Shelbourne held on against Limerick for a 1-0 victory last night which maintains their push for automatic promotion.

Bohemians came from 2-0 down to beat UCD 5-3 in a penalty shootout after extra-time at Dalymount Park to advance to the quarter-finals of the EA Sports Cup as the wet weather wreaked havoc with yesterday’s schedule, forcing the postponement of five of the competition’s eight fixtures.

Finuge (Kerry) 0-9 Monasterevan (Kildare) 0-5

DLSP managed to do enough at Lansdowne Road to avoid the relegation into division two, by winning comfortable and securing the bonus point for tries scored.

In rallying, Eamonn Boland/Anthony Nestor brought their NVD home in third place in Rallye de Wallonie in Belgium.