Saturday sport: Ireland trail against South Africa, Liverpool lose to Forest
Kenneth Fox
Rugby
Ireland are looking to continue their good home record against world champions South Africa this evening.
They haven't lost to the visitors in Dublin since 2012.
Today's match completes the autumn schedule for Andy Farrell's side.
With around 20 minutes gone, it's Ireland 0 South Africa 5 - Damian Willemse with the first try of the game.
A hat-trick of tries from Tom Rogers couldn't stop Wales losing 52-26 to New Zealand.
While at 10-past-8, Joe Schmidt's reign as Australia head coach concludes with a test against France in Paris.
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While at 8:10pm, Joe Schmidt's reign as Australia's head coach concludes with a test against France in Paris
Soccer
Defending champions Liverpool have dropped into the bottom half of the Premier League after losing 3-nil to Nottingham Forest at Anfield.
Chelsea boosted their hopes of challenging leaders Arsenal by going second with a 2-nil win at Burnley.
Rob Edwards' first game in charge of bottom side Wolves ended in a 2-nil home defeat to Crystal Palace.
Brentford missed a late penalty as they lost 2-1 at Brighton, Fulham were 1-nil winners against Sunderland and Bournemouth came back from 2-nil down to draw 2-all with West Ham.
Manchester City will move within a point of the top by beating Newcastle this evening.
With 20 minutes gone at St James' Park, it's Newcastle 0 Man City 0.
In the Championship, Finn Azaz and Ryan Manning are both on the scoresheet for Southampton at Charlton.
The Saints currently have a 5-1 lead at The Valley.
GAA
Kilcoo are the first team into the Ulster club senior football final.
They had no issue booking their spot in the decider after beating Erne Gaels 4-12 to 1-10 at the Athletic Grounds.
The Down champions will face the winners of tomorrow's clash between Scotstown and Newbridge.
St Finbarr's of Cork are the Munster camogie champions.
They got the better of Waterford's De La Salle by 3-11 to 2-12 in today's final at Semple Stadium.
Golf
Seamus Power is bidding to close in on the top three on Day Three of the RSM Classic in Georgia later.
The Waterford golfer shot 66 yesterday to sit 10-under-par, six shots off the current leader, Andrew Novak.
He needs to at least be in contention by end of play on Sunday to secure his PGA tour card for next season.
Cricket
The Ireland men's cricketers require another 333 runs from their remaining four wickets to beat Bangladesh in their second test in Mirpur.
The tourists have 176 runs in their second innings at stumps on Day Four.
Play was briefly suspended yesterday, after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck capital city Dhaka.
Australia have taken a 1-0 lead in the Ashes - beating England by eight wickets in the first Test in Perth
Travis Head hit the second-fastest Ashes century from 69 balls to help his team to victory.
Australia chased down a target of 205 runs after England suffered a batting collapse to be all out for 164 in their second innings.
Racing
The Grade-One Morgiana Hurdle is the feature race in Saturday's action at Punchestown.
That goes to post at 2:10pm, with the eight-race card already underway.
