They started without over half of their All-Ireland winning team but victory still came easily for Tipperary at Croke Park where they streaked to a 16-point opening round Allianz Hurling League win.

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Dublin footballer Kevin McManamon has described the use of sports psychology in Gaelic games as a “no-brainer” and claimed that critics of the process are “naive”.

Dublin, Galway, Offaly and Wexford are through to next Sunday's Bord na Móna Walsh Cup semi-finals.

Laois will host Dublin and Galway will take on Carlow in the Bord na Móna Walsh Cup semi-finals, after wins this afternoon.

Dublin 4-20 DIT 1-12

Wexford and Galway successfully negotiated their first competitive games of 2015 in Hurling’s Bord na Móna Walsh Cup this afternoon.

Clare will meet Cork in the Waterford Crystal Cup semi-finals next weekend, following a slender 0-16 to 0-15 win over Tipperary at Sixmilebridge.

Antrim 1-22 DIT 2-12: Antrim hurlers had a deserved win over DIT in the Bord na Mona Walsh Cup at stormy St Paul’s Park in Belfast yesterday.

Laois and Antrim both secured home wins, with Offaly also emerging winners, while NUIG and Carlow draw; in the opening round of the Bord na Móna Walsh Cup this afternoon.

Kilkenny 0-24 Dublin 1-17

Kilkenny and Galway will meet in the Bord na Móna Walsh Cup semi-final next Sunday in Freshford, after wins over DIT and Offaly respectively this afternoon.

NUIG, UCD, DIT and Antrim booked places in next weekend's Bord na Móna Walsh Cup quarter-finals, following this weekends action.

Dublin captain John McCaffrey was beaming with delight after they captured the capital's first Leinster SHC title since 1961 at Croke Park yesterday.

The Dublin hurlers may have had the edge on Wexford in their previous two meetings this season, but David 'Dotsy' O'Callaghan knows that Championship hurling often brings out the best in the men from the sunny South East.

Dublin advanced to the Bord na Mona Walsh Cup final, but only just, following a 2-19 to 1-21 win over Galway at Parnell Park this afternoon.

Galway led from start to finish to set up a Bord na Móna Walsh Cup semi-final against either Dublin or UCD next weekend, while Wexford also advanced to the last four following today’s action.

A strong finish ensured an inexperienced Kilkenny side advanced to the last four of the Bord na Móna Walsh Cup following a 0-17 to 0-15 win over NUI Galway at St. John's Park in Kilkenny.

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

Carlow, UCD, Wexford and NUI Galway took wins in the opening round of the Bord na Mona Walsh Cup.

Seamus Plunkett has been handed a one-year term as Laois Senior Hurling manager following his ratification at a County Committee meeting last night.

The prolonged process of appointing a new Laois senior hurling manager will trickle into next month.

After sitting out this year's Bord na Mona Walsh Cup, it has been confirmed that the Antrim hurlers will compete in the early season Leinster-based competition in 2013.

Antrim 3-18 Wexford 2-15

New Galway football manager Alan Mulholland has received a huge boost with former Footballer-of-the-Year Padraic Joyce committing to another season with the Tribesmen.

Kilkenny and Galway will contest the Bord na Mona Walsh Cup final after semi-final wins over Westmeath and Laois respectively this afternoon, while Offaly claimed Walsh Shield honours.

The hurlers of Galway, Laois and Kilkenny all claimed victories in the Bord na Mona Walsh Cup quarter-finals this afternoon.

Today's Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup final between Kildare and DCU and the Kehoe Shield hurling tie between Roscommon and Armagh have both been postponed due to bad weather conditions.

Westmeath, Laois, Wexford and UCD all gained wins in the Bord na Mona Walsh Cup this weekend, while their was a quartet of victories for college sides in the Kehoe Cup.

TEDDY McCARTHY warns this season is “a fact-finding mission” as he aims to get Laois hurlers competitive.