We’ll Leave It There So: Gold for Ireland in Rio and the rest of today’s sport

CJ Stander arrives at Musgrave Park for Munster’s Guinness Pro12 clash with Cardiff Blues. Source: INPHO/Billy Stickland

HomeIreland’s Jason Smyth won the gold medal — his fifth! — in the Men’s 100m T13 Final today at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.The youngest member of Ireland’s Paralympic team, 14-year-old Nicole Turner, defied her relative years to qualify for the S6 50m butterfly final.Corkman Conor Hourihane has been earning plenty of plaudits for his displays at Barnsley this season and this morning he was named Championship Player of the Month.There are two changes for Galway and one for Waterford for tomorrow’s All-Ireland U21 hurling final in Thurles.John O’Mahony will be part of the Leitrim footballers’ new management team, it has been confirmed.Joey Carbery is set to make his first away start at out-half as Leinster take on Glasgow Warriors in Scotstoun Stadium tomorrow.Tiernan O’Halloran and Kieran Marmion are back in the Connacht team for Saturday’s Pro12 fixture with Ospreys.Promising 19-year-old Rob Lyttle has been rewarded for his fine recent form and been handed a start ahead of Ulster’s trip to Benetton Treviso.

Frankie Dettori celebrates with Ardad after winning the Pepsi Max Flying Childers Stakes at Doncaster. Source: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire

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