John Kiely, for the leading role he played in delivering Limerick a first All-Ireland hurling title in 45 years, is the 2018 Munster GAA Manager of the Year.

Wexford 1-20

Pat Gilroy’s new-look Dublin ended a mixed weekend on a high note with a big win over Antrim to move confidently through to the last four of the Bord na Mona Walsh Cup.

New Dublin hurling coach Anthony Cunningham has raised the exciting possibility of sharing dual prodigy Con O’Callaghan with the county footballers for “part of a season”.

On Wednesday night I took out a pen and paper and wrote down an alternative Dublin team to the one that is selected for tomorrow in Tullamore.

Imagine for a moment what it feels like to be the Dublin hurling manager watching Cormac Costello sitting on the footballers’ bench. The sight of Ciarán Kilkenny ripping it up on a more regular basis can’t be much more palatable.

A thundering start to the second half in O’Moore Park sent Kilkenny on their way to a third straight Leinster final.

Waterford, as Johnny McCaffrey said yesterday, have been a breath of fresh air this year.

Jeff Reinebold features as an analyst on Sky’s NFL coverage. He is fond of a fickle character who inevitably helps the winning team from a vital juncture in the game. He calls him Mr Mo Mentum.

Dublin manager Ger Cunningham has confirmed that former Kerry star Darragh O’Connell is in contention for a Leinster SHC debut against Galway on Sunday week, May 31.

Dublin hurler Johnny McCaffrey believes this summer’s Leinster championship is the most open in recent history and insists the current squad assembled under Ger Cunningham is stronger than Anthony Daly’s 2013 provincial-winning side.

After Dublin’s quarter-final win against Limerick, I laughed to myself when I saw some of the lazy journalism splurged across many of the papers.

Players from two of the three teams both Kilkenny and Tipperary have beaten this summer expect the Cats to edge Sunday’s All-Ireland final.

Limerick hurling captain Donal O’Grady returns at centre-forward for Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final meeting with Kilkenny.

Tipperary 2-23 Dublin 0-16, Semple Stadium

Dublin captain Johnny McCaffrey said his team are relishing the prospect of going to Thurles to face Tipperary for an All-Ireland semi-final berth on Sunday week.

Kilkenny 0-24 Dublin 1-9

LEINSTER MHC FINAL:

I’m going to start today with the Leinster final, though it’s not the most important game of the weekend.

Wexford 1-14 Dublin 0-22

This weekend offers Wexford a chance to stake a claim at the top table of hurling with a win over reigning Leinster champions Dublin after years in the wilderness.

Dublin hurling captain Johnny McCaffrey is confident the reigning Leinster champions will not be hindered by an 11-week lay-off ahead of their provincial opener against Wexford on Saturday night.

Clare have named 12 of their All-Ireland winning team for tomorrow’s Division 1A league opener against Kilkenny in Ennis.

ALLIANZ HL DIVISION 1A:

Cork and Tipperary have named their teams ahead of Saturday's Allianz National League openers.

CLARE

I’m slightly annoyed with all this talk of a handy All-Ireland there now to be won — absolutely ridiculous.

‘Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it’, said the great 18th century Irish philosopher, Edmond Burke. His words have obviously been taken to heart by another Dubliner, hurler Johnny McCaffrey.

At 8:38 yesterday morning, the phone chimed in receipt of a text from an eloquent press colleague of Dublin persuasion.

Dublin manager Anthony Daly has unsurprisingly named an unchanged team for Sunday's Leinster SHC final against defending champions Galway at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

Dublin 0-17 Kilkenny 1-14

Brian Cody admitted Dublin outplayed his Kilkenny side in the second half of yesterday’s Leinster semi-final.

Dublin manager Anthony Daly has resisted the temptation to tinker with his team for Sunday's Leinster SHC semi-final against Kilkenny at O'Moore Park (throw-in 3.50pm).

Exuberant is a fair reflection of how Dublin manager Anthony Daly was feeling after their one-point win over Limerick on Saturday evening.

Dublin 1-16 Limerick 1-15

Dublin 1-20 Offaly 2-16

Dublin and Kildare took Bord na Móna Walsh and Kehoe Cup hurling honours respectively this afternoon.

Dublin 2-19 Galway 1-21

Ger Brennan says the GAA should be looking to apply the type of officiating that exists in hurling to Gaelic football and do away with the black card proposal.

Johnny McCaffrey is set to continue as the captain of the Dublin senior hurling team for 2013.

Johnny McCaffrey likes his anonymity.

Dublin 2-20 Galway 0-26 (after extra-time)

Peter Kelly and Paul Ryan have returned from injury to take their places in the Dublin team to face Galway in Sunday's Allianz Hurling League Division 1A relegation play-off.

Twelve months on from revealing he used a synthetic hurley, Ryan O’Dwyer is still playing with the Cúl Tec product and swears by it.

Cork left Croke Park with their second Allianz HL Division 1A victory yesterday, a win that looked unlikely in a game which Dublin dominated for long periods.