John Egan leads the Kerry hurling team by example and the captain is one of their best and most experienced players.

UCC 2-17 Mary Immaculate College, Limerick 2-12

LIT Tipperary 1-25 IT Tralee 2-09

LIT Tipperary survived a major scare to reach the Ryan Cup final as Queen’s University Belfast came within a puck of a ball of one of the upsets of the Fitzgibbon Cup weekend at Athenry.

Two semi-finals in the GMIT-hosted Fitzgibbon Cup today, both at the Carnmore in Galway, and two interesting pairings they are.

Mary Immaculate, Limerick 1-13 UCC 1-13

UCD GAA officer Dave Billings believes association chiefs should consider running the Sigerson Cup on a round-robin basis and excluding college teams from pre-season inter-county competitions.

With a host of inter-county stars on board, Mary Immaculate College cruised to success in the Ryan Cup final on Saturday in the Mardyke.

MARK Collins grabbed the late point that ensured UCC warmed up for their forthcoming Sigerson Cup campaign in perfect fashion, as they claimed victory over Carlow IT in last night’s HE SFL Division 1 (Ryan Cup) final at the Waterford IT grounds in Carriganore.

The draws for the 2011 Ulster Bank Higher Education Football and Hurling Championships, including the draw for the centenary Sigerson Cup, were made at UCD's Astra Hall this afternoon.

The GAA's Higher Education Council (Comhairle Ardoideachais) are continuing their battle with eligible issues that have dogged the sector in recent years.

LIMERICK’s Mary Immaculate College last night blasted claims by HE GAA chief Michael Mallie that they fielded players illegally during this season’s Ryan Cup, expressing outrage at what they term ‘a gratuitous and defamatory attack on its reputation and integrity’.

IF THERE are prerequisites for a successful Fitzgibbon Cup finals weekend, this year’s model looks to have ticked all the boxes.

LIMERICK wing-back Michael Carr has been ruled out of action for a number of weeks after dislocating his knee in Saturday night’s NHL Division 1 tie against Cork.

HIGHER Education GAA Chairman Michael Mallie last night revealed that any proposed suspensions for Mary Immaculate College hurling trio Shane McGrath, Jamie Nagle and Darragh Egan will only pertain to third-level competitions.

KILKENNY attacker Richie Power, right, has been given the all-clear after fears he had suffered a serious neck injury in Sunday’s NHL Division 1 tie against Offaly were allayed.

Cork senior hurler Sean Óg O hAilpín was on hand in IT Carlow to launch this year's Ulster Bank Fitzgibbon Cup competition which begins this week.

2005 All-Star full-forward Stephen O’Neill was sent-off but Tyrone’s newcomers did enough to claim a 2-14 to 0-9 win over Queen’s University in an entertaining clash in Omagh today.

Galway hot shot Ger Farragher has scooped the Connacht GAA Writers' Personality of the Year award for 2005.

MORE colleges than ever before will be involved in the draws for the Datapac Third level championships in hurling and football, which will be held in Croke Park this morning.

Tipperary Institute 5-13

Errigal-Ciaran centre-forward Mark Harte has been named by the Ulster GAA Writers as the winner of the Bass Merit Award for November after helping his club to the final of the AIB Ulster Club Championship.