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Here's your essential TV guide for this weekend's live sport
Friday 8 May
4pm
Golf, Mizuho
Americas Open, LPGA Tour
Sky
Sports Mix
7pm
Tennis, ATP/WTA
1000 Rome
Sky
Sports Tennis
7.30pm
Galway v Roscommon, Connacht
minor football final
TG4
7.45pm
Ulster v Stormers, United
Rugby Championship
Premier
Sports 1
7.45pm
Glasgow Warriors v
Cardiff, United Rugby Championship
Premier
Sports 2
7.45pm
Gloucester v Sale
Sharks, Premiership Rugby
TNT Sports 1
7.45pm
LOI Premier Division –
Galway Utd v Shamrock Rovers; Shelbourne v Sligo Rovers;
Dundalk v Shelbourne; Drogheda Utd v Derry City.
LOI
TV
7.45pm
LOI First Division -
Cork City v UCD; Athlone Town v Treaty Utd; Bray
Wanderers v Cobh Ramblers; Finn Harps v Kerry; Wexford v
Longford Town.
LOI
TV
8pm
St Patrick’s Athletic
v Waterford, LOI Premier
Division
Virgin Media Two
8pm
Hull City v Millwall, Championship
play-off semi-final first leg
Sky
Sports Main Event
10.30pm
Golf, Truist
Championship, PGA Tour
Sky
Sports Main Event
*****
Saturday 9 May
4.15am
AFL, North
Melbourne v Sydney Swans
TNT
Sports 1
5.35am
Highlanders v
Waratahs, Super Rugby Pacific
Sky
Sports +
7.15am
AFL, GWS
Giants v Essendon
TNT
Sports 1
8.05am
Moana Pasifika v
Hurricanes, Super Rugby Pacific
Sky
Sports +
9.30am
Cycling, Giro
d’Italia – Stage 2
TNT
Sports 3
10am
GAA 2026 Highlights
TG4
10.10am
AFL, Gold
Coast Suns v St Kilda
TNT
Sports 10
10.35am
Brumbies v Western Force, Super
Rugby Pacific
Sky
Sports Mix
10.35am
AFL, Geelong
Cats v Collingwood
TNT
Sports 7
12.30pm
Liverpool v Chelsea, Premier
League
TNT
Sports 1
12.30pm
Middlesbrough v
Southampton, Championship play-off semi-final
first leg
Sky
Sports Main Event
12.45pm
Horse Racing, Lingfield,
Ascot and Haydock Park
ITV
1
12.45pm
Bulls v Zebre, United
Rugby Championship
Premier
Sports 2
2pm
Italy v England, Women’s
Six Nations
BBC
Two and Virgin Media Two
3pm
Sunderland v
Manchester United, Premier
League
Premier
Sports 1
3pm
Sharks v Benetton, United
Rugby Championship
Premier
Sports 2
3pm
Women’s All-Island Cup -
Cork City v Treaty Utd; Shamrock Rovers v Sligo Rovers;
Shelbourne v Bohemians (4pm); Peamount Utd v DLR Waves
(5pm); Wexford v Linfield (6pm)
LOI
TV
3pm
Stevenage v Stockport
County, League One play-off
semi-final first leg
Sky
Sports Main Event
3.05pm
Leicester Tigers v
Northampton, Premiership Rugby
TNT Sports 1 and ITV4
3.30pm
Kildare v Galway, Leinster
senior hurling championship
GAA+
4pm
Wexford v Dublin, Leinster
senior hurling championship
RTÉ
2
4.15pm
Scotland v France, Women’s
Six Nations
BBC
Two and
Virgin Media Two
5.30pm
Leinster v Lions, United
Rugby Championship
Premier
Sports 1
5.30pm
Manchester City v
Brentford, Premier League
Sky
Sports Main Event
5.30pm
Bristol Bears v
Saracens, Premiership Rugby
TNT Sports 1
5.30pm
Ospreys v Scarlets, United
Rugby Championship
Premier
Sports 2
6pm
Waterford v Cork, Munster
senior hurling championship
GAA+
6pm
Tennis, ATP/WTA
1000 Rome
Sky
Sports Tennis
6.30pm
Ireland v Wales, Women’s
Six Nations
RTÉ
2
7.45pm
Connacht v Munster, United
Rugby Championship
TG4
and Premier Sports 1
7.45pm
Dragons v Edinburgh, United
Rugby Championship
Premier
Sports 2
8pm
Motherwell v Hearts, Scottish
Premiership
Sky Sports Main Event
8pm
Bolton Wanderers v
Bradford City, League One
play-off semi-final first leg
Sky
Sports Football
9.30pm
Golf, Mizuho
Americas Open, LPGA Tour
Sky
Sports +
9.35pm
The Saturday Game
RTÉ
2
10.20pm
Match Of The Day
BBC
One
10.30pm
