IT’S ANOTHER JAM-PACKED weekend of sport to look forward to, with Ireland playing Japan in their first game of the Autumn Internationals, while there’s a huge Premier League showdown on Saturday with the Manchester derby.
There’s also some big games in club GAA from Dublin, Kilkenny and Donegal, then Premier Division action in the SSE Airtricity League along with racing, Formula One and golf.
Here’s what’s in store.
Friday
7pm: PGA Tour golf action with Day 2 of WWT Championship from Mexico on Sky Sports Golf.
7.45pm: Live Premier Division action from Richmond Park on RTÉ 2, St Patrick’s Athletic play Sligo Rovers.
7.45pm: BT Sport 1 have Gallagher Premiership rugby action as Leicester face Bath.
8pm: It’s La Rochelle against Bordeaux Begles in the French Top 14 on Premier Sports 2.
8pm: Southampton face Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sky Sports Main Event.
9.30pm: Action from the Breeders’ Cup begins on ITV4.
Saturday
12pm: BT Sport 2 have live coverage from the qualifying of the MotoGP Grand Prix of Algarve.
12.30pm: Big derby action in the Premier League, Man United play Man City on Sky Sports Main Event.
1pm: Ireland meet Japan in the Autumn International Series at the Aviva Stadium, it’s live on RTÉ 2. Italy meet New Zealand on Amazon Prime at the same time.
1pm: Racing coverage on TG4 is live from Naas. On ITV4 the racing action comes from Wincanton, Doncaster and Aintree.
1.45pm: Toulouse v Perpignan in the French Top 14 is on Premier Sports 2.
3pm: Chelsea against Burnley in the Premier League is live on Premier Sports 1.
3.15pm: It’s England against Tonga in the Autumn Internationals on Amazon Prime.
4pm: Brive meet Racing 92 in the French Top 14 on Premier Sports 2.
5pm: Dublin senior football semi-final coverage is live on RTÉ 2, St Judes playing Lucan Sarsfields in the first game at 5.15pm, before Kilmacud Crokes play Ballyboden St-Enda’s at 7pm in the second match.
5.30pm: Wales against South Africa in the Autumn Internationals is live on Amazon Prime.
5.30pm: Brighton play Newcastle United in the Premier League on BT Sport 1. Blackpool v QPR in the Championship is on Sky Sports Main Event, while RB Leipzig take on Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on Sky SportS mIX.
6pm: The third round of the WWT Championship on the PGA Tour is live on Sky Sports Golf.
7pm: Live qualifying from the Mexico City Grand Prix is on Sky Sports F1.
7.15pm: Live WNL coverage on TG4 as DLR Waves play Peamount United.
8pm: France play Argentina in the Autumn Internationals on Amazon Prime.
8pm: Real Madrid face Rayo Vallecano in La Liga on Premier Sports 2, while it’s Bordeaux against Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 on BT Sport 2.
Sunday
12am: Ian Garry will be making his UFC debut in the UFC 268 card, the prelim card action starts on BT Sport 1.
12pm: Dundee play Celtic in the Scottish Premiership on Sky Sports Main Event, while, it’s Marseille against FC Metz in Ligue 1 on BT Sport 3.
12.15pm: Tottenham play Man United in the FA Women’s Super League on BBC Two.
12.30pm: The MotoGP Grand Prix of Algarve is live on BT Sport 2.
1.30pm: The Kilkenny senior hurling final is live on TG4, champions Ballyhale Shamrocks meet O’Loughlin Gaels.
2pm: Arsenal face Watford in the Premier League on Sky Sports Main Event.
2.15pm: Scotland play Australia in the Autumn Internationals on Amazon Prime, while it England Womens v New Zealand Womens on BBC Two.
3.15pm: Donegal senior football final action live on TG4 as Naomh Conaill play St Eunan’s.
3.15pm: It’s Atletico Madrid against Valencia in La Liga on Premier Sports 1.
4.30pm: Wasps face Harlequins in the Gallagher Premiership on BT Sport 1
4.30pm: West Ham face Liverpool in the Premier League on Sky Sports Main Event.
5pm: It’s the Cleveland Browns against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sky Sports NFL.
5pm: LOI TV action from the Premier Division, it’s Bohemians v Drogheda United and Dundalk v Longford Town, while UCD take on Treaty United and Galway United host Bray Wanderers in the play-off semi-final second legs. At the same time it’s Napoli v Verona in Serie A.
6.55pm: The Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix is live on Sky Sports Main Event.
7pm: The final round of the WWT Championship on the PGA Tour is live on Sky Sports Golf.
7.45pm: The Milan derby is on BT Sport 1, AC play Inter in Serie A on BT Sport 1.
8pm: Clermont play Toulon in the French Top 14 on Premier Sports 1.
9.30pm: The Green Bay Packers take on the Kansas City Chiefs in live NFL action on Sky Sports Main Event.
Bernard Jackman, Murray Kinsella, and Gavan Casey look ahead to Ireland-Japan with the help of Japanese rugby expert Rich Freeman, while the lads also assess ‘Tier Two’ rugby two years out from the World Cup:
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I really thought he was going to be our x factor going into the 2019 World Cup. He could create something out of nothing like Habana or Robinson would have done. When he apologised for dropping the ball over the line against Leinster, I thought, Don’t do that man never apologise for a mistake and he’s never been right since. Biggest shame in Irish rugby I reckon.
@James Murphy: ah look what he’s good at he’s the very best, it’s the weakness in his game he never fixed. There’s plenty of bigger shames in irish rugby Nevin Spence for one or on the pitch losing Dan leavy to injury was awful too.
He definitely has all the tools to be a world class winger but probably needs to work on certain aspects of his game to put him in the elite bracket.hopefully he can push on from here and challenge for the Irish jersey
@M.chase: He’s 28 and peaked in 2018. Despite exaggerated reports of a return to form, he is nowhere near his Grand Slam and November 2018 form. That wasn’t last season or the year before. He might have been World Class in 2018 but he isn’t now and never going to be again. Far too much time has passed. He might win the odd cap here and there but he’s absolutely done as a top level international winger.
@Andrew Martin Farrell: Go on Andrew ya bollix
@Shane: He’s right I’m afraid
@Shane: no wonder he gave up social media.
@Philip Casserly: if a lie is repeated often enough it gets taken for the truth. No way is Stockdale finished, one of the top try scorers in the league esp when Ulster haven’t been playing through their backs last 2 seasons. Has been very good this season. Some people just prefer to regurgitate a lie than actally watch the player.
@Kingshu: his biggest issue was always his defence. He seems to be caught between should he melt someone or stay out and cover the pass, really good players read this and punish him. Ball in hand he’s better than everyone else, he just needs to make decisions quicker and back the call.
Irelands attempt to move him to fullback and all the negative commentary that brought, really impacted him. Add in a few injuries and it stalled his career. Farrell remained interested in him with good reason. Hopefully with Murphy encouraging him to roam more. He will get back to the levels he reached previously abd beyond. His form in the last 18 months would suggest that is possible.
he had one good season. which makes me belief that was an exception and not the norm.
@Niall English: that’s absolute rubbish. One good season??? You haven’t a clue if you really think that