Galway 0-23 Cork 0-14: After capturing their first All-Ireland Intermediate hurling title in 13 years, Saturday night was all about rest and recovery for the Galway hurlers ahead of a Sunday morning training session.

Galway clinched the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship tonight, piling more misery on Cork in the process.

Tom McGlinchey will be ratified as the new Waterford senior football manager next week.

The Galway senior hurling championship has been thrown into chaos following the decision of the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) to quash the Galway CCC’s ruling dumping Turloughmore out of the competition.

Turloughmore have lodged an appeal to the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) in a bid to be reinstated to the Galway Senior Hurling Championship.

Galway GAA officials have scheduled the remaining quarter-final in their senior hurling championship for next weekend despite Turloughmore lodging an appeal to the Connacht Council against being thrown out of the competition.

The Galway SHC, which has produced the All-Ireland club champions in 12 of the last 23 years, has been thrown into disarray after one of the quarter-finalists was ejected for fielding an ineligible player.

The Leinster Council will vote next month on whether to allow Galway’s minor and U21 hurling teams into the province following Wednesday night’s presentation from leading Tribe officials seeking full integration.

Goals from Joe Canning and young Ronan O’Meara saw Portumna past Athenry and set up a rematch of last year’s Galway SHC final with Loughrea at the quarter- final stage.

Loughrea 2-18 Beagh 1-11

Galway boss Anthony Cunningham is expected to deliver his report on a disappointing campaign to the county’s hurling committee this week.

Beagh 2-12 Turloughmore 1-13

Reigning All-Ireland champions St Thomas remain on course to retain their crown after surviving a do-or-die group clash with the 2011 winners Clarinbridge last evening.

Conor Cooney got defending All-Ireland champions St Thomas’ Galway SHC campaign back on track with their first win of the group stages over Killimordaly.

Galway’s club sides made a strong start to the weekend for the hurlers of the West with four of the six All-Ireland 7s/11s titles going to the Tribesmen on Saturday.

Galway clubs paved the way for the Seniors tomorrow when taking four of the six All-Ireland Sevens/Elevens titles on offer this afternoon.

An injury-time point from Galway senior David Burke sealed a draw for St Thomas and ensured they and Loughrea qualified for the quarter-finals of the Galway SHC.

TWO Eoin Forde goals in the space of a minute in the first-half paved the way for All-Ireland club champions Clarinbridge to move top of their group in the Galway SHC.

GORT, runners-up two years ago and defeated in the semi-finals by Portumna last year, were surprisingly sent crashing out of this year’s Galway SHC title race when they lost to Tynagh Abbey-Duniry.

An unprecedented number of injuries forced manager John McIntyre to postpone last night's training session for the Galway Senior hurlers.

PORTUMNA’S quest for a fourth Galway senior hurling championship in a row stepped up another gear with a 2-13 to 0-13 win over Beagh in Loughrea.

BRIAN CODY aims to “freshen things up” with the appointment of two new members to the Kilkenny senior hurling management team.

VICTORIOUS All-Ireland minor boss Mattie Murphy could be in line to take charge of the Galway seniors for the third time.

GALWAY include three seniors on their under-21 team to play Wexford in the All-Ireland hurling championship semi-final at Semple Stadium tomorrow, at 3.30pm.