Saturday sport: Connacht take on Saracens, Leinster face Sale

It is a busy day for the Irish provinces in Round 2 of the Investec Champions Cup.

Connacht are hoping to bounce back from last weekend's thrashing at the hands of Bordeaux.

Their game away to Saracens just kicked off and Connacht lead 7-5 after a try from Bundee Aki.

Jack Carty is making his 200th appearance for the Western province.

That's more like it! A sensational kick to touch from Jack, we get the shove in the maul, and Bundee is the man to touch down.

Jack adds two more and we take the lead.

SAR 5 - 7 CON | #SARvCON | #InvestecChampionsCup pic.twitter.com/h0r0dS8aDd

— Connacht Rugby (@connachtrugby) December 16, 2023

Ciaran Frawley starts at 10 for Leinster as they welcome Sale Sharks to a sold-out RDS at 5:30pm.

Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle will look to recover from last week’s defeat to Leinster - they are in Cape Town to play the Stormers.

Ulster look forward to the visit of Stuart Lancaster's Racing 92 to the Kingspan at 8pm.

Manchester City could move to within a point of Liverpool at the top of the Premier League this afternoon.

The champions face Crystal Palace in their last game before heading to the Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia.

Before last week's win at Luton, City had gone four matches without victory.

Manager Pep Guardiola says they can't let their performance level drop again

Newcastle begin the recovery from their European exit at home to Fulham.

Bournemouth could move into the top half of the table with a win over Luton.

Chelsea play Sheffield United.

And at 5:30pm, Sean Dyche returns to Turf Moor as Everton travel to Burnley.

O’Moore Park in Portlaoise hosts the first of this weekend’s All Ireland Club Hurling semi-finals.

Ballygunner will be looking to avoid back-to-back semi-final losses as they