Cavan 1-11 Derry 1-12: Derry boss Damien Barton saw his flair team produce a five-star defensive display to leave hosts Cavan still pointless in the league.

Dublin 3-24 IT Carlow 2-08: Cormac Costello helped himself to an impressive 2-6 as experimental Dublin cruised to a big O’Byrne Cup win, keeping the holders firmly in the frame for a semi-final berth.

Cavan 2-8 Armagh 0-11: Any lingering notion that the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup is nothing more than a gentle preamble into the more serious business of the GAA season was emphatically kicked into touch in this turbulent, fractious encounter at Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen yesterday.

Galway 0-10, Cavan 0-12:

UCC secured comfortable progression to a fifth Sigerson Cup final in six years at the Mardyke this afternoon.

McKenna Cup

Division One ‘B’: Garryowen 6 Galwegians 10

Cavan 1-17 Scotland 0-6

Cork IT 2-12 IT Carlow 0-08

Andy Moran made his first start in Mayo colours since last year’s All-Ireland quarter-final in a challenge match against Cavan at James Stephens Park in Ballina.

Cavan 1-11 Cork 0-15

Cavan 1-12 Down 0-06

Milford 3-06 Killimor 1-06

Cavan snatched a last gasp victory over Longford in the Leinster JFC semi-final at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park when Martin Dunne created the opportunity for Martin Reilly to fire home the decisive matchwinning goal in the final minute of the game.

Roscommon 2-7 Cavan 2-2

Cavan retained their Ulster U21 football championship title with a battling display at Brewster Park last night.

The time-honoured tradition of lumping it into the full-forward line was all Cavan needed here at Brewster Park to reach their third Ulster U21 final in-a-row.

Cavan put their troubles at senior level behind them to advance to an Ulster U21FC semi-final in impressive fashion at Kingspan Breffni Park last night.

Killimor’s grip on the All-Ireland senior club camogie championship is no more, as Drom/Inch dominated the Galwegians at MacDonagh Park in Nenagh to book a place in this year’s final against Oulart-the-Ballagh.

TWO predatory first-half goals from corner-forward Danny Cummins set up IT Sligo for a hard fought one-point defeat of NUIG at Ballinode on Saturday night.

A LIVELY Ulster Bank AIL Division 1B battle at Dubarry Park culminated in a morale-boosting Buccaneers win despite playing with 14 men for nearly an hour.

A SECOND-HALF goal from debutant Shane Maughan put Galway on the road to victory in the opening FBD League tie of the season in Ballyhaunis last night to ensure a winning start to Alan Mulholland’s reign in charge of the Tribesmen.

KILKENNY senior panellists Richie Doyle and Kieran Joyce have both been named in the starting 15 for the county’s intermediate team that do battle with Wexford in the Leinster IHC final in Nowlan Park tonight at 7.30pm.

Blackrock College will be able to call on the strike power of their Ireland U20s Andrew Conway and Brendan Macken in Division 1A against a Dolphin disrupted without their regular number eight James Coughlan, who has been called up by Munster.

MUNSTER’S youngsters once again demonstrated at Thomond Park last night that they have the capacity to step into the illustrious shoes of their predecessors, when defeating Connacht 28-11 in an entertaining and enlightening A Interprovincial game.

MUNSTER bid for their fourth successive victory in the A Interprovincial championship when they face Connacht this evening at Thomond Park (6.30pm).

WALES full-back Lee Byrne has been cleared to play in Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations clash against England at Twickenham.

Garda College 2-12 GMIT 1-14, Athlone (after extra-time)

Laois' battle against relegation this weekend has been boosted by the return of defender Darren Rooney to first team action.