Tuesday Morning: Ireland Kick-Off Against Maori All Blacks In Penultimate Match Of New Zealand Tour

Kildare's Jimmy O'Brien, Cian Prendergast, Jeremy Loughman & Joey Carbery in the match-day 23

RUGBY

Ireland have kicked off the penultimate match of their tour of New Zealand.

Keith Earls captains an inexperienced team against the Maori All-Blacks as the tourists look to avenge their 32-17 defeat when the sides last met.

Eadestown's Jimmy O'Brien, Suncroft's Cian Prendergast & Athy's Jeremy Loughman are in the starting 15, with Athy's Joey Carbery on the bench.

Mack Hansen, Conor Murray, and Jack Conan are among the replacements who will be hoping to get game-time ahead of Saturday’s third Test against the All-Blacks.

After 27 minutes, it's Ireland 10 Maori All Blacks 5.

SOCCER

Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley says they’ll be taking a positive approach in the second leg of their Champions League first-round qualifier this evening.

The Hoops take a commanding 3-0 lead into the away leg of their tie with Hibernians of Malta.

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England are the first nation to progress to the quarter-finals of the Women's Euros.

They secured their place in the knock-out stages beating Norway 8-0 in Brighton.

Northern Ireland are out of the tournament after their 2-0 defeat to Austria.

This evening Denmark and Finland go for their first wins when they face each other in Milton Keynes.

That's followed by Germany against Spain in Brentford. Both can progress to the knock-out stages with a victory.

GAELIC GAMES

Andy McEntee says he was tempted back into inter-county football management by the ambition shown by Antrim’s County Board.

The former Meath boss has become the Saffrons’ new manager on a three-year term.

McEntee says he was impressed by the team’s facilities at Jordanstown and their plans to develop the team in the coming years.

HOCKEY

Ireland continue their bid for a top 10 finish at the Women’s Hockey World Cup this afternoon.

Sean Dancer’s side go up against China in the 9th to 12th place classification playoffs.

Tip-off in Amstelveen is at 1.30pm.

RACING

The going is good at Killarney this morning ahead of their seven-race card this evening, where the first goes to post at 5.30pm.

There’s also a seven-race meeting at Dundalk, which gets underway at 2.20pm.