For a while there on Saturday, it was as if Leitrim had misunderstood the instruction to put the clock forward and had instead wound it all the way back to 1994, when they won the Connacht title.

Fears about Joe Canning suffering a long-term injury in Sunday’s Division 1 semi-final have been allayed.

For the second year in a row, Allianz Division 1 hurling quarter-finals will take place on the St Patrick’s weekend due to postponed matches.

Waterford manager Páraic Fanning has said the fixtures pile-up caused by yesterday’s Division 1A and 1B postponements strengthens his belief that Croke Park bosses have to change the GAA calendar.

As we wave goodbye to the inaugural Munster senior hurling championship round robin this weekend, John Fogarty makes some observations on the old and the new in Sunday’s final round.

Speculation that the GAA could cancel Allianz Football League fixtures has been confirmed after officials stated that any games deemed of no consequence remaining after Sunday’s Round 7 clashes will be considered null and void.

The GAA have been forced to upset their designation of April as a club-only month by staging the Allianz Football League Division 4 final on April 6 or 7.

A league final like no other. A league final so pregnant with significance that it was bound to deliver.

Allianz Hurling Division 1 final: For all the niceties exchanged between Davy Fitzgerald and Derek McGrath since their semi-final wins, there is still a level of uneasiness between the camps.

The morning of last September’s All- Ireland SFC final, a newspaper ran the story of how they had unearthed Kerry’s secret code, which purported to encourage them to be sly and cunning to beat Dublin. 

Adult stand tickets for the Allianz Football League Division 1 and 2 finals in Croke Park on April 24 have increased by €10 as a result of the GAA’s 1916 commemoration which will follow the matches.

Clare 2-13 Tipperary 0-18: Are Clare 2016’s version of Waterford 2015 or a model closer to their 2013 selves? They’ll be praying it’s the latter but now 10 from 10 this year they have generated the sort of league momentum that carried their June 5 Munster semi-final opponents last season.

Limerick officials estimate they will have lost out on close to €700,000 by the end of their senior hurlers’ seventh straight season outside Division 1A next year.

Bandon are set to ask the Irish Hockey Association for an explanation of a controversial series of events in their 3-2 Irish Hockey Trophy final defeat to Clontarf on Saturday.

Allianz Hurling League Division 1 relegation play-off

Two years ago, Derry were saved from relegation to Division 3 not by themselves, but by virtue of a Tyrone win over Monaghan the same day.

Cork 2-18 Derry 3-14

Team Garveys (Kerry) 38 Team Titans (Galway) 36

Cork footballers will be without Daniel Goulding for the opening stages of their Allianz Football League Division 1 campaign as he is set to undergo knee surgery next week.

St Brigid’s, Dublin claimed a unique All-Ireland double on Saturday.

Aidan Walsh last night declared himself fit for next Sunday’s Allianz Division 1 football league final against Mayo following his recovery from a back injury sustained during the Rebels recent Division 1 semi-final victory over Down.

Nowlan Park in Kilkenny could stage the upcoming Allianz Hurling League Division 1 final if certain results occur in this weekend's semi-finals.

Dublin manager Pat Gilroy has reacted to his team's poor showing against Mayo by making wholesale changes for Sunday's Allianz Football League final round clash with Cork.

The GAA trust managers will uphold the integrity of the leagues over the next couple of Sundays amid fears of a rash of ‘dead rubber’ fixtures.

Kerry 2-12 Monaghan 4-15

There is growing speculation that Jimmy Barry-Murphy will take on the Cork manager's job, following the confirmation of Denis Walsh's departure.

Allianz FL Division 1 final: CORK v DUBLIN, Tomorrow: Croke Park, 4pm

A CONTENTIOUS decision not to award Kilkenny a point in Croke Park in their Division 1 draw with Dublin has brought the non-live use of Hawk-Eye scoring technology on Saturday evening into question.

PREVIEW: Cork v Galway

The venues and dates have been confirmed for the AIB League Division 1, 2 and 3 finals.

The GAA confirmed this afternoon that the postponed Round 4 Division 1a Allianz Hurling league game between Wexford and Cork would be re-fixed for Wexford Park this Sunday at 3.30pm.

THE semi-final pairings from the Allianz NFL will be finalised this weekend, with a number of places still in the balance.