Saturday sport: Leinster defeat Northampton in Champions Cup semi-final at Croke Park

Rugby

Leinster defeated Northampton 20-17 at Croke Park in the Champions Cup semi-final.

A hat-trick from James Lowe helped Leinster on their way as they survived a late comeback from Northampton to reach ther final on May 25th.

Soccer

Arsenal have beaten Bournemouth 3-0 in the Premier League's lunchtime game.

Goals from Leandro Trossard, Declan Rice and a Bukayo Saka penalty have given the Gunners the victory - as it stands, they have opened up a four-point lead at the top of the table.

Manchester City kept up the pressure on Arsenal with a 5-1 win over Wolves, with Erling Haaland scoring four goals.

Nottingham Forest got past Sheffield United 3-1 to move three points clear of the relegation zone.

Burnley's hopes of staying up are fading though after being thrashed 4-1 by Newcastle.

The London derby between Brentford and Fulham ended goalless.

Ipswich gained promotion to the Premier League after beating Huddersfield 2-nil.

That relegated their opponents from the Championship, while Birmingham also went down

GAA

The Munster Hurling Championship produced another classic this evening.

Tipperary and Waterford played out a 1-27 to 3-21 draw at Walsh Park.

Gearoid O'Connor's last gasp free was enough to rescue a point for the Premier.

Wexford got a big win over Galway in the Leinster Hurling Championship this evening.

Rory O'Connor's goal helped the Yellowbellies to a 1-28 to 23 point win over the Tribesmen.