CONTINUING to experiment, the Cork selectors have made a number of changes on the team to play Tipperary in Division 1B of the Allianz NHL at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday from that which stole a last-gasp victory over Offaly.

Dunloy 1-6 Newtownshandrum 0-17

Dunloy (Antrim) 0-2 Newtownshandrum (Cork) 0-7

FOR ALL those in the deep south who believe the All-Ireland club hurling final in Croke Park today is more or less a foregone conclusion, that the honest physical endeavour of the Antrim champions Dunloy will succumb to the pacy, cultured hurling of Newtownshandrum — a word of warning from one who should know.

Portumna (Galway) 2-10 Dunloy (Antrim) 2-13

BOTH Newtownshandrum and O’Loughlin Gaels have injury worries ahead of next Sunday’s AIB All-Ireland club hurling semi-final in Semple Stadium.

Wexford 2-15, Antrim 2-12

Paul Codd's 65th minute goal allied to his seven-point tally saw Wexford advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals against a plucky Antrim at Croke Park.

Two goals in the space of a minute-and-a-half at the end of the first half have given Dinny Cahill's Antrim side a surprise five-point lead at the interval in Croke Park.

Antrim return to Division 1 hurling as they defeated Kerry after a nail-biting end to the Division 2 final at Croke Park.

Antrim 3-16, Down 1-18