Two Offaly football heavyweights met in today’s county SFC final in Tullamore with Rhode pulling through to claim their 25th title, moving them within one of Tullamore on the honours list.

IF those who set the odds are to be believed – and these guys speak with their wallets – there’s going to be a convincing winner of tomorrow’s Harty Cup final between Árd Scoil Rís (Limerick) and Charleville CBS.

Justin McCarthy's future as Limerick Senior Hurling manager is in doubt, after last night's appointment of a three-man committee to pick the Shannonsiders' next boss.

THERE was nothing surprising about the outcome of the first of the Kerry SFC quarter-finals in Tralee yesterday, just that it stretched the resources of a Kerins O’Rahilly’s side hampered by the absence of the injured Tommy Walsh more than expected.

THERE was never any doubting the outcome of this AIB Kerry SFC opener in Currow yesterday once St Kieran’s recovered from a shaky period at the start of the second half and put up the scores which eased them into a controlling position.

KERRY goalkeeper Diarmuid Murphy was one of the stars for Dingle who surprised Kilcummin on their home ground in last night’s Kerry Senior Football Championship.

LET’S get a misconception out of the way first. Nicky Cashin is not a Kilkenny native.

Athea 2-12 Claughaun 2-3

YOU can’t argue with success, but how the hell do you talk to failure? How do you face down over a century of submission, of abject failure?