Golf, Truist
Championship, PGA Tour
Sky
Sports Main Event
*****
Sunday 10 May
2am
UFC Fight Night, Khamzat
Chimaev v Sean Stricklan
TNT
Sports 1
4.10am
AFL, Melbourne
v West Coast Eagles
TNT
Sports 2
6.15am
AFL, Richmond
v Adelaide Crows
TNT
Sports 3
10.30am
Cycling, Giro
d’Italia – Stage 3
TNT
Sports 3
12pm
Celtic v Rangers, Scottish
Premiership
Sky
Sports Main Event
12.15pm
Liverpool v Brighton, Women’s
FA Cup semi-final
Channel
4 and TNT Sports 1
1.45pm
Kerry v Cork, Munster
senior football final
RTÉ
2
2pm
Premier League; Burnley
v Aston Villa (Sky Sports +), Crystal Palace v Everton
(Sky Sports F1), Nottingham Forest v Newcastle Utd (Sky
Sports Main Event)
2pm
Laois v Wicklow, Tailteann
Cup
GAA
+
2pm
Women’s All-Island Cup -
Cliftonville v Athlone Town; Lisburn Rangers v Galway
Utd (3pm); Glentoran v Waterford (5pm).
LOI
TV
3pm
Newcastle v
Harlequins, Premiership Rugby
TNT Sports 5
3pm
Grimsby Town v Salford
City, League Two play-off
semi-final first leg
Sky
Sports Football
3.30pm
Exeter Chiefs v Bath, Premiership
Rugby
TNT Sports 2
3.30pm
Chelsea v Manchester
City, Women’s FA Cup semi-final
TNT
Sports 1
4.15pm
Roscommon v Galway, Connacht
senior football final
RTÉ
2
4.30pm
West Ham v Arsenal, Premier
League
Sky
Sports Main Event
5pm
Golf, Mizuho
Americas Open, LPGA Tour
Sky
Sports +
6pm
Tennis, ATP/WTA
1000 Rome
Sky
Sports Tennis
6pm
Chesterfield v Notts
County, League Two play-off semi-final first
leg
Sky
Sports Football
7pm
Golf, Truist
Championship, PGA Tour
Sky
Sports Main Event
7.45pm
AC Milan v Atalanta, Serie
A
TNT
Sports 1
8pm
Barcelona v Real
Madrid, La Liga
Premier
Sports 1
9.30pm
The Sunday Game
RTÉ
2
10.30pm
Bikes – North West 200
BBC
One
11pm
WNBA, Los
Angeles Sparks v Las Vegas Aces
Sky
Sports Mix
11.30pm
Match Of The Day
BBC
One
2am (Monday)
Boxing, Shane
Mosley Jr v Serhii Bohachuk
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Friday 15 May
1pm
Golf, PGA
Championship – second round
Sky
Sports Main Event
2pm
Horse Racing, Yorkshire Cup and Newbury
ITV1
7pm
Tipperary v Limerick, Munster
minor hurling final
TG4
app and player
7.45pm
Edinburgh v Connacht, United
Rugby Championship
TG4
and Premier Sports 2
7.45pm
Ulster v Glasgow
Warriors, United Rugby Championship
Premier
Sports 1
7.45pm
Northampton v Bristol Bears, Premiership
Rugby
TNT
Sports 1
7.45pm
LOI Premier Division; Bohemians
v Drogheda United, Waterford v Derry City, St Pat’s v
Shelbourne
LOI
TV
7.45pm
LOI First Division; Cobh
Ramblers v Athlone Town, Kerry v Wexford, Treaty United
v Finn Harps, UCD v Bray Wanderers
LOI
TV
8pm
Dundalk v Shamrock
Rovers, LOI Premier Division
Virgin
Media Two
8pm
Aston Villa v
Liverpool, Premier League
Sky
Sports Main Event
8pm
Notts County v Chesterfield, League Two
play-off semi-final second leg
Sky
Sports Football
10.30pm
Golf, PGA
Championship – second round
Sky
Sports Main Event
*****
Saturday 16 May
4.15am
AFL, Adelaide
Crows v North Melbourne
TNT
Sports 3
5.35am
Super Rugby Pacific, Fijian
Drua v Waratahs
Sky
Sports +
7.15am
AFL, Melbourne
v Hawthorn
TNT
Sports 3
8.05am
Super Rugby Pacific, Blues
v Hurricanes
Sky
Sports +
10am
GAA 2026 Highlights
TG4
10.35am
Super Rugby Pacific, Western
Force v Reds
Sky
Sports Mix
10.35am
AFL, Carlton
v Western Bulldogs
TNT
Sports 10
11am
Tennis, ATP/WTA
1000 Rome
Sky
Sports Tennis
12pm
Athletics, Diamond
League – Shaoxing, China
Virgin
Media Two and BBC Two
12pm
Cycling, Giro
d’Italia – Stage 8
TNT
Sports 3
12.30pm
Celtic v Hearts, Scottish
Premiership
Sky
Sports Main Event
