Armagh conquered a storm as they battled to a deserved win over Kildare with just 14 men at the Athletic Grounds.

It wasn’t always pretty, and there were times when it seemed like it would be Ryan McMenamin who would be leaving St Conleth's Park with a first league win for his new team, but Daniel Flynn’s 58th-minute goal proved crucial as Jack O’Connor began life in Kildare with a win.

McEntee made his comments after Meath’s 4-16 to 1-15 O’Byrne Cup win over Laois, a game watched by county title winner Conor Nash, who is now established in the AFL with Hawthorn.

There was a trio of away wins in the O'Byrne Cup this afternoon, as Kildare, Laois and Offaly delivered victories, while neighbours Westmeath and Meath shared the spoils in Mullingar.

One week after the width of the goalpost saved Kildare from Leinster championship elimination at the hands of Longford in Tullamore, the two sides returned to Bord na Móna O’Connor Park and played out a game that couldn’t have been any more of a contrast.

Both sides kicked some wonderful points though remarkably, the second half of extra time yielded no score.

Ryan Lyons scored the only two points of the final 20 minutes to guide Fermanagh to their first victory of this league campaign against a woefully below-par Kildare side at Brewster Park on Saturday.

Kieran McGeeney had to settle for a draw on his first return to Kildare as an opposing manager after Jimmy Hyland earned the home team a share of the spoils with the last kick of the game.

Newbridge or nowhere? That’s how it’s shaping up again for Kildare only this time they’ll have nowhere left to turn in the championship if they don’t beat Galway in Newbridge next weekend.

Latrobe, the outsider, nosed himself in front with two furlongs remaining in Saturday’s Irish Derby classic at The Curragh. He beat the unrelenting Rostropovich by half a length in the premier Flat race.

Derry 2-14 Kildare 2-22

Kildare claimed their first win in 12 months, with a richly deserved eight-point qualifier win over Derry.

Kildare 0-18 Tyrone 1-16: Kildare manager Cian O’Neill hit out at referee Paddy Neilan for a series of “embarrassing” mistakes that may have cost his team a vital Allianz league point.

It is difficult to gauge what Presentation Brothers College Cork will have learned from this disturbingly one-sided Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup quarter-final at Musgrave Park yesterday.

PBC Cork 67 Ard Scoil Ris 7... It was all too easy for holders Presentation Brothers College Cork as they sauntered into the semi finals of the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup with a facile victory over Ard Scoil Ris at Musgrave Park today.

The Dubs will be a different story altogether in the decider.

Trepidation has turned to anticipation in the Westmeath camp.

Kildare 0-22 Clare 1-14: Despite losing out to Kildare in a high-octane shootout, Clare will still join their conquerors in Division 2 next year.

Sunday: Croke Park, 2pm Referee: D Coldrick TV: RTÉ Two Bet: Kerry 1/6, Kildare 9/2, Draw 12/1

Kildare 1-15 Offaly 1-13

Kildare great Dermot Earley has revealed his frustration with the decision of David Hyland and Darroch Mulhall to walk out on the panel midsummer.

Dublin senior star Cormac Costello has made a timely return to first team duty for this evening’s Eirgrid Leinster U21 final clash with Kildare.

Connacht semi-final: Roscommon v Sligo, Kiltoom, 7.30pm.

Cavan 0-14, Kildare 2-13

Eoghan Cormican looks at the upcoming games and gives his verdict.

Derry 2-17 Kildare 3-9

Kerry are likely to be without Kieran Donaghy until at least the start of the championship after manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice confirmed the Austin Stacks man will play no part in the remainder of the regular section of the Allianz Football League.

Dublin dismantled Kildare’s creaking defence on their way to a resounding NFL Division One victory at Croke Park.

Resilience, belief but most of all heart — 13-man UCC ticking all three boxes in defying their underdog status and securing a place in this evening’s Sigerson Cup decider.

UCC officials have indicated to the GAA’s Higher Education committee they will appeal Alan Cronin’s sending-off during yesterday’s Sigerson Cup semi-final.

CORK

Kildare 1-10 Meath 0-09

All fixtures are tomorrow unless stated

Kildare stars Daniel Flynn and Sean Hurley are to have trials with AFL clubs.

Kildare and Tyrone have both made significant changes at full-forward for their All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier encounter in Newbridge tomorrow night (throw-in 7pm).

Dublin 4-16 Kildare 1-9

It is 11 years since Kieran McGeeney and his Armagh team-mates inflicted a deep wound in the psyche of Dublin football by beating the Blues in a dramatic All-Ireland semi-final.

Former Kildare midfielder Dermot Earley has described Leinster semi-final opponents Dublin as ‘a machine’, capable of moving up and down the field in devastating ‘waves’ of attack.

Offaly 1-12 Kildare 0-19

Galway 2-10 Kildare 2-5

ALLIANZ FL DIVISION 1 SEMI-FINAL

A MAN arrested at Dublin Airport was being questioned last night in relation to the suspicious death of an elderly woman in a nursing home.

A SEASONED Garrycastle had the necessary know-how to chisel out a hard-earned victory over a youthful Athy at Newbridge yesterday, and book their place in the Leinster Club SFC final.

MICK FOLEY is backing many of his young Athy team-mates to break into the Kildare set-up inside the next 12 months.

Cork: A new firm of accountants and business advisers has been set up to work exclusively with solicitors.

A jury was has been sworn in for the trial of a Cork man accused of murdering his father in the Central Criminal Court today.

The teams have been named for Saturday's Leddin Finance Leinster Senior Cup final between Co. Carlow v De La Salle Palmerston in Donnybrook.

Carlow and DLSP will both be bidding to win their first Leinster Senior Cup at Donnybrook this evening (7pm).