Saturday sport: Ireland get winning start; McCarthy and O'Donovan take gold

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Saturday Sport: Ireland Get Winning Start; Mccarthy And O'donovan Take Gold
2023 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France 9/9/2023 Ireland vs Romania Ireland fans Ciaran Monaghan and Mark Sleibhin from Galway ahead of the game Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo
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Updated: 10pm

Here's the latest from the day's sporting action...

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Rugby World Cup

Ireland got their World Cup campaign off to a winning start with an 82-8 victory over Romania.

In his return to action, Johnny Sexton took two tries for Andy Farrell's side, with Peter O'Mahony putting in a Man of the Match performance.

In Pool A, Italy beat Namibia 52-8, while Australia beat Georgia 35-15.

In the day's late game, a 14-man England beat and Argentina 27-10 in their Pool D meeting.

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Golf

Rory McIlroy is two shots off the lead after his third round of the Irish Open at the K Club.

Five birdies on the back nine gave the former world number one a round of 66 today and leaves him on 11 under all round.

Germany's Hurly Long will take a one shot lead into the final day as he sits on 13 under par.

A level par 72 leaves Shane Lowry next best of the Irish on eight under par and in a tie for 13th.

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Mark Power is seven under par on his professional debut and Tom McKibben lies on four under after a 70 today.

A 71 for Conor Purcell left him on three under and Padraig Harrington is on two under par.

Rory McIlroy looks on from the 17th tee-box at the K Club on Friday. Photo: Ben Brady/Inpho

Stephanie Meadow has halted her slide down the leaderboard during the third round of the Queen City Championship on the LPGA Tour.

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A birdie on 10 has seen the Antrim native climb back up to two under par.

She's 11 shots off the lead of Chien Peiyun, who is 13 under par.

Tennis

Coco Gauff is looking to win her first ever Grand Slam singles title tonight.

The home favourite and sixth seed takes on the new world number-one Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open final.

Play at Flushing Meadows is due to get underway at 9pm Irish time.

Rowing

Ireland’s Brian Colsh, Andrew Sheehan, Ronan Byrne and Ronan Pazzaia after winning their race. Photo: Detlev Seyb/Inpho

It's been another day of Irish success at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.

Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan successfully retained their Lightweight Men's Double Sculls title, while Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney claimed bronze in the Men's Double Sculls.

Earlier, Steven McGowan and Katie O’Brien came fifth in the PR2 Mixed Double Sculls Final, and it was a fourth place finish for Aifric Keogh and Fiona Murtagh in the Women’s Pair final.

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