12.45pm
Sharks v Zebre, United
Rugby Championship
Premier
Sports 2
1pm
Women’s Super League, West
Ham v Manchester City (Sky Sports Premier League),
Liverpool v Arsenal (Sky Sports Mix), Brighton v
Tottenham (Sky Sports App), Chelsea v Man Utd (Sky
Sports+), London City Lionesses v Aston Villa (Sky
Sports App)
1.15pm
Horse Racing, Newbury and
Newmarket
ITV1
1.30pm
Pau v Clermont
Auvergne, French Top 14 Rugby
Premier
Sports 1
3pm
Golf, PGA
Championship – third round
Sky
Sports Main Event
3pm
Chelsea v Manchester
City, FA Cup Final
BBC
One and TNT Sports 1
3pm
Bath v Newcastle, Premiership
Rugby
TNT
Sports 5
3pm
Bulls v Benetton, United
Rugby Championship
Premier
Sports 2
3pm
WNL Premier Division, Shamrock
Rovers v Bohemians, DLR Waves v Cork City, Waterford v
Sligo Rovers, Shelbourne v Galway Utd (4pm), Athlone
Town v Treaty United (6pm), Wexford v Peamount United
(6pm)
LOI
TV
4pm
Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs, Premiership
Rugby
TNT
Sports 2
4.30pm
Galway v Dublin, Leinster senior hurling
championship
GAA+
5.15pm
Leinster v Ospreys, United
Rugby Championship
TG4
and Premier Sports 1
5.15pm
Scarlets v Dragons, United
Rugby Championship
Premier
Sports 2
6pm
Down v Leitrim, Tailteann Cup
GAA+
6.30pm
Saracens v Gloucester, Premiership
Rugby
TNT
Sports 2
7pm
Tipperary v Clare, Munster
senior hurling championship
GAA+
7.30pm
LOI First Division, Longford
Town v Cork City
LOI
TV
7.45pm
Munster v Lions, United
Rugby Championship
Premier
Sports 1
7.45pm
LOI Premier Division, Sligo
Rovers v Galway Utd
LOI
TV
9.30pm
The Saturday Game
RTÉ
2
*****
Sunday 17 May
1am
UFC Fight Night, Arnold
Allen v Melquizael Costa
TNT
Sports 1
4.10am
AFL, Essendon
v Fremantle
TNT
Sports 2
5am
Cricket, Bangladesh
v Pakistan, Test Match
Premier
Sports 2
6.15am
AFL, St
Kilda v Richmond
TNT
Sports 1
9.15am
AFL, West
Coast Eagles v GWS Giants
TNT
Sports 1
11am
Cycling, Giro
d’Italia – Stage 9
TNT
Sports 3
11am
Tennis, ATP/WTA
1000 Rome
Sky
Sports Tennis
11.30am
Roma v Lazio, Serie
A
TNT
Sports 1
12.15pm
Wales v Italy, Women’s
Six Nations
BBC
Two
12.30pm
Manchester United v
Nottingham Forest, Premier
League
Sky
Sports Main Event
2pm
Dublin v Westmeath, Leinster
senior football final
RTÉ
2
2.15pm
Horse Racing, Naas
TG4
2.30pm
Ireland v Scotland, Women’s
Six Nations
Virgin
Media One
3pm
Limerick v Waterford, Munster
senior hurling championship
GAA+
3pm
Sale Sharks v
Leicester Tigers, Premiership
Rugby
TNT
Sports 1
3pm
Brentford v Crystal
Palace, Premier League
Premier
Sports 1 and Sky Sports Football
3pm
Premier League, Leeds
v Brighton (Sky Sports Main Event), Everton v Sunderland
(Sky Sports Premier League), Wolves v Fulham (Sky Sports
F1)
4pm
Golf, PGA
Championship – fourth round
Sky
Sports Golf
4.15pm
Armagh v Monaghan, Ulster senior
football final
RTÉ
2 and BBC NI
4.45pm
France v England, Women’s
Six Nations
BBC
One
5.30pm
Newcastle United v West Ham, Premier League
Sky
Sports Main Event
6.30pm
WNBA, Atlanta
Dream v Las Vegas Aces
Sky
Sports Action
8pm
Golf, PGA
Championship – fourth round
Sky
Sports Main Event
9.35pm
The Sunday Game
RTÉ
2
10.30pm
Match Of The Day
BBC
One
11pm
WNBA, Indiana
Fever v Seattle Storm
Sky
Sports Action
Flor Lynch
Tony Scanlon
Hurling Nation: Time for Munster's 'zugzwang' weekend
Updated / Friday, 15 May 2026 13:04
In chess, things reach a point where a player is reduced to hopelessness: no winning moves left. Zugzwang they call it.
The Munster Hurling Championship is reaching that point: hurling's zugzwang.
