It was a first victory in Cardiff since 2002 for Scotland after a Guinness Six Nations thriller.

Title holders Ireland host Italy in round two after opening their Six Nations defence with an impressive win over France.

The All Ireland champions have welcomed the Northerners to Semple Stadium with Limerick leading 16 points to 1-7.

Ireland, England and Scotland made winning starts.

The England captain is now settled in a house with his family following his summer move to Bayern.

It was a busy day of Football and Hurling league action.

The Elephants scored in the last minute of both normal time and extra time in a match featuring three red cards.

The much-hyped encounter had originally been due to take place in Saudi Arabia later this month but was postponed this week.

Villa were 4-0 up inside half an hour.

The visitors led 27-0 shortly after half-time but eventually won by just a single point.

The £38million man had been missing since September.

Palace sacked their previous manager, Patrick Vieira, following a defeat in this fixture last season.

Italy had led at half-time.

The Ballymun Kickams forward won eight All-Ireland titles , which included the six in-a-row triumph, since making his debut for Dublin in 2012.

Croatian Filip Hrgovic is being linked up us a possible replacement this month after Fury suffered a “freak cut” in sparring.

Jarrad Branthwaite scored what could prove to be a vital equaliser.

Lewis Hamilton won six of his seven world titles at Mercedes but felt the time was right for a new challenge.

The towering 22-year-old was selected ahead of James Ryan and Iain Henderson in Marseille.

After an impressive showing in Salthill last week, Paul Towey parachutes into the Mayo attack for their Division One football clash with Dublin.

The reigning Grand Slam champions were a class above at Stade Velodrome.