St. Catherine’s 2-14Dromina 1-8

FORMER GAA President Joe McDonagh will chair a committee of former Fitzgibbon Cup players and managers that will select a ‘Team Of The Century’ from a shortlist of 75 third-level hurling stars, as part of the competition’s centenary celebrations this year.

SCENES of jubilation from Dromina hurling supporters greeted the final whistle in Castletownroche last night as they secured their IHC status for another year after a hard fought victory over Cobh.

LIMERICK’S unblemished record in their new environs of Division 2 of the Allianz NHL was maintained at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday and they remain on course for the lucrative rewards of promotion and a final placing.

THE FIRST job Donal O’Grady had to complete when appointed Limerick hurling manager was to dim the public’s horizon and minimise the expectation within the squad, and anyone who attended Saturday’s Allianz National league Division Two encounter with Westmeath won’t need much more convincing that O’Grady’s ‘Limerick project’ is very much in its foetal stages.

EOIN BROSNAN will line out for Kerry for the first time since the 2009 Munster semi-final replay defeat to Cork, when the Kingdom travel to face Mayo in Sunday’s Allianz Division 1 Football League clash in Castlebar.

CORK manager Denis Walsh has introduced defensive newcomers Stephen McDonnell and Mark Ellis to his team for their Allianz Division 1 Hurling League match with Offaly at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday. Glen Rovers player McDonnell gets the nod at right corner-back while Millstreet hurler Ellis will line out at centre-back.

“IT’S not enjoyment, it’s relief!”

KILMALLOCK’S pursuit of a first Limerick SHC crown in 16 years remains on track after they produced a powerful second-half display to see off Na Piarsaigh in yesterday’s semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds.

THREE goals in the opening 21 minutes paved the way for UCC to get their Fitzgibbon Cup ambitions back on track at a bitterly cold Ardrahan in south Co Galway yesterday.

Tipperary 6-19 Limerick 2-07

BRENDAN MAHER will make his starting championship debut for Tipperary in Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Limerick, after being drafted into the team by manager Liam Sheedy last night.

Limerick 2-18 Dublin 1-17

Limerick 0-20 Laois 1-14

Wexford 0-14 Limerick 1-13

Limerick 1-8 Waterford 0-11

IN defiance of the dire weather predictions, a large crowd made their way to Castletownroche on Saturday evening for this senior hurling challenge, anticipating perhaps that with time running out to the championship, they would see a real contest between two sides that would be coming close to full strength.

TIPPERARY and Limerick received massive pre-championship boosts last night as cousins Eoin Kelly and Ollie Moran made their first appearances of the 2009 season for their respective counties in a senior hurling challenge.

HENRY SHEFFLIN returns to the Kilkenny side for his first appearance of the year in tomorrow’s NHL showdown against Tipperary. Shefflin comes in at centre-forward in place of Willie O’Dwyer, while Ballyhale Shamrocks clubmates TJ Reid and Michael Fennelly are also drafted into the team.

Limerick 1-11 Dublin 0-12

THE seaside in Salthill is the only sand the Munster hurlers will see this spring after they blew a seven points lead in the final quarter of this M Donnelly Interpro semi-final at Pearse Stadium on Saturday.

BACKBONED by a strong Kilkenny contingent, Leinster won a keenly contested Martin Donnelly Inter-provincial hurling final in Portlaoise on Saturday evening denying Munster another three-in-a-row.

FOR John Conran, tonight represents a shot at atonement. The last two seasons he has presided over Leinster hurling outfits that have succumbed to Munster in the interprovincial series, so tonight’s final clash between the pair in Portloaise provides the Wexford man with a chance to redress the slide of losses.

ULSTER’S spirited display in the M Donnelly Interprovincial hurling semi-final in Fermoy brought some welcome respite from the miserable weather conditions that enveloped the Cork town on Saturday.

CLARE senior hurling manager Mike McNamara has made one change to the team which defeated Waterford in the opening round for Sunday’s Munster Championship semi-final against Limerick at Semple Stadium.

BALLINCOLLIG are back in the hunt for Evening Echo Cork Co Premier IHC glory.

Ollie Moran, Stephen Lucey and Brian Geary have been slotted back into the Limerick side for Saturday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Cork (Thurles, throw-in 4.15pm).

Former dual player Stephen Lucey has made the Limerick line-up for Sunday's NHL Division One semi-final clash with Clare (Semple Stadium, throw-in 1.30pm).

Garryspillane 2-15 Kilmallock 2-12

Dublin 3-8 Limerick 3-14

Buoyed by their away win over Limerick last weekend, Waterford host Antrim at Walsh Park today and boss Justin McCarthy has made three changes from the side that defeated the Shannonsiders.

TEAM captain Brian Dooher and leading scorer Stephen O’Neill have been recalled to the Tyrone team to meet Wexford in the semi final of the Allianz National Football League at Portlaoise on Sunday.

The Limerick hurlers will try to shrug off a run of recent defeats when they take on reigning Munster champions Waterford in a challenge match in Fraher Field, Dungarvan today.

AFTER a week of speculation, Cork hurling fans glimpsed Setanta Ó hAilpín hurling again yesterday.

Limerick include five senior panelists for their Erin Munster U21 hurling semi-final clash with Tipperary at the Gaelic Grounds tonight.

Dromina 1-15, Ballygiblin 0-14

CIARAN CAREY has returned to the Limerick senior hurling panel for tomorrow night’s All Ireland qualifier against Offaly at Semple Stadium in Thurles (7pm).

Cork 3-10 Limerick 1-11

SETANTA Ó hAILPÍN has been cleared to play with Cork in tonight’s Munster U21 HC semi-final against Limerick at Páirc Uí Chaoimh (7.30).

Leinster 4-15 Munster 3-17

Limerick 1-20