Saturday sport: Ireland crowned Six Nations champions; Monaghan face Tyrone in Omagh

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Saturday Sport: Ireland Crowned Six Nations Champions; Monaghan Face Tyrone In Omagh
Ireland beat Scotland 17-13 in the penultimate fixture of this year's tournament. Photo: Inpho
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Updated: 7.40pm

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

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Rugby

Ireland have been crowned back-to-back Six Nations champions after beating Scotland 17-13 at the Aviva.

Tries from Dan Sheehan and Andrew Porter aid Andy Farrell's side to the win, while Huw Jones took Scotland's only try of the game.

Earlier, Italy got a 24-21 win away to Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.

The final game of the tournament between England and France kicks off at 8pm.

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Soccer

In the SSE Airtricity Women's Premier Division, Bohemians suffered a 1-0 loss at home to Athlone Town.

Elsewhere, Shamrock Rovers and Wexford played out a 1-1 draw, Cork City took a big 5-0 win over Galway,

At 5pm, Cork City travel to Galway. At the same time, Treaty United beat DLR Waves 2-0, Peamount lost 2-0 in their Dublin derby against Shelbourne.

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There's one game in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division this evening.

Sligo Rovers play host to Drogheda from 7.45pm.

The game between Longford Town and Treaty United has been called off due to the weather.

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Burnley took a 2-1 win over Brentford in the Premier League this afternoon.

Elsewhere, Nottingham Forest drew 1-1 with Luton and Fulham put three past Tottenham to no reply.

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Haji Wright was the hero for Coventry as they booked their spot in the semi-finals of the FA Cup this afternoon.

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The Sky Blues scored twice in the final six minutes to defeat Wolves 3-2 at Molineux.

In the 5.30pm game, defending champions Manchester City beat Newcastle 2-0 at the Etihad.

GAA

Monaghan's near decade-long spell in Division 1 of the Allianz Football League could end this evening as they take on Tyrone in Omagh, where they're level on 1-0 to 0-3 with 10 minutes gone.

Meanwhile, Dublin edged closer to the Division 1 final with a 0-22 to 0-14 win over Galway at Salthill.

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Armagh have secured passage to Division 1 with a 2-21 to 0-12 win over Cavan.

Meanwhile, Donegal added to Kildare's woes, beating the Lilywhites 0-17 to 1-8.

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Limerick have kept up their unbeaten run in Division 1B of the Allianz Hurling League.

Despite going down to 14 men, John Kiely's charges battled back to register a draw against Galway at Pearse Stadium.

The result means the reigning All-Ireland champions are through to the semi-finals.

Tipperary took a 2-21 to 0-12 win away to Antrim to secure a knock-out spot, while Dublin got a 2-22 to 0-15 against Westmeath.

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In Division 1 of the Lidl Women's Football League, Dublin got a 2-11 to 0-6 win over relegation candidates Cork.

Golf

Rory McIlroy is best of the Irish ahead of the third round of the Players Championship on the PGA Tour.

He lies on 6 under par and gets his Saturday underway at 5.05pm.

Shane Lowry and Seamus Power both tee off this hour from 3 under par.

Wyndham Clark is the man to catch on 14 under par.

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