Thursday Lunch Sport, with Joe Mallon Motors, Sallins Rd, Naas

Day 1 of the Masters; Leinster Name Champions Cup Team; Kildare Minor footballers beat Offaly;

Its Day 1 of the Masters.

88 players, including 18 from the LIV Tour

Five time winner Tiger Woods will also line up.

Four Irish players in the field: Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Seamus Power and amateur Matthew McClean.

Shane Lowry is out just after 2.35; Seamus Power begins in the following group.

McIlroy is in the penultimate three ball just before 7pm Irish time.

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In the Leinster Minor Football Championship, Group 1, last night,  Kildare beat Offaly by 3-15 to 2-11

At half time, Kildare led 2-8 to 1-5

6 points in that first half for Joey Cunningham to go with goals by Tadhg Donlon and Cian Keaveny.

14 man Offaly closed  the gap to 4 points after 47 minutes. but 5 minutes later Kildare’s 3rd goal from Jack McCabe pushed Kildare’s lead to 3-12 to 2-8.

Final score Kildare 3-15. Offaly 2-12.

𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 1 Laois   2-12 Longford  1-02

G𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 2 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩s

Dublin 1-15. Louth 1-10

Meath  2-10 Westmeath 0-10

𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 3 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩 Wexford  1-10 Carlow 1-07

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Caelan Doris has been named at openside flanker in place of the injured Josh van der Flier for Leinster's Heineken Champions Cup quarter final agains Leicester Tigers tomorrow night at 8pm in the Aviva.

Garry Ringrose returns at second centre with Eadestown’s Jimmy O'Brien moving to the wing in place of Jordan Larmour

The rest of the side remains unchanged

Hugo Keenan starts at full-back with James Lowe on the left wing.

Ringrose and Robbie Henshaw form the centre partnership, with Ross Byrne and Jamison Gibson-Park completing the back line.

Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan and Tadhg Furlong make up the front row .

James Ryan captains the team and is partnered in the second row by Ross Molony.

Doris is joined by Ryan Baird and Jack Conan.

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A busy weekend ahead for Kildare hurlers

Tomorrow in the Leinster minor championship, preliminary Quarter Final, Kildare play Meath in Hawkfield at 2pm

On Saturday, the senior hurlers begin the Joe McDonagh Cup away to Carlow at 3pm.

Kfm will have full commentary, in association with Hanlon Concrete, Robertstown.

It’s the first of 5 consecutive weekend games for Kildare.

Then on Monday, the U20 hurlers play Kerry in a Tier 2, Group 2, Round 2 game in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise at 2pm.

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Frank Lampard has accepted an offer to manage Chelsea until the end of the season.

He's returned for a second spell in charge after being sacked from the role in 2021 following 18 months in the job.

The former England international - who won every major domestic honour as a player with Chelsea - has been out of work since leaving fellow Premier League side Everton in January.

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Today’s racing is in Bellewstown from 1.20 and in Clonmel from 4pm.