Kildare 2-15 Longford 1-9: Kildare collected their second Leinster minor title in three years with a comfortable nine-point victory over Longford.

Kildare 3-16 Dublin 3-13: A devastating scoring blitz before half-time paved the way for Kildare’s victory over Paddy Christie’s Dublin in yesterday’s Electric Ireland Leinster minor football semi-final at Croke Park.

Cork defender Lorcan McLoughlin looks certain to miss Cork’s Munster Championship opener with Waterford after sustaining a suspected broken collarbone playing for his club Kanturk last night.

A first-half Mark Sugrue goal proved crucial in this tight meeting at Caherlag on Saturday, helping Bandon to just about see off a competitive Castlelyons team.

There was tremendous relief for Castlelyons following victory in Round 3 of the Cork Premier IHC at Rathcormac last evening.

Valley Rovers 3-8 Castlelyons 0-15

Kildare’s push for promotion got a further boost at Drogheda yesterday, this four-point win over struggling Louth putting them in prime position for the second of the qualifying spots.

Captain Dan Leavy was the try-scoring driving force behind St Michael’s second ever Leinster Schools Senior Cup, denying Clongowes a first three in a row in an enthralling final at the RDS yesterday.

A worthwhile exercise for both Kieran McGeeney and Jack O’Connor as the Lilywhites edged to victory at the official reopening of the Ballymacelligott GAA pitch on Saturday.

Kildare lost their Bord Na Móna O’Byrne Cup crown in Portlaoise last night after switching off in the second-half.

Cistercian College Roscrea came up shy in a pulsating Leinster Schools Senior Cup first-round replay at Maynooth yesterday.

Roscrea must feel aggrieved by the 17 minutes of injury-time played before St Michael’s fly-half Ross Byrne landed an equalising penalty to send this Leinster Schools Senior Cup first round tie to a replay at Maynooth yesterday.

WITH just three points separating the sides in the 56th minute, Castlelyons dared to believe they could cause a major upset in this Premier 1 Central Region final at Páirc Uí Rinn.

WITH just three points separating the sides in the 56th minute, Castlelyons dared to believe they could cause a major upset in this Premier 1 Central Region final at Páirc Uí Rinn, just one season after winning the Premier 2 equivalent.

JOHN REYNOLDS was the hero as comeback kings Clara repeated their county final heroics by overcoming an eight-point interval deficit to win this Leinster Club SFC game in Newbridge.

St Malachy's Castlewellan 0-15 Ashbourne CS 0-7

AN HISTORIC day for Bride Rovers, winning the inaugural Munster Intermediate Club hurling title at Kilmallock yesterday - coming five months after they captured their first Cork IHC title last October.