Donegal selector Damien Diver is using regrets about his own career to warn the current squad not to ever get blasé about playing in Ulster finals.

Derry 3-16 Westmeath 0-12

Cork boss Conor Counihan has kept faith with the side that claimed the honours in last month’s league final against Mayo for their 2012 championship opener against Kerry in Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final.

The introduction of Kildare attacker Pádraig Fogarty as an impact substitute proved critical in settling yesterday’s Division 2 league final and no one needed to remind Tyrone boss Mickey Harte about the importance of having quality personnel in reserve.

Waterford 2-11 Down 1-13

Clare boss Ger O’Loughlin has several injury worries to contend with ahead of next Sunday’s Munster SHC semi-final against Tipperary in the Gaelic Grounds, the Irish Examiner has reported.

ADRIAN HANLON has been released from the Donegal senior football panel this week for a breach of discipline.

I FANCIED Down to win yesterday in Ballybofey.

PAT FLANAGAN was last night appointed as the new manager of the Westmeath senior football team.

WHATEVER about the message it sends out to Dublin, their opponents in the Leinster SFC semi-final on June 28 for the second successive year, Westmeath, accept the reality of their situation, facing up to the champions on the back of a disastrous League campaign and a display against Wicklow in Tullamore at the week-end that was anything but convincing.

Manager Seamus McEnaney has no injury worries ahead of Monaghan’s Allianz National League Division Two Football final with Cork this Sunday.