Sarah Smyth with 2016 Fairyhouse Boylesports Irish Grand National winner Rogue Angel at today’s launch of the 2017 race at Everardsgrange, Fethard, Co Tipperary. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO
HomeSam Bennett held off the challenge of some top-class sprinters to take the biggest win of his career at Stage 3 of the iconic Paris-Nice race in France.Joe Schmidt is set to retain Garry Ringrose at outside centre in his Ireland team to face Wales on Friday night in the Six Nations.Johnny McPhillips will miss the rest of the U20 Six Nations after returning to Ulster for rehab on a groin injury which could keep him out for up to eight weeks.Blackrock College comprehensively saw off the challenge of Gonzaga College to book their place in the Leinster Schools Senior Cup final.Kieran Donaghy has been called up to the Irish senior men’s basketball team panel.The importance of the increased safety standards in Irish mixed martial arts was illustrated at an event in Dublin on Saturday.
A steward tackles a pitch invader at today’s Leinster Schools Senior Cup semi-final between Gonzaga College and Blackrock College in Donnybrook. Source: Gary Carr/INPHO
AwayNewport Gwent Dragons have announced that Zane Kirchner will join them from Leinster at the end of the season.The Football Association has confirmed that Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic has accepted a three-match ban for his elbow on Tyrone Mings.Team Sky have admitted making a number of mistakes around the reception of a medical package for former Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins but expect to be found not guilty of breaking anti-doping rules.
The Best Thing We Shared
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Watch how Leinster secured yet another bonus-point win in the Guinness Pro12 by putting 45 points on the Scarlets.
Where We Were Today
Ryan Bailey was in Donnybrook for the Leinster Schools Senior Cup semi-final between Gonzaga College and Blackrock College, while Emma Duffy was at the Support Her Sport conference at Croke Park.
Natalya Coyle, Fiona Coghlan, Annalise Murphy and Mags D’Arcy were on board for the Support Her Sport conference. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO
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