Live Sport on TV This Weekend in Ireland: Full Guide

Irish sports fans have a packed weekend of live action from Friday 18 to Sunday 20 September, with Premier League football, live Club GAA, rugby, AFL preliminary finals, the BMW PGA Championship, European boxing and NFL all on the schedule.

SportsNewsIRELAND has picked out the main events available to viewers in Ireland across Sky Sports, TG4, Virgin Media, TNT Sports, Premier Sports, Eurosport, RTÉ Player, RugbyPass TV, LOITV and Clubber.

The weekend begins early with the BMW PGA Championship on Sky Sports Golf before attention switches to Australia for the first AFL Preliminary Final, with Sydney Swans taking on Fremantle at 10:40am Irish time.

Saturday starts with another AFL blockbuster as Hawthorn face Brisbane Lions at 8:15am Irish time. Golf and boxing continue throughout the day before the football and rugby schedules take over.

There is also a massive programme of Club GAA available live on Clubber, with football and hurling championship action from around the country throughout Saturday.

Among the games featured are Maynooth v Sarsfields, Eadestown v Moorefield, Clogherinkoe v Naas, Kilcullen v St Mogue’s, Slane v Moylagh, Donaghmore/Ashbourne v Trim, St Patrick’s v Moynalvey, Castleblayney v Colt Shanahoe and a host of other county championship fixtures.

Sunday could be the busiest day of the weekend. The final round of the BMW PGA Championship begins the sporting programme, while another extensive Club GAA schedule runs alongside live inter-county and international sport.

For GAA supporters, Sunday brings another enormous selection of live club championship games.

The schedule includes Fr O’Neills v Douglas, Ballinhassig v Watergrasshill, Kanturk v Sarsfields, Imokilly v St Finbarr’s, An Rinn v Kilrossanty, Rathgormack v Abbeyside, Moyle Rovers v Aherlow, Cahir v Fethard, Clonmel Commercials v Moycarkey Borris, Templemore v St Patrick’s and several more fixtures.

There is very little downtime for sports fans. The two AFL Preliminary Finals provide early-morning action, while the BMW PGA Championship and European Elite Boxing Championships run across the weekend.

Saturday brings Premier League and Top 14 rugby alongside the huge Club GAA programme, before Sunday delivers Ireland women’s rugby, televised club championship action on TG4, Premier League football and an evening of NFL.

Keep up with the latest Irish and international sports news, fixtures and live TV information throughout the weekend on SportsNewsIRELAND.