GAA chiefs have opted for a Sunday evening throw-in for their Allianz NHL Division 1 decider on May 2 to avoid a clash with Munster’s Heineken Cup semi-final earlier that day.

GAA chiefs have opted for a Sunday evening throw-in for their Allianz NHL Division 1 decider on May 2 to avoid a clash with Munster’s Heineken Cup semi-final earlier that day.

The GAA has confirmed that all four Nationa Football League finals will be played at Croke Park, while the Division 1 hurling decider between Cork and Galway has been fixed for Semple Stadium.

NHL DIVISION 2:

NHL DIVISION 2:

NHL DIVISION 2:

NHL DIVISION 2:

Laois manager Niall Rigney and his Wexford counterpart Colm Bonnar have named their respective starting line-ups ahead of Sunday's important NHL Division 2 encounter in Portlaoise (throw-in 2.30pm).

NHL DIVISION 2: Carlow 0-16 Wexford 0-13, Dr Cullen Park

NHL DIVISION 2:

NHL DIVISION 2:

Clare 1-22 Wexford 2-19

Kildare 4-10 Westmeath 0-11

Laois 1-11 Clare 2-12

Wexford 2-23 Down 1-12

Westmeath 0-14 Wexford 1-20

Antrim 1-11 Carlow 2-7

A HUGE boost for the Munster hurling champions as Eoin Kelly makes his first appearance of the year for Tipperary in Sunday’s championship clash with Cork at Semple Stadium.

WESTMEATH 2-17 LAOIS 1-14

WEXFORD 6-21 CARLOW 0-14

Carlow 3-18 Down 2-11

Antrim 3-19 Kerry 4-14, Casement Park

Down 0-14 Offaly 2-21

TEN of the Cork team that started in last August’s semi-final defeat to Kilkenny, were named in the starting 15 last night for Cork’s NHL Division One trip to Clare on Sunday.

Westmeath 4-10 Down 4-18

Antrim 4-16 Wexford 4-12

Wexford 4-22 Laois 1-14

KERRY 1-10 WEXFORD 4-21

Leo Smith will lead the Westmeath attack against Dublin in Sunday's Leinster SHC quarter-final clash at Portlaoise (throw-in 3.50pm).

Carlow 1-16 Kerry 3-4

A two-goal blast from Sean McBride saw Derry get off the mark in NHL Division 2A this afternoon as they beat Armagh 2-13 to 0-9 at Celtic Park.

THANKS but no thanks, that was the reaction yesterday from Kerry manager Gerry Molyneaux to the recent motion adopted by Congress, allowing weaker hurling counties the option of reinforcing their squad with up to five outside players, under certain conditions.

DAVID SWEENEY returns to the Dublin team for Sunday’s NHL Division 2 final against Kerry at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

KERRY coach Jack O’Connor and his fellow selectors have given a vote of confidence to the team which defeated Laois in the semi-final for Sunday’s Allianz Division One NFL final against Galway in Limerick (5.30pm).

Offaly 6-21 Carlow 4-7

Dublin 2-14 Westmeath 0-11

Antrim 1-15 Down 1-15

Westmeath 3-7 Down 5-15

Despite defeating home side Kildare 2-16 to 0-19 at Newbridge, Down have lost top spot in the Allianz NHL Division 2A to Westmeath, as goals from John Shaw, Barry Kennedy and Andrew Mitchell helped them to a 3-14 to 0-9 thrashing of Roscommon in Mullingar.

London 0-04 Kerry 5-17