Clongowes Wood College produced a devastating finish against Castleknock College at Donnybrook to reach their first Leinster Schools Senior Cup decider since 2014.

Clongowes Wood College will face Castleknock College in the Leinster Schools Senior Cup semi-final after they ran in eight tries to get the better of St Gerard’s, Bray at Donnybrook

Tralee CBS 2-10 Intermediate School Killorglin 1-10: It took a goal pretty much from nothing to drive them onto victory but Tralee CBS (The Green) were thankful for an improved second-half display in seeing off a spirited IS Killorglin challenge in Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney yesterday. 

TRALEE CBS (The Green) qualified for their first Corn Ui Mhuiri Semi-Final in five years with a three-point win over IS Killorglin.

Carbery Rangers 4-10 Ilen Rovers 1-4 (Cork SFC): An irate member of the Ilen Rovers management team stormed onto the field midway through the second period and began roaring at his players to “get in their face”.

Erin’s Own 2-12 Ballymartle 2-9

Cork SFC semi-final

Ballymartle 5-12 Blackrock 2-17

Ballymartle 3-16 Courcey Rovers 0-15

Sarsfields 0-25 Ballymartle 1-12

Portlaoise 2-08 Arles-Killeen 1-08

Ballymartle 5-17 Douglas 4-18 (aet)

Bishopstown 5-10 Carbery Rangers 0-14

Erin’s Own 0-16 Ballymartle 0-11

Newtownshandrum 2-27 Ballymartle 2-23 (after extra time)

Carbery Rangers 2-14 Newmarket 0-07

Ballymun Kickhams 0-11 Portlaoise 0-8

Portlaoise (Laois) 1-11 Emmet Óg Killoe (Longford) 2-05

Blackrock 0-18 Ballymartle 2-11

Ballymartle 1-16 Carrigaline 1-12

Round four of the Cork senior hurling championship at Pairc Ui Rinn on Saturday and also the unofficial Carrigdhoun divisional final as these two old foes went toe to toe in a typical tight derby battle.

Triplet sisters wrote themselves into the Ladies Gaelic Football history books in Birr last Saturday.

RED-HOT favourites Portlaoise had to wait until the second-half beforebeing able to impose their authority on a gallant Rathnew side in this quarter-final clash at O’Moore Park yesterday.

APPEARING in their first Leinster Club SFC tie since a 2007 drubbing at the hands of the same opponents, Louth champions St. Patrick’s provided much stiffer opposition this time and only a point in the last minute of extra-time from Portlaoise defender Conor Boyle spared the hosts’ blushes.

PORTLAOISE won a historic fifth Laois SFC title in a row yesterday with a clinical second-half display against Graiguecullen.

THAT Ballymartle were within two points of Cloyne at half-time in this Cork SHC round two game in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday owed much to the brilliance of keeper Declan McCarthy; that they were ahead at the end of the hour, owed just as much to the accuracy from placed balls of his namesake Darren McCarthy in midfield as it did to the corresponding inaccuracy of a succession of Cloyne free-takers.

BEN O’CONNOR has made major contributions to Newtown hurling over the years but his latest at Mallow on Saturday night in the county senior championship was massive.

PLAYING a far crisper brand of hurling, UCC outplayed CIT to win the Freshers Division 1 Hurling League final at CIT yesterday.

THE most famous victory in the history of the Kilmacud Crokes club?

CHAMPIONS Portlaoise withstood a spirited second half Moorefield rally to emerge victorious from a pulsating AIB Leinster club SFC tie at O’Moore Park yesterday.

Tyrone 6-24 Cavan 1-14

Portlaoise 1-9 Garrycastle 1-5

HE was once on the books of Glasgow Celtic, but, on this display, Paul Cahillane is sure to come to the attention of Laois boss, Seán Dempsey.

Portlaoise (Laois) 1-9 Clara (Offaly) 0-3

CLARA (Offaly) 1-5 PORTLAOISE (Laois) 0-7

CREDIT to Seneschalstown for fighting the good fight for 30 minutes.

Portlaoise (Laois) 3-12 Seneschalstown (Meath) 1-6

Portlaoise (Laois) 2-21 Mattock Rangers (Louth) 0-2

EXTRA TIME kings Dublin did it again on Saturday when needing another added 20 minutes before accounting for a resilient Kildare in the ESB Leinster MFC final replay at Dr Cullen Park.

Galway 5-29 Laois 0-17

IRELAND coach Andy Kelly insists his side will not go chasing points in their crunch World Cup clash with Samoa in Parramatta.

Ireland will have 10 Super League players in their team to take on Tonga in their World Cup opening pool C match against Tonga at Parramatta Stadium tomorrow.

Former Leeds stand-off Graham Holroyd’s debut for Ireland has been put on hold for at least nine days due to injury.

Portlaoise 2-14 Timahoe 1-7

DERRY 1-18 LAOIS 2-11

Laois manager Liam Kearns has been forced to make two changes to his side for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Derry (Breffni Park, throw-in 7pm), after key defender Darren Rooney and attacker Brian 'Beano' McDonald both failed to recover from injury in time for the game.