as Ulster face Northampton on BT Sport 2 and Montpellier play Benetton Treviso on BT Sport Extra.
8pm: El Classico is on Premier Sports 1, it’s Real Madrid against Barcelona in La Liga.
Sunday
11.30am: Inter Milan play Cagliari in Serie A on Premier Sports 1.
12pm: Burnley v Newcastle United in the Premier League is on Sky Sports Main Event.
12.15pm: TG4 have further AFLW deferred coverage from the 2021 Finals.
12.30pm: Bordeaux Begles take on Racing 92 in the Champions Cup quarter-final on BT Sport 2.
2pm: Live racing action from Leopardstown on TG4.
2pm: Serie A action with Juventus playing Genoa on Premier Sports 1.
2.05pm: West Ham take on Leicester City in the Premier League on Sky Sports Main Event.
3pm: Clermont Auvergne meet Toulouse on BT Sport 2 in the last of the weekend’s Champions Cup games.
4.30pm: Tottenham face Man United in the Premier League on Sky Sports Main Event.
6.30pm: Ireland play Belgium in a live women’s international soccer friendly on the RTÉ Player.
7pm: Sheffield v Arsenal is the last Premier League game of the weekend and that’s on BT Sport 1.
7pm: The final round of the Masters is live on Sky Sports Main Event.
7pm: Action from the European Rowing Championships in Italy is on RTÉ 2.
8pm: League leaders Atletico Madrid go up against Real Betis on La Liga TV.
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They have some neck.
@Patrick Breen: Could still go to the DRA after this and maybe even a court case, who knows?
@Patrick Breen: they’re dead right. Why not just replay the last free again, the idea they have to replay the whole game is a fair solution is madness.
@Paul Mallon: the fact that they blatantly cheated and think they should get away with it is madness.
@Paul Mallon: replay the last free, seriously. So we’ll just make up a new sport..
@Patrick Breen: the more I think about this I’ve changed my mind from it’s 100% a replay to it only warrants a fine! Realistically the chances of a goal with the last kick of the game is unlikely, especially when it’s a 45 with the packed defence fully set up. And it’s telling that the referee allowed the 45 to be taken before the substitutions had been complete properly – Kilmacud will argue that as the subs were not being managed correctly! Players off players on before 45 can take place – clearly ref was going to allow it be taken quickly which added to the panic & confusion. In my view KMc won this game and an extra man on for 24secs over 70+ mins had NO bearing on the outcome. If this was reversed I don’t general public wud be questioning if Glen won it
@BMJF: It’s not really about the likelihood of a goal. Nobody knows what effect the 16th player had, direct or indirect, even as a distraction to the player in possession. The real issue is what happens if there’s no real sanction. Teams will be making substitutions and making sure the player being replaced is at least very slow leaving the pitch. Now we see Glen have pulled out of the appeals process because a replay is unworkable.
@BMJF: especially when it’s an overpacked defence.
@Thomas O’ Donnell: don’t be silly. The GAA will simply learn to make substitutions like every other sporting organisation!! That’s what will happen. Play will pause before a free is taken etc and Players will have to come off before the replacements go on and ref won’t restart the game until they’re in position. It’s not rocket science. GAA should have accepted some responsibility, read their rules and issued a hefty fine the next morning and that would have been the end of it
I’d watch a live stream of that hearing
Hope they throw the book at them and just award the final to the other team.
@Reggie: haha, don’t know about that now Reg. Certainly interested to hear what their grounds for appeal will be though…..seems cut and dried to me that the rule was broken and one of the consequences have been invoked.
The tone of the anti Kilmacud comments is telling. An anti Dub vibe off them. I’m guessing that If this was reversed and Glen had 16 men for 24secs over a 70+ min game, defending a 2point lead with last play of the game, the general public wud be saying that on balance Glen should remain the winners, and that the extra man for 24 secs didn’t really impact the outcome! But because it’s a big Dub club everyone has knickers in a knot!!
If GAA had issued a fine quickly I think Glen would have accepted the result , as their manager did straight after the game
@BMJF: I would say the opposite, the Ulster team (as always) are being portrayed as the bad guys here… maybe I’m wrong
Kilmacud won fair and square on the field of play. Glen will be looked upon as sore losers. There’s no way Kilmacud will replay the match. They are prepared to hand the cup over to Glen. If the Glen club wants to avoid the lasting legacy of poor losers they really should withdraw the objection and gear themselves up to trying to win the title next year on the field of play. That would give the club a lot of respect.
@Brendan Daniel Naughton: ‘fair and square’, hahahaha, are you well.
Great stuff