Limerick secured their fifth consecutive victory of the season after a tougher than expected challenge from London at Rathkeale.

In a game that saw the sides level five times, Limerick came out on top with three of the last four points against a Clare side that had to wait until the second half for their first score from play.

Paul Geaney led the way as Dingle qualified for the Kerry SFC quarter-finals with a deserved victory over Kerins O’Rahilly’s in a closely-fought contest at Páirc an Ághasaigh on Saturday evening.

Down 3-12 Laois 1-15: Down’s ability to find the net helped them clinch promotion back to Division One while Laois maintained their league status despite defeat in Pairc Esler yesterday.

Limerick 1-25 Laois 1-19

Galway 0-10 Laois 2-10

Cork have made four changes to their side for Sunday’s final Allianz HL Division 1A game against Tipperary at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Meath 0-13, Laois 0-13:

Laois 2-17, Roscommon 0-16: Tomás Ó Flatharta felt that there was a good performance coming from Laois, and they certainly impressed when recording their first victory of this year’s league campaign.

Laois 2-17, Roscommon 0-16:

Cork 1-16 Limerick 3-20: Waterford Crystal Cup final: Sometimes the positives are too many to ignore, writes Eoghan Cormican

Limerick 0-22 UCC 1-17: Waterford Crystal Cup SHC semi-final: Limerick ensured an early season repeat of the last two Munster SHC finals in next weekend’s Waterford Crystal Cup decider with this two point semi-final win over UCC.

Limerick 2-15 Waterford 1-15

Laois 1-11 Dublin 1-12: Jim Gavin was fulsome in his praise for midfielder Emmet Ó Conghaile after he scored the winning point with the last kick of the game in Portarlington.

Laois 1-07 Maynooth 0-18: NUI Maynooth eased to a convincing eight-point win over Laois in Portarlington last night.

O’Byrne Cup

Cork 6-13 Limerick 2-18

Tipperary 3-17 Laois 4-9

Tipperary hurler Lar Corbett will make his first competitive start of the 2014 season in tomorrow evening’s do-or-die qualifier joust with Galway (throw-in 7pm).

Laois 1-19 Fermanagh 2-15

An embarrassing oversight has prevented Waterford hurler Brian O’Sullivan from appealing a two-match ban. The forward picked up the suspension retrospectively following Waterford’s Munster SHC quarter-final defeat by Cork last Sunday week.

Brian McIver last night closed the door on Eoin Bradley returning to the Derry squad for this summer’s championship.

Laois 1-16 Down 2-10

Armagh 2-18 Laois 1-12

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has rung wholesale changes for Sunday’s trip to Killarney to face Kerry.

Laois 1-20 Galway 0-8

Dublin football manager Jim Gavin believes that the Allianz Football League should not begin until April.

University of Limerick 1-13 Limerick IT 2-16

Limerick IT 1-14 GMIT 2-5

Westmeath manager Paul Bealin is optimistic his outfit will stay the course against All-Ireland champions Dublin on Sunday.

Cork IT 1-12 Limerick IT 0-10

Tipperary 3-20 Limerick IT 0-5

Laois 2-18 Offaly 1-15

Wexford 2-8 Laois 0-16

Clare 0-10 Laois 3-17

Laois 3-17 Clare 0-10

ALL-IRELAND SFC ROUND 1:

Waterford veteran Tony Browne is hopeful of playing his first county hurling of the year in Saturday’s All-Ireland SHC qualifier clash with Westmeath in Cusack Park (5pm).

Limerick 0-15 Tipperary 0-20

Louth 1-16 Laois 1-6, Portlaoise

Laois 0-14 Wexford 1-08

Former Antrim player James Loughrey is a new addition to the Cork bench for Sunday’s Division 1 clash with Mayo after completing a transfer to Mallow from St Brigid’s.

Longford 0-6 Laois 0-9, Pearse Park

Westmeath 1-10 Laois 1-8

Only a few months into his tenure as Kerry manager and Eamonn Fitzmaurice is ready to quit. No, not his new job, which he’s thoroughly enjoying, his playing career.

Offaly 1-11 Laois 1-8

WEST KERRY brushed past a disappointing Kerins O’Rahillys in this one-side Kerry SFC quarter-final at Austin Stack Park, Tralee on Saturday.

Galway 0-22 Limerick 2-14

WHEN the Galway U21 hurling team bus approaches Semple Stadium for this evening’s Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland semi-final against Limerick, it will awaken plenty of memories for David Burke.

IT TOOK more than 80 minutes of spellbinding action before Limerick grasped the provincial U21 hurling trophy for the sixth time after a sensational Bord Gáis Energy Munster decider before 8,536 supporters in the Gaelic Grounds last night.