Tipperary manager Liam Kearns fears GAA director general Páraic Duffy’s new football championship proposals will make life more difficult for developing sides like his.

Oulart-The-Ballagh (Wexford) 0-17 O’Loughlin Gaels (Kilkenny) 3-17: The emphatic nature of this O’Loughlin Gaels’ victory was made all the more remarkable by the fact they didn’t score for the opening 12 minutes, after which they trailed by five points.

New Wexford senior hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald has included forward Jack Guiney in a winter training squad of more than 40 players.

Milford camogie manager John Brudair is happy how preparations have gone ahead of tomorrow’s crunch All-Ireland semi-final clash with Leinster champions Oulart-The-Ballagh in Carriganore.

Oulart-the-Ballagh 2-15 St Martin’s 0-13: The spirit of Oulart-the-Ballagh was once again evident when winning their sixth title in seven years with a comfortable eight-point victory over St Martin’s in the Wexford SHC final at Innovate Wexford Park yesterday afternoon.

All-Ireland club hurling champions Ballyhale have been beaten in the Kilkenny SHC semi-final, 2-15 to 2-13 by O’Loughlin Gaels.

The man who brought Brian Cody to his knees 11 years ago is worried about the expectation placed on Wexford by their own supporters ahead of Sunday’s Leinster semi-final.

Reigning champions Oulart-the-Ballagh powered their way to a comfortable 4-15 to 2-14 victory over Rathnure in their Wexford SHC clash at St. Patrick’s Park, Enniscorthy, on Saturday.

Leinster GAA officials have strongly defended the performance of referee John Keenan in Saturday’s All-Ireland JHC final replay.

Darren Stamp insists Oulart-the-Ballagh only have themselves to blame for their latest Leinster senior club hurling final collapse.

Oulart-the-Ballagh and Wexford defender Eoin Moore is unfazed by criticism of the leggings he wore in last Sunday’s AIB Leinster senior club hurling final against Mount Leinster Rangers.

Carlow county board chairman Michael Meaney has revealed his disappointment that Wexford voted against their neighbours on proposed changes to the Allianz Hurling League.

Oulart-the Ballagh (Wexford) 0-8 Mount Leinster Rangers (Carlow) 0-11

AIB LEINSTER CLUB SHC FINAL:

Mount Leinster Rangers manager Tommy Mullally believes Oulart-the-Ballagh’s poor Leinster final record will ensure the Wexford champions will take little for granted in Sunday’s provincial hurling final.

For Martin Storey, the decision by the Oulart-the-Ballagh panel to sign up for Movember and grow facial hair wasn’t much of a stretch. He fell in line with that plan very easily, thank you very much.

Austin Murphy recalls the cold November morning spent at the home of Mullingar rugby back in 2008.

Hear about the brothers who won Kilkenny senior hurling titles three seasons apart with two different clubs?

Oulart-the-Ballagh 0-17 Shelmaliers 0-10

Liam Dunne wants to see hurling referees being given the freedom to apply common sense from next season.

Henry Shefflin is now all but certain to miss his first Championship match in 15 seasons after picking up a stress fracture on his already injured left foot.

Kilkenny selector Martin Fogarty has admitted there is “a major question mark” about Henry Shefflin’s availability as the All-Ireland hurling champions get their Leinster campaign underway against Offaly on June 9.

AIB All-Ireland Club SHC Final

If you heard Anthony Cunningham speaking on RTÉ’s League Sunday last weekend, the chances are you detected a rasp of a sore throat on the Galway manager.

Champions UCC are within an hour of retaining their Fitzgibbon Cup title after a comprehensive defeat of UCD in sun-splashed Carnmore yesterday, a powerful second half enough to defeat Nicky English’s charges.

It is a story of success.

Kilcormac/Killoughey 1-12 Oulart-the-Ballagh 0-11

This isn’t a run of the mill story of a GAA club and a final.

Oulart-the-Ballagh manager Pat Herbert has called on the GAA to move the All-Ireland senior finals back to August to give the club game a chance.

In his role as Offaly Council chairman, Kilcormac-Killoughey manager Danny Owens had the opportunity to meet Barack Obama on the US president’s visit to Moneygall last year.

Keith Rossiter has become the second Wexford senior player to reveal he has suffered racial abuse.

Henry Shefflin is awaiting scans after sustaining an ankle injury in Saturday’s Leinster Club SHC semi-final in Wexford Park.

Oulart-Ballagh 1-11 Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-10

It was a winter of loss for Ballyhale Shamrocks and Oulart-the-Ballagh in 2011.

Rory Jacob struck an early second-half goal to inspire Oulart-the-Ballagh to a fourth consecutive Wexford SHC title at the expense of Faythe Harriers at Wexford Park yesterday.

Several county football and hurling finals will be decided around the country this afternoon.

Champions Oulart-the-Ballagh remain on course for a fourth title in-a-row when they defeated Shelmaliers (1-19 to 2-11) in their Pettitt’s Wexford SHC semi-final at Wexford Park on Saturday.

Wexford rounded off a remarkable three-year run at Croke Park yesterday, leaving us in no doubt that they are the greatest team of the modern era.

Rathnure produced an incredible comeback to defeat St. Anne’s (Rathangan) in a thrilling SHC quarter-final at Wexford Park on Saturday.

Adam Nolan just can’t wait to touch gloves with Tamerlan Abdullayer (Azerbaijain) in Trabzon this evening.