Salthil/Knocknacarra 0-12 Tuam Stars 0-07

VICTORIOUS All-Ireland minor winning manager Matt Murphy rounded off a great year when he guided his club Gort to their sixth Galway SHC title with a deserved success in front of a crowd of almost 9,000 at Pearse Stadium yesterday.

THEY may have missed out on the trip of a lifetime to Australia, but Mark Kerins couldn’t be happier to have another Galway hurling final to look forward to.

LIMERICK senior hurling manager Donal O’Grady has made two changes in personnel from the team that started against Antrim for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Dublin at Semple Stadium.

RONAN CURRAN will make his first championship start of the year for the Cork senior hurlers in Saturday’s All-Ireland SHC qualifier against Galway in Semple Stadium.

A LARGER than expected crowd were in sunny Pearse Stadium on Saturday evening for this All-Ireland senior hurling qualifier with both sets of supporters approaching the tie with trepidation.

FERMANAGH captain Barry Owens has sensationally claimed there were county board officials wishing the team were going to be beaten by London in last Saturday’s All-Ireland qualifier.

GALWAY concluded their championship preparations when a late goal from substitute Eanna Ryan sealed a six-point win at Athenry on Saturday in a game which was played over three 25-minute periods.

Clarinbridge 2-18 O'Loughlin Gaels 0-12

FIVE turned out to be an unlucky number in Kilkenny again as reigning champions Ballyhale Shamrocks were dumped out of the championship courtesy of a late goal by Niall McEvoy in a thrilling second semi-final at Nowlan Park yesterday.

MIDFIELDER Eamon Fennell will again feature for Dublin against Meath in tonight’s O’Byrne Cup replay despite the escalating controversy surrounding his attempted club transfer.

CROMANE’s Donncha Walsh makes his championship debut for Kerry in Sunday’s Munster SFC final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, one of four changes for the All-Ireland champions from the side that eased past Clare in the provincial semi final.

Experienced forward Eugene Cloonan has been ruled out of the Galway team for Saturday's All-Ireland SHC second round qualifier against Laois (Pearse Stadium, throw-in 3.30pm).

Galway hurling boss Ger Loughnane has named three championship newcomers in his team to face Antrim in the All-Ireland SHC qualifiers this Saturday.

A crowd of 10,127 watched at Croke Park tonight as Munster secured the 2007 M Donnelly Interprovincial hurling championship following impressive performances from both the winning and losing teams.

Connacht 1-28 Ulster 4-13

Galway will field a much-changed side in tomorrow afternoon's All-Ireland SHC qualifier against Antrim (Pearse Stadium, throw-in 3pm).

Laois 1-14 Galway 3-20

Kinvara's Colm Callanan has beaten off competition from Aidan Ryan to start as Galway's goalkeeper in tomorrow's All-Ireland SHC qualifier against Laois (Portlaoise, throw-in 7pm).

Leinster 1-23 Connacht 0-17

LEINSTER manager John Conran has drafted Kilkenny duo Jackie Tyrrell and Eoin Larkin into his side for tomorrow’s M Donnelly Inter-provincial hurling final against Connacht at Pearse Stadium.

Diarmuid Cloonan and Mark Kerins have been drafted into the Connacht side for Saturday's M Donnelly Interprovincial Hurling final against Leinster (Pearse Stadium, throw-in 4.45pm).

Connacht 2-11 Leinster 2-14, Canton

Munster 1-16 Connacht 2-17

Connacht 1-15 Munster 2-10, Ballyforan (aet)

Connacht manager John O'Mahony will wait until before the throw-in of tonight's M Donnelly Interprovincial championship semi-final against Munster before confirming his starting side (Ballyforan, throw-in 8pm).

Galway hurling manager Conor Hayes has confirmed his panel for the forthcoming All-Ireland SHC qualifiers with teenage sensation Joe Canning a notable absentee.

Champions Cork hold a two-point lead at half-time in today’s 117th Guinness All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final, which is being watched by a sell-out 82,300 Croke Park crowd.

Whatever way you look at this afternoon's All-Ireland senior hurling final between champions Cork and pretenders to the throne Galway, it seems John Allen's Rebels will come out on top (Croke Park, throw-in 3.30pm).

Galway staged a dramatic Croke Park comeback, hitting a goal and six points in the final 13 minutes of the first of today's All-Ireland SHC quarter-finals, to edge out Tipperary and book their place in the last four.

At 5.15pm, there's a distinct chance that all four semi-final spots in this year's All-Ireland hurling championship could be occupied by Munster counties.

Alan Kerins, an Under-21 All-Ireland winner in 1996, has returned to the Galway line-up for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final tie with Tipperary (Croke Park, throw-in 2pm).

Cork 1-21 Galway 1-24

Connacht 1-15 Munster 0-9

Munster take on Connacht in today's M Donnelly Interprovincial Hurling final at Pearse Stadium, Galway, intent on avoiding a hat-trick of disappointments in the competition.

IT may not be Rome in October, but Munster’s hurlers are intent on making up for recent heartaches when they take on Connacht in the M Donnelly Inter-provincial final in Pearse Park tomorrow.

Connacht have named their side to face Munster in Sunday's M Donnelly Interprovinical hurling championship final at Pearse Stadium, Galway.

Kilkenny have hammered Galway in the Guinness Hurling Championship Round Three Qualifier today.

Galway 0-07 Kilkenny 1-09

Three years ago, Kilkenny lined up against Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Galway coach Conor Hayes has named an unchanged side from that which beat Down in their All-Ireland qualifer for Sunday's clash with All-Ireland champions Kilkenny.

Down 1-14 Galway 5-19