Conor Browne had seven possessions in the All-Ireland semi-final, a figure roundly accepted as being below-average for a midfielder.

David Gough will take charge of the All-Ireland Senior Football final between Dublin and Kerry.

Kerry’s bid for a sixth consecutive All-Ireland minor football title is over as Galway, with a strong final quarter effort, ended the Kingdom’s 34-game unbeaten run at this level.

When asked this evening whether he had any interest in the vacant senior job, Ring said his sole focus was on the Cork U20s and their All-Ireland final clash with Tipperary later this month.

All-Ireland champions Cork were the big winners at the Camogie All-Stars Awards, sponsored by Liberty Insurance, on Saturday night.

New Kerry football manager Peter Keane had full autonomy in selecting his backroom team, Kerry county board chairman Tim Murphy has insisted.

When Cork finally hit a rhythm and a groove in the second quarter yesterday, everybody around me was probably thinking the same as the entire hurling community. ‘Yeah, Cork have finally got it together now. They’ve weathered the storm. They’ll drive on. They’ll win this handy.’ And the Cork players certainly seemed to think the same.

The strength of Cork’s marriage with the Harty Cup has rarely, if ever, been called into question.

Further experimentation, further opportunity to impress.

I’ve said this numerous times already in relation to Limerick but they need to be patient now, writes Anthony Daly.

Limerick U21 hurling boss Pat Donnelly believes the county should be in a position to challenge for a senior All- Ireland by 2020.

Two second-half goals from Jack Canning delivered Galway an 11th All-Ireland minor title.

Sean O’Leary Hayes didn’t watch last year’s All-Ireland minor hurling final. He couldn’t.

Anthony Daly has confirmed that he is stepping down from his Director of coaching role at the Limerick underage hurling academy.

An exhibition of free-taking from Brian Turnbull ended Cork’s 10-year wait for an All-Ireland minor final appearance, writes Eoghan Cormican.

With Kilkenny not exactly lighting up Cusack Park on Wednesday evening, it was left to Limerick to fire the first warning signal in the race for All-Ireland U21 glory.

Everything now is measured and governed by numbers and statistics, writes Anthony Daly. 

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

They’ll enter Thurles on Saturday as unbackable favourites because of what Austin Gleeson did to Kilkenny in last month’s drawn All-Ireland semi-final, because of what he did in the replay six days later, because of Conor Gleeson’s assuredness when thrown in for his second afternoon of championship fare in the All-Ireland quarter-final win over Wexford and because Patrick Curran and Shane Bennett, between them, clipped 3-73 in the national league.

Camogie’s National League celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and it is fitting that the inaugural victors, Tipperary, are back in contention again after a lengthy spell in the doldrums.

St Brendan’s, Killarney 5-21 High School Clonmel 0-7

GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghail says The Sunday Game has become “predictable” and “tiresome” in its negativity.

Tipperary 2-17 Dublin 1-15: When eventually the Dublin dam gave way, Liam Cahill’s young charges flooded through to devastating effect – seven-points in the final 12 minutes comfortably progressing Tipperary to the All-Ireland minor final.

My day got off to a bad start. The Limerick minors were beaten by Galway. It was disappointing but we could have no real complaints.

Four players have walked out of the Tyrone squad in frustration at a lack of game time, in the latest sign of unrest in the Red Hand camp.

Ardscoil Rís have leaned heavily on one left foot en route to this afternoon’s Seat Munster Schools’ Senior Cup final against Rockwell.

Hurling: If your Sunday night drinking buddies are anything like my Sunday night drinking buddies, dear reader, and I rather suspect they may be — assuming you possess Sunday night drinking buddies to begin with — they’ll have been counting down the days for weeks now.

Alan Cadogan will not feature for the Cork senior footballers in 2015, having chosen to focus on hurling next season.

Stats, psychology, structures and sports science are great, but often, a ravenous hunger trumps all requirements

Dublin manager Jim Gavin will have all bases covered ahead of tomorrow’s Leinster semi-final

MUNSTER SHC SEMI-FINAL:

Niall Quinn has emerged as the hot favourite to front Sky Sports’ GAA coverage this summer.

Waterford selector Dan Shanahan has described Philip Mahony’s season ending injury as "a massive shock".

GAA president Liam O’Neill has apologised to Limerick for the Hawk-Eye error, which cost them in last August’s All-Ireland minor hurling final.

Brian Cuthbert was one of three new selectors – along with Ronan McCarthy and Haulie O’Neill – appointed by his predecessor Conor Counihan at the start of 2013 intercounty season.

Mayo 2-13 Tyrone 1-13

Clare 2-28 Antrim 0-12

Five years ago work on the revival of Clare hurling got underway in earnest. This weekend they are reaping the rewards — and even brighter times may lie ahead.