Tipperary face Clare in Semple Stadium, the last two All-Ireland champions meeting with the threat of a long winter hanging over the loser. Hurling Nation will take the gambit and lean with Tipp, cautiously.
If Tony Kelly, Shane O'Donnell and Peter Duggan all hit top speed the picture changes, but Clare's defence has looked vulnerable. Tipp have forwards, young and old, capable of running amok like foxes in a hen house.
Cian Lynch returns after seeing red against CorkOn Sunday at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick and Waterford face off. If it wasn't for bad luck, the Deise would have no luck at all. They have played well so far without a win and even worse for them Limerick have found their mojo and have the magicians Lynch and Gillane back in the fold.
Mojo plus magicians equals Treaty victory.
Things are intriguing in Leinster, not a sentence we say often and not entirely true, but Offaly and Kildare have given us a bit of spice.
Is fearr leath builín ná bheith gan arán!
Offaly's task against Wexford tomorrow will be made harder without Charlie Mitchell and we miss Charlie the best. Wexford have been patchy in this campaign; the Faithful's return to health has been almost as well flagged as the Yellowbellies' decline. Tomorrow could rubberstamp both.
Galway are eyeing for wins from four in LeinsterDublin travel to Salthill having so far done what would be expected of them. Galway have zest and a wider spread of scoring options. A home win.
Kilkenny and Kildare in Nowlan Park feels short on romance. Kildare were superb for a half against Galway the last week and it would be a shame to see them slip into McDonagh Cup hurling after adding so much to this Leinster Championship. The stripey ones won't lose sleep over that though.
Final point. If we needed more evidence of how the GAA continues to fail hurling with nobody minding the game in Croke Park, this weekend, again, proves it. The only live hurling this weekend is behind a GAA paywall.
Hurling Nation understands RTÉ requested the Tipp-Clare game. Incredibly though, the GAA chose subscription money over visibility. This is a policy of using hurling to promote profit instead of using profit to promote hurling. Convince us otherwise.
Former great John Mullane spoke this week about the lack of visibility for hurling in Waterford. He mentioned that Waterford have not played hurling in June or July since the Covid era. Kids need to see hurling to want to play the games.
A few years ago we were promoting the 'If She Can't See It, She Can't Be It' campaign. This weekend you must subscribe to it to see it. Soon, children in this country will receive 104 World Cup matches free-to-air. What they see is what they dream of becoming.
Has FIFA a better strategy and feel for growing a sport than the custodians of hurling do?
Dónal Óg Cusack was speaking on Morning Ireland.
Listen to the RTÉ GAA Podcast on the RTÉ Radio Player, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, and email us at sportp...@rte.ie
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Flor Lynch
Well, seeing as how Clare Under-20s beat tipp on sudden-death penalties AET on Wesnesday night, could they do a double over Tipp now?
Originally I fancied Tipp to win tomorrow. I guess I still do.
But having both munster SHC games this weekend on GAA+ is, quite frankly, nuts. TG for the radio, and, more to the point (or goal), local radio!
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