Galway 1-14 Limerick 0-13: Galway boss Jeffrey Lynskey is relishing the prospect of locking horns with Kilkenny in the Electric Ireland All-Ireland minor hurling semi-final on August 16.

Reigning county football champions UCC opened their defence of the title with a facile victory over Seandún at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

TIPPERARY boss John Evans has vowed to abide by the county board’s stance on management payments.

UCC sent out a chilling warning ahead of the defence of their Sigerson Cup title at this end of this month with an emphatic victory over Limerick in Rathkeale’s Mick Neville Park.

KERRY cruised into a Munster JFC semi-final after a fine second-half display against Tipperary at Fitzgerald Stadium yesterday.

UCC claimed the notable scalp of Carbery in their opening assignment of the Cork SFC with an excellent success in Cloughduv last night.

UCC’s practice of slaying major forces in this season’s Sigerson Cup was maintained when they ousted the host college UCD in an enthralling semi-final clash in Belfield yesterday afternoon.

LAST year’s finalists UCC endured a testing Sigerson Cup opener in the Mardyke yesterday afternoon before prevailing against GMIT and advancing to a repeat of last season’s final in the last eight against DCU.

KERRY star Paul Galvin was looking on as his new DIT team-mates displayed their Sigerson Cup credentials in stunning fashion with a clinical dismantling of UCC in the Ryan Cup final at Ballykelly last night.

UCC will have home advantage in the quarter-finals of the Ulster Bank Higher Education Football League Division 1 after they held out to record a one-point win at CIT in their final group game last night.

AUSTRALIA got their trip to Ireland off to a successful start in Páirc Uí Rinn last night, but it’s a moot point as to whether they gleaned much information before the decisive clashes that lie ahead.

MICHAEL SHIELDS has been ruled out of Ireland’s plans for Saturday’s International Rules first test against Australia at the Gaelic Grounds due to his involvement in Sunday’s Cork SFC final.

DUBLIN boss Richie Stakelum has drafted David Quinn and Ciaran Brennan into his team for tomorrow’s Bord Gais Energy All-Ireland U21HC semi-final against Galway in Tullamore.

KERRY have made three changes for tonight’s Munster JFC final against Limerick in Newcastlewest at 7.30pm, from the team that defeated Cork in the semi-final clash last month.

DCU 1-11 UCC 0-10

ON the day when one Kerry midfielder departed the inter-county scene, another commanded the headlines after yesterday’s Sigerson Cup quarter-final at the Mardyke.

UCC maintained their habit of eking out tight wins in uncompromising games in yesterday’s Sigerson Cup second round clash at the Mardyke.

THE scoreline points to an emphatic win for UCC, but it was a tough struggle before they progressed past Dublin IT in yesterday’s Ulster Bank Sigerson Cup first round clash at the Mardyke.

UCC 1-12 Cork IT 1-10

UCC 1-12 CIT 1-10, Cork IT

Team captain Paddy Curran led by example as Kerry qualified for next month’s ESB All-Ireland minor football final at Croke Park.