The Kilkenny County Board have confirmed that John Tennyson has decided to retire from senior inter-county hurling.

Kevin O'Brien, Jack McCaffrey and Paddy Quinn will make their first Allianz Football League starts for Dublin against Cork at Croke Park tomorrow (throw-in 7pm).

Dublin starlet Ciaran Kilkenny has decided against pursuing a career in Australian Rules football, having returned home during the Christmas period.

The Dublin senior footballers are injury free ahead of their Leinster SFC semi-final against Wexford at Croke Park next Sunday.

Tomás Ó Flatharta says that it was 'with extreme reluctance' that he accepted the decision of the Galway GAA clubs to end his term as the county's senior football manager.

Caimin Morey has been brought into the Clare team for tonight's All-Ireland SHC second phase qualifier against Galway in Salthill (throw-in 7pm).

The Cavan team to face Donegal in Sunday's Ulster SFC quarter-final at Kingspan Breffni Park (throw-in 3.30pm) has a fresh look to it.

At tonight's meeting of the Laois GAA Board in Portlaoise, Brendan Fennelly was confirmed as the new Laois senior hurling manager.

Tipperary Under-21 manager Ken Hogan praised his sharpshooting troops after they hammered Galway by 25 points last night to claim the Premier County's first All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship title since 1995.

Tipperary midfielder Brendan Maher is hoping for an All-Ireland double in the coming weeks.

There are no major injury worries in the Antrim camp ahead of their Bord Gais Energy All-Ireland Under-21 hurling semi-final against Tipperary in Tullamore this Saturday (throw-in 4pm).

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Former Limerick player Maurice O'Brien has been named in the Dublin team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final clash with Limerick at Semple Stadium (throw-in 2pm).

ARMAGH football was rocked last night after county senior manager Peter McDonnell brought an end to his two-year tenure in charge.

Tipperary manager Declan Carr has made just one change to his team for Sunday's Bord Gais All-Ireland Under-21 hurling final against Kilkenny at Croke Park (throw-in 2pm).

KERRY 1-21 GALWAY 1-16

Very little seems to phase Tomas O'Sé. A four-time GAA All-Ireland SFC winner with Kerry, the holder of three All-Star awards and another player off that famous O'Sé footballing conveyor belt.

Darragh O Se and Killian Young have both recovered from injury to take their places in the Kerry team for Sunday's Munster SFC final against Cork (Pairc Ui Chaoimh, throw-in 2pm).

Kildare footballer Eoin Naughton has rubbished comments that former Armagh captain Kieran McGeeney is not cut out for the role of managing the Kildare seniot football team.

Cork footballer Michael Shields is to pursue a career in Australian Rules after officially signing for AFL Premiership outfit Carlton Blues.

Galway 5-11 Dublin 0-12, Croke Park

Galway 4-21 Cork 2-18, Semple Stadium

Defender John Lee believes the bond of friendship and evident strength in depth in the current Galway team has his side ideally placed to step up their quest for All-Ireland Under-21 hurling championship glory this weekend.

Dublin 3-18 Derry 2-11

James Masters' place in the Cork team to play Meath in Sunday's All-Ireland SFC semi-final (Croke Park, throw-in 3.30pm) has gone to All-Ireland Under-21 winner Daniel Goulding.

Camogie President Liz Howard has thanked the GAA and its members for allowing the Gala All-Ireland junior camogie championship final to take place at Croke Park on the same bill as the All-Ireland Under-21 hurling and senior camogie deciders on Sunday, September 9.

David Brady and Trevor Mortimer, who both missed last Sunday's NFL Division One final against Donegal, will be in Mayo manager John O'Mahony's plans for next month's Connacht championship clash against Galway.

Cork 0-13 Armagh 0-12, O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

The Cork team to take on Mayo in Saturday's must-win NFL Division 1A clash at Pairc Ui Rinn, throw-in 7.30pm, shows three changes to the side that lost to Dublin last time out.

Alan Brogan drove St. Oliver Plunkett's to victory in the Dublin club championship last night, but his evening was soured when he suffered a suspected broken wrist.

Cork manager John Allen has played down the significance of his side's shot at an All-Ireland treble today, insisting that if his men prevail against Kilkenny "it will only be a statistic" for hurling's record books.

Galway 2-12 Kilkenny 1-24

Joe Bergin has been slotted back into the Galway side for Sunday's Connacht SFC final against Mayo (Castlebar, throw-in 2pm).

TJ Ryan will resume his captaincy of the Limerick hurling team for tomorrow night's must-win All-Ireland qualifier clash with Offaly (Tullamore, throw-in 7pm).

Camogie will get top billing next September as the Camogie Association's Senior All-Ireland final is played at Croke Park on the same day as the All-Ireland Under-21 hurling decider.

In a bid to freshen up his options for the 2006 season, Kilkenny boss Brian Cody has omitted seven regular players from his squad for the upcoming Walsh Cup and National League campaigns.

Connacht manager John O'Mahony has selected a 23-man squad for tomorrow night's floodlit M Donnelly Interprovincial semi-final clash with Leinster at Parnell Park (throw-in 7.35pm).

Prodigious Galway attacker Ger Farragher will sit out training this week due to a slight hamstring problem.

Despite the heart-stopping nature of Galway's collapse against Cork in yesterday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final, boss Peter Ford is confident his side will bounce back.

The curtains came down on Liam Kearns' six-year reign as manager of the Limerick footballers in Castlebar yesterday, as the Shannonsiders bowed out of the All-Ireland qualifiers to determined Derry.

Galway 6-5 Down 4-6

Down 2-7 Dublin 0-9