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Tuesday Morning: Sexton Available For Second New Zealand Test

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Passed his head injury assessment

RUGBY

Ireland captain Johnny Sexton is available to play in Saturday's second test against New Zealand in Dunedin.

The out half, who went off injured in the first half in Auckland - has passed a head injury assessment - and trained today.

Ireland assistant coach Mike Catt was asked where improvements need to be made from the first test:



GAELIC GAMES

The Kildare women's minor team to play Meath in Wednesday's Leinster A Championship final has been named.

Manager Darren Kendrick named the team last night:

1 Niamh Barnes   Celbridge
2 Niamh Hayes   Maynooth
3 Eimear Glancy   St Laurences
4 Aine Mernagh   Eadestown
5 Siofra Galvin   Sarsfields
6 Ruth Sargent   Eadestown
7 Olivia Monaghan   Kilcullen
8 Amy Larn   Castlemitchell
9 Mayah Doyle   Ballymore
10 Edwina Birchall   Kilcullen
11 Ellie Kendrick   Sarsfields
12 Sophie nGai   Kilcullen
13 Grace Murtagh   Milltown
14 Ava Cullen   Maynooth
15 Niamh Farrelly   Kill

The game throws-in at 7.30pm, in Kinnegad.

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Elsewhere, Pat Ryan is due to be confirmed as the next Cork senior hurling manager tonight.

The winner of back-to-back All Ireland titles as Cork under-20 boss has been put forward by the County Executive to succeed Kieran Kingston.

A three-year term has been proposed for the 1999 All Ireland-winner.

TENNIS

In the men's quarter-finals at Wimbledon today, top seed Novak Djokovic faces Italian, Jannik Sinner.

While Cam Norrie goes up against David Goffin.


Ons Jabeur is the highest seed left in the women's draw, and she faces Marie Bouzkova today.

And there's an all-German meeting of Tatjana Maria and Jule Niemeier.

SOCCER

Shamrock Rovers begin their Champions League odyssey without a handful of key players this evening.

Maltese champions Hibernians visit Tallaght for the first leg of their first qualifying round tie.

Kick-off is at 7.30pm.

CYCLING

After a day's travel, this year's Tour de France resumes on French soil today.

Wout van Aert goes into today's fourth stage with a seven-second lead in yellow.

The peloton face a 171-kilometre trek from Dunkerque to Calais.

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