DUBLIN 0-19 ... CARLOW 0-7: Dublin made a sticky start to their Leinster campaign in O’Moore Park even if their margin of victory over Carlow was convincing.

O’Byrne Cup

Ospreys 11 Munster 25

The Nire 3-13 Clashmore/Kinsalebeg 0-15

There was good news for Cork football boss Conor Counihan in Saturday’s Premier IC game at Donoughmore where Fiachra Lynch showed no ill effects of the injury which limited his involvement in the National League.

Carlow extinguished Waterford’s hopes of promotion at Fraher Field, Dungarvan on Saturday.

Carlow were clearly the better team, but were helped run up a decent score by error-prone Kilkenny in Freshford.

Carlow senior midfielder Darragh Foley turned in a man-of-the-match performance as they knocked Wicklow out of the Leinster U21FC for a second successive year under lights at Baltinglass last night.

WATERFORD secured local bragging rights, and a Croke Park date with Dublin, after defeating Kilkenny in this All-Ireland MHC quarter-final Walsh Park on Saturday evening.

A SCORING burst in the last seven minutes of the first half, in which the eventual winners scored 1-3 without reply, proved decisive as Wexford ran out worthy winners in the Leinster U21FC semi-final in Portlaoise last night.

Munster A 13 Llanelli 15

IT WAS billed as the game of the round between two former champions, but this Harty Cup first-round clash at Cahir yesterday never got off the ground, as Thurles CBS eased their way to victory.

PAUL O’CONNELL was yesterday renamed as Munster captain despite being ruled out of action for the first half of the season.

JEREMY Manning, a player whose season has been ravaged by injury, demonstrated his potential with two smashing tries in Munster’s British & Irish Cup semi-final victory at Thomond Park on Saturday.

HAVING defeated Ulster twice this season in the A Interprovincial Championship, Munster will be fancied to complete the hat-trick as they take on the Ravens in the semi-final of the inaugural British & Irish Cup at Thomond Park this afternoon.

PAUL O’CONNELL and Keith Earls remain major injury concerns for Munster ahead of the Heineken Cup semi-final clash with Biarritz in San Sebastian on May 2nd.

MUNSTER winger Ian Dowling is set to play his first match of the season when the A team takes on Ulster in Belfast tomorrow.

MUNSTER’S youngsters, with a little help from some seasoned campaigners, turned in an impressive performance and secured a deserved win over Leinster in this A clash in Waterford yesterday.

PRESENTATION Brothers College, Cork kept the form book intact when they advanced to the Avonmore Munster Schools Junior Cup semi-final at the CIT grounds in Cork yesterday.

A COUPLE of converted tries in the dying minutes enabled Cork Constitution to come from 19-11 behind with time running out to overtake UL Bohs in an exciting AIB League clash at Annacotty yesterday.

THERE’S a youthful look about the current UL Bohemian team, but there was also maturity in the way~ they won a deserved 14-6 opening day AIB League victory over Galwegians at rain-swept Annacotty on Saturday.

ALAN QUINLAN is back in the Munster squad for Saturday’s Magners League clash with Cardiff Blues at Musgrave Park (7.30pm).

TODAY’S Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup final (Dooradoyle, 3pm) between Castletroy College and Christian Brothers College (CBC) could well be billed the second David and Goliath clash of the tournament.

CBC CORK booked their place in the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup final with a hard-fought victory over gutsy Glenstal at Clanwilliam yesterday.

AFTER the shock exit of holders PBC, Christian Brothers College find themselves as hot favourites to add another Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup title to an impressive haul of trophies won over the decades.

WARM favourites Christian Brothers College Cork advanced to the semi-finals of the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup at a windswept and wet Mardyke yesterday, but only after they overcame a strenuous and brave challenge from battling Ard Scoil Rís.

CASTLETROY College enjoyed the biggest day in their seven-year history at Thomond Park yesterday when they defeated Presentation College Cork by 5-3 in the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup.

LEINSTER bid for the U-20 Interprovincial title at Dubarry Park, Athlone tomorrow (4pm) in a must-win game against an Ulster side who have won all three games so far.

Boherbue CS 4-9 Borris VS 1-8

THIRTEEN-MAN Drom-Broadford and St Senan’s booked their places in the Limerick SFC semi-finals with victories over Mungret and Fr Casey’s at the weekend.

St Senan’s 1-9 Athea 0-8

St. Brogan’s, Bandon 2-15 Coachford College 0-10

St Brogan’s 1-21 Coachford CC 2-9

Oulart-The-Ballagh 1-17 Rathnure 1-10

Drom-Broadford 2-10 Monaleen 1-6

Monaleen 2-8 Newcastle West 2-8

HOLDERS Drom-Broadford, beaten by Athea in the opening series of the Limerick SFC, resumed normal service with a 1-9 to 0-8 win over newcomers St. Senan’s on Saturday.

Athea 2-9 Drom-Broadford 1-8

Kerry 1-7

Rockwell 34 St Clement’s 6

Donegal 3-13,Cork 0-2

THERE is no change to the Limerick team which defeated Cork in the semi-final for tonight’s mouth-watering Munster Under-21 HC final against Tipperary in Thurles.

GRAHAM CANTY and Philip Clifford will both be fit for Cork’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final clash with Kerry in 18 days’ time, according to team medical officer Dr Con Murphy.