Portlaoise 1-9 Moorefield 0-8

Glenswilly and Ballinderry Shamrocks booked their places in the AIB Ulster Senior Club Football Final following today's Senior club football action.

Portlaoise 2-08 Arles-Killeen 1-08

Senior Football titles were up for grabs in Armagh, Donegal, Kerry, Laois, Meath, Down, Limerick and Waterford this afternoon.

Ballymun Kickhams 0-11 Portlaoise 0-08

It was a seemingly innocuous question towards the end of a group interview last Wednesday that had Brian Mulligan close to welling up.

MARK Collins grabbed the late point that ensured UCC warmed up for their forthcoming Sigerson Cup campaign in perfect fashion, as they claimed victory over Carlow IT in last night’s HE SFL Division 1 (Ryan Cup) final at the Waterford IT grounds in Carriganore.

IT Carlow's senior footballers have once again criticised GAA authorities for their failure to include the team in the upcoming Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup, in the light of Kilkenny's failure to field a team for the competition.

St Brigid's (Dublin) 2-16 Portlaoise (Laois) 1-15 (aet), Parnell Park

DR CROKES’ midfielder Johnny Buckley won’t be lining out for UCC in today’s Higher Education Division 1 League semi-final.

APPEARING in their first Leinster Club SFC tie since a 2007 drubbing at the hands of the same opponents, Louth champions St. Patrick’s provided much stiffer opposition this time and only a point in the last minute of extra-time from Portlaoise defender Conor Boyle spared the hosts’ blushes.

FORMER All-Ireland minor winning captain Craig Rogers has turned down an invitation from manager Justin McNulty to rejoin the Laois senior football panel.

PORTLAOISE won a historic fifth Laois SFC title in a row yesterday with a clinical second-half display against Graiguecullen.

A STYLISH display from UUJ saw them advance to the Sigerson Cup semi-finals with ease, after they demolished Carlow IT at Belfield yesterday.

Five-time Sigerson Cup winners UUJ advanced to tomorrow's semi-finals of the competition, following a 2-19 to 1-8 win over IT Carlow.

Former All-Ireland minor winning captain Craig Rogers has quit the Laois senior football panel just two months into the competitive reign of new manager Justin McNulty.

IT CARLOW have qualified for the Sigerson Cup quarter-finals for the first time in their history. The Carlow college has competed at this level for three years but, the way they finished off Athlone, they looked old hands.

CHAMPIONS Portlaoise withstood a spirited second half Moorefield rally to emerge victorious from a pulsating AIB Leinster club SFC tie at O’Moore Park yesterday.

Portlaoise, Garrycastle and Skryne claimed victories on the opening day of the 2010 AIB Leinster Club Senior Football Championship.

Tipperary 0-13 Laois 0-12

Tipperary manager John Evans and his Laois counterpart Sean Dempsey have named their sides for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier at Semple Stadium (throw-in 3.30pm).

FOR long periods Meath looked like they would secure a place in the last four of the Leinster senior football championship quite comfortably, but as manager Eamonn O’Brien admitted afterwards, his side was relieved to have a second chance.

Laois showed tremendous character to score three points in the final four minutes of extra time in their Leinster SFC quarter-final with Meath at Croke Park.

Laois 0-13 Kildare 0-9

Westmeath 3-8 Laois 0-24

GIVEN its impoverished recent history, yesterday in the Gaelic Grounds was a momentous afternoon for Clare football.

Portlaoise (Laois) 0-8 Kilmurry-Ibrickane (Clare) 1-14

PORTLAOISE cemented their status as Leinster football’s most successful club by claiming their seventh provincial title at the expense of Westmeath’s Garrycastle yesterday.

Portlaoise 1-9 Garrycastle 1-5

Portlaoise (Laois) 2-21 Mattock Rangers (Louth) 0-2

THIS was no thriller but Portlaoise won’t care. Yesterday was all about the numbers – a sixth county title and their first three-in-a-row since 1987.

Portlaoise 1-9 Arles/Kilcruise 0-8

KIERAN DONAGHY makes his first appearance for Kerry in this year’s championship as the Kingdom take on Longford in the All-Ireland qualifier at Pearse Park, on Saturday.

Mountmellick clubman Colm Coss has been named at full-forward in the Laois team to take on Down in Saturday's All-Ireland SFC second-round qualifier in Newry (throw-in 7.30pm).

Rhode (OY) 2-9 Portlaoise (LS) 1-10

Longford denied Meath a place in the semi-finals of the 2008 O'Byrne Cup as they recorded a magnificent 0-14 to 1-6 win at Navan this afternoon.

Cork 2-10 Laois 0-15

Laois manager Sean Dempsey has named an unchanged side for tomorrow's All-Ireland U-21 football semi-final against defending champions Mayo at Hyde Park (throw-in 3pm).

Laois 0-13 Offaly 1-7, Portlaoise

TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Killian Young from the Renard club makes his National Football League debut for Kerry when they take on Mayo in the opening round at Castlebar on Sunday.

Garda College 1-13 UCD 1-6

Dublin 2-15 UCD 2-07 (after extra-time)

OLLIE BAKER will return to the inter-county hurling scene in 2006, as a selector with Westmeath.

Portlaoise 2-8 Ballina Stephenites 1-12