Saturday sport: Drogheda United lead against Bray in relegation play-off

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Saturday Sport: Drogheda United Lead Against Bray In Relegation Play-Off
SSE Airtricity League Premier Division Promotion/Relegation Play-off Final, Tallaght Stadium, Dublin 16/11/2024 Drogheda United vs Bray Wanderers Drogheda's Frantz Pierrot is congratulated by team mates Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Ken Sutton
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Eva Osborne

Drogheda United are looking to maintain their SSE Airtricity League Premier Division status this afternoon.

The FAI Cup winners are taking on Bray Wanderers in a promotion-relegation play-off at Tallaght Stadium, where the action has reached half time.

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Drogheda lead that one 3-1 thanks to goals from James Bolger and two from Frantz Pierrot.

Conor Coventry will join the Republic of Ireland senior squad ahead of tomorrow's game against England.

The former under 21 captain comes in for the suspended Jason Knight who misses the game after picking up a yellow card in the win over Finland.

The Charlton man has been named in previous squads but has yet to be capped at senior level.

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Rugby

Ireland got back to winning ways in their November series on Friday night.

The Men in Green beat Argentina by 22 points to 19 in a scrappy Autumn International at the Aviva Stadium.

The November internationals continue on Saturday afternoon, with Scotland welcoming an up-and-coming Portugal side to Murrayfield for a 3:10pm start.

England will host World Champions South Africa at Twickenham from 5:40pm, followed by a mouthwatering clash in Paris at 8:10pm between France and New Zealand.

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Energia All-Ireland League

Saturday sees another busy afternoon in the Energia All-Ireland League.

Division 1A table-toppers Ballynahinch face UCD while defending champions Cork Con host St. Mary's.

Lansdowne will face Clontarf on the Aviva back pitch as Terenure College and Garryowen square off in Lakelands.

Young Munster will take on City of Armagh, with all of those games scheduled to kick off at 2:30pm.

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Gaelic games

Cork's Laura Hayes is the PWC GPA Camogie Senior Player of the Year for 2024.

The St. Catherine's player was one of eight Rebels named on the Camogie All-Star team at last night's Awards ceremony in Croke Park.

Beaten finalists Galway earned five places on this year's selection, while Tipperary and Dublin each picked up one All-Star.

Meanwhile, the Ulster Club Senior Football Championship continues on Saturday evening.

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Fermanagh champions Erne Gaels take on Scotstown of Monaghan for a place in the last four at Brewster Park from 5pm.

There is also an Ulster hurling semi-final in the evening, with Antrim's Ruairí Óg CLG Cushendall against Derry kingpins Slaughtneil from 7:15pm.

The Munster Camogie Senior Final replay sees Gailltir of Waterford take on Clare's Truagh-Clonlara in Thurles at 2pm.

At the same time, Beragh is the setting for the Ulster Camogie decider, where Swatragh square off against Loughgiel Shamrocks.

Boxing

Katie Taylor successfully defended her women's super-lightweight titles overnight.

The Bray boxer beat Amanda Serrano by unanimous decision in a controversial bout in Arlington, Texas.

The main event saw former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson lose by unanimous decision to YouTuber Jake Paul.

Golf

Rory McIlroy will take a share of the lead into the final round of golf's DP World Tour Championship on Sunday.

The World Number Three is on 12-under par along with Frenchman Antoine Rozner and Denmark's Rasmus Hojgaard.

England's Tyrrell Hatton is three shots off the pace on 9-under, with Shane Lowry, Matt Wallace, and Robert MacIntyre a further two strokes back.

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