PJ Banville has provided Wexford football boss David Power with a timely New Year boost.

Wexford 1-10 Meath 0-12

Sligo 2-10, Wexford 1-8:

ALLIANZ FL DIVISION 1:

Daniel Goulding will make his first start of the season for the Cork footballers, in the eagerly awaited Allianz Division One league encounter against Kerry at Austin Stack Park on Sunday (2pm).

Michael O’Donoghue and Jack Sherwood will both make their league debuts for Kerry in Castlebar tomorrow.

Kildare 1-13 Wexford 1-11

Tipperary 1-13 Wexford 0-15

As expected, Meath full-back Kevin Reilly has been ruled out of Sunday’s Leinster semi-final against Kildare.

Cork boss Conor Counihan has kept faith with the side that claimed the honours in last month’s league final against Mayo for their 2012 championship opener against Kerry in Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final.

Longford 1-12 Wexford 0-13

Big pitch, two teams that like to play expansive football... game on.

With nothing at stake, as both counties had already clinched promotion, they rested their regulars.

A three-point win and promotion for Wexford in yesterday’s shootout in the sunshine at Casement Park, but the final score belies the story of the game and does the winners s scant justice.

Corkman Peter Creedon is expected to be ratified as the new Tipperary senior football manager next week, replacing John Evans.

Corner-forward Adrian Marren netted an astonishing 3-5 as Sligo picked up their first league win with a six-points defeat of Wexford at Markievicz Park — although the home side almost threw away a seemingly unassailable lead in this thriller.

Mickey Harte has blamed “media hysteria” for ensuring All-Ireland Club JFC finalisists Derrytresk “couldn’t get a fair trial”.

Three first half goals helped fire Jason Ryan’s Wexford to victory at Wexford Park yesterday.

CROKE PARK will not be seeing any American Football action this year after the NFL confirmed they have ruled out staging a second regular season game in Europe in 2012.

HORESWOOD upset the formbook by defeating champions Castletown in yesterday’s thrilling Wexford SFC final at Wexford Park.

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.

MICHEAL MEEHAN returns to the Galway starting lineup for tomorrow’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Meath in one of five changes made by manager Tomás Ó Flatharta following the Connacht semi-final defeat to Mayo.

JOE McMAHON will make his first appearance for the Tyrone senior footballers since suffering a broken jaw in a club game two months ago in Sunday’s Ulster SFC semi-final against Donegal at Clones.

LIMERICK have named just two of the starting team that lost to Cork last year for Sunday’s Munster semi-final against Waterford.

CLONOULTY-Rossmore defender John O’Keeffe will make his senior intercounty hurling championship debut in Sunday’s Munster quarter-final clash against Cork after being named in Tipperary’s starting side last night.

STAR forward Barry Grogan kicked nine points as Tipperary boosted their survival hopes with an impressive win at Semple Stadium.

TOM O’SULLIVAN will make his first start for the Kerry senior footballers since last August’s All-Ireland quarter-final defeat against Down in Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 tie against Armagh in the Athletic Grounds.

HOT favourites Skryne were made battle all the way by well-organised Castletown in a highly competitive Leinster club senior football quarter-final clash at Navan’s Páirc Tailteann.

Wexford manager Jason Ryan has given a vote of confidence to the same 15 players that started against Dublin for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC qualifier against London in Ruislip.

Dublin 2-16 Wexford 0-15 (aet)

AFTER prolonged absences, Alan Quirke, Anthony Lynch, Graham Canty, Donnacha O’Connor, Kevin McMahon and Colm O’Neill return to the Cork team for Sunday’s final game in the preliminary rounds of the Allianz NFL against Mayo at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Armagh manager Joe McKernan has selected Oisin McConville for today's National Football League Division 1B clash against Down in Crossmaglen after he impressed in last week's thriller victory over Laois.

Wexford football boss Pat Roe has made three changes from the side that scored a facile win over Limerick last time out for Sunday's National Football League clash with bottom-of-the-table Sligo at Markievicz Park.