Saturday sport: Donegal beat Kerry, Leinster lose to Bordeaux Begles
It was heartbreak for Leinster in Bilbao on Saturday afternoon, as they suffered a fifth consecutive loss in a Champions Cup final.
They were defeated by Bordeaux Begles 41-19, who made it back-to-back wins in the competition.
The Blues trailed by four tries at the break, and weren't able to recover from the early onslaught from their French opponents despite a much improved second half.
Defending champions Kerry have suffered an opening day defeat to Donegal in the All Ireland Senior Football Championship.
The Kingdom will have another chance at remaining in the competition, facing another fellow losing side in Round 2B.
Last year's runners up defeated Kerry 2-20 to 16 points, with Ciaran Moore and Shea Malone grabbing the goals for Jim McGuinness's side.
Within the hour, Cork welcome Meath to Páirc Uí Rinn from 5:30pm.
Then, Kildare head west to take on Galway at Pearse Stadium from 7:30pm.
Meanwhile, Clare have beaten Dublin in the opening round of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship.
Goals from Kerrie Finnegan and Eimear Kehoe weren't enough to see the Dubs get past the Banner County.
That one finished 2-16 to 3-10.
Elsewhere, Kilkenny are taking on Limerick, where the Cats lead 3-17 to 1-11.
Celtic look to have added another title to their trophy cabinet.
Martin O'Neill's side lead Dunfermline 3-1 in the Scottish Cup final at Hampden Park.
Goals from Daizen Maeda, Arne Engels and Kelechi Iheanacho have them on course for a double, just a week after they won the Scottish Premiership.
It's goalless so far between Hull City and Middlesborough in this year's Championship play-off final.
Boro only learned of their place in this year's decider on Wednesday night, following the expulsion of Southampton for a breach


