A WIN for Waterford, but a redemption of sorts for the Model County men in Wexford Park.

IN a game that provided plenty of food for thought for manager Davy Fitzgerald, Waterford turned in a substandard performance in going under to Wexford in a senior hurling challenge to mark the official opening of new dressing rooms for the Brickey Rangers club outside Dungarvan last night.

JAMIE O’SULLIVAN of Bishopstown has been named at left half back on the Cork team to play Mayo in the Allianz National Football League final at Croke Park on Sunday.

2008 team colleagues Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and Jerry O’Connor return to the Cork colours for Sunday’s Allianz NHL clash with Limerick at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

TEN of the Cork team that started in last August’s semi-final defeat to Kilkenny, were named in the starting 15 last night for Cork’s NHL Division One trip to Clare on Sunday.

A YOUNG footballer, Micheal Roche, from the Glynn-Barntown club, has successfully appealed against a 48-week ban for an alleged assault on a referee in a minor club game in Wexford.

DUBLIN will have to plan without full-back Kevin Ryan — out with a hamstring injury — for their Allianz NHL league clash with Cork at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday. But the Dubs are hopeful centre-back Tomás Brady and midfielder Johnny McCaffrey will have recovered from knocks sustained when, respectively, assisting Na Fianna and winners Lucan Sarsfields in the Dublin U-21HC final last Saturday.

FERMANAGH manager Malachy O’Rourke has kept faith with the side that defeated Monaghan for Saturday’s Ulster SFC semi-final against Derry at Healy Park, Omagh (6pm).

LIMERICK introduce four newcomers for Sunday’s opening round Allianz NHL game against Tipperary at the Gaelic Grounds.

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CHAMPIONS Cork make two changes from the team which defeated Waterford in the semi-final for Sunday’s Munster minor hurling championship final against Limerick in Pairc Uí Chaoimh.

IT'S a long way from Clare to Tullamore, and an even longer road home yesterday for senior football manager John Kennedy and his charges following another inconsistent National Football League display.

PHILIP CLIFFORD has been given the chance to resurrect his inter-county career after being picked at right corner-forward on the Cork team for Saturday’s Allianz NFL against Westmeath at Páirc Uí Rinn (7.30pm).

DARREN FAY is in two minds about his latest Meath assignment, having been named in an unaccustomed midfield role for tomorrow’s O’Byrne Cup semi-final date with Offaly.

Britain's Steve Perez won the Killarney Historic Rally by over a minute in his Porsche 911 from the similar Porsche 911 of defending champion, Dessie Nutt.

For the fifth time in succession, Dessie Nutt (Porsche 911) has won the Killarney Historic Rally.