Friday Morning: O'Gara's Backing Athy’s Joey Carbery To Put His Six Nations Disappointment Behind Him

Friday, 20 January 2023 08:49

By Caoimhe Harney

Manchester City came from 2-0 down to beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 in the Premier League at the Etihad Stadium last night.

RUGBY

Former Munster and Ireland out half Ronan O'Gara is backing Athy’s Joey Carbery to put his Six Nations disappointment behind him.

The Munster number 10 was omitted from Andy Farrell's Ireland squad yesterday.

Farrell instead selected Johnny Sexton, Ross Byrne and Jack Crowley as his three out-halves.

Speaking to 'OTB AM', La Rochelle coach O'Gara feels playing with freedom may help Carbery.

SOCCER

Manchester City came from 2-0 down to beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 in the Premier League at the Etihad Stadium last night.

Riyad Mahrez scored twice and Erling Haaland netted his 22nd league goal of the season as City cut Arsenal's lead at the top of the table to 5 points.

The Gunners are set to complete the signing of Leandro Trossard from Brighton today.

GOLF

Seamus Power resumes his second round at the Abu Dhabi Championship from 6 under par this morning.

He's 3 shots behind leader Francesco Molinari, with Shane Lowry to begin his round from 5 under.

Padraig Harrington is out on the course at the moment and he's 2 under.

Leona Maguire is 1 under following her opening round at the LPGA Tournament of Champions in Florida, 4 shots off the pace.

TENNIS

Women's top seed Iga Swiatek is into the last 16 of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

She was a facile 6-love, 6-1 winner over Cristina Bucsa.

Coco Gauff and Stefanos Tsitsipas also won their matches in straight sets today.

GAELIC GAMES

There are two provincial football finals this evening.

Mayo and Roscommon clash in the Connacht FBD League decider at the Air Dome, with Cork and Limerick meeting in the McGrath Cup final in Mallow.

Both games throw in at 7.30.

HORSE RACING

There are 8 races on the all weather at Dundalk today, with the first of them off at 3.55.