There are five changes in personnel, as well as a number of positional alterations, to the Cork side that will face Waterford in the Allianz Hurling League Division 1A at Páirc Uí Rinn tomorrow night (throw-in 7pm).

DCU 6-14 Athlone IT 1-7: Monaghan’s Shane Carey fired a brilliant 3-6 as holders Dublin City University made a strong statement of their intention to capture back-to-back Sigerson Cup titles for the first time.

Down 3-16 Derry 1-17:

The returning Brian Murphy is one of three changes to the Cork side for Sunday’s Munster SHC semi-final with Waterford in Thurles.

Derry 0-23 Down 2-12: Derry produced their most polished performance of the season when defeating Down in Saturday’s Christy Ring Cup semi-final at Owenbeg.

Meath u21s 1-10 Westmeath u21s 1-08: Meath had keeper Jack Hannigan to thank for a brilliant block to deny Dylan McDermott a match-winning goal in added time in this Leinster U-21 FC tie at Páirc Tailteann.

Athlone Town 0 Dundalk 3

FAI FORD CUP:

St Patrick’s Athletic 1 Dundalk 0

Shamrock Rovers 0 Dundalk 1

Derry 2-19 Down 1-15

Captain and chief marksman Ruairi Convery led by example with a 1-11 haul as Derry qualified for their second Ulster Senior Hurling Championship final in three years.

Derry 2-16 Down 3-12

Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice believes a win over Mayo tomorrow would throw his side right back into contention for the Allianz Football League Division 1 title.

Derry 3-11 Westmeath 0-08

Aidan Walsh has been handed his first start for the Cork senior hurlers as they face Limerick in tomorrow night’s Division 1B league opener at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Mount Leinster Rangers (Carlow) 1-15 Castletown-Geoghegan (Westmeath) 1-13

Castletown-Geoghegan 1-12 St Oliver Plunkett’s 0-11

Derry 1-16 Down 0-25

Down 0-25 Derry 1-16, Athletic Grounds

Down 1-16 Derry 0-19

Down 1-16 Derry 0-19

Kerry 0-14 Derry 0-08

Derry 1-11 Wicklow 1-10

Roscommon 2-14 Cavan 1-07

Roscommon 0-12 Meath 2-11

Derry 2-19 Wicklow 0-10

Ballinasloe (Galway) 4-11Oran (Sligo) 0-7

Errigal Ciaran (Tyrone) 0-11 Ballinderry (Derry) 0-10

Mullahoran (Cavan) 1-7 Errigal Ciaran (Tyrone) 4-15

Errigal Ciaran 0-13 Dromore 0-8

Ballinderry gave themselves a chance of becoming the first team to win back-to-back Derry titles in over a decade with a 1-8 to 0-10 win over Banagher on Saturday.

They had nearly finished sweeping the stand in preparation for the Connacht final the following day when Mickey Harte went off to the dressing rooms on Saturday night, the last man to leave the pitch, alone with his thoughts as he headed down to the changing facilities at Hyde Park.

After the mauling they got from Limerick last weekend, the Antrim senior hurlers were out to redeem themselves yesterday at Casement Park in the Ulster SHC final.

Antrim 3-18 Derry 0-9

Derry cruised to an 11-points victory over Down in this tame Ulster SHC semi-final in Casement Park yesterday.

The sponsorship person who has to hang around to present the man of the match award could have made a strong case for it to be done at half-time in Hyde Park yesterday to get home out of the rain.

Derry 0-24 Down 0-13, Casement Park

Roscommon 1-11 Armagh 1-9, Dr. Hyde Park

Westmeath 1-15 Louth 0-12

Danny O’Connor crowned a dream debut for Louth with the match winning goal and admitted “that’s the stuff of dreams”.

A physically stronger Westmeath progressed to the Leinster MFC semi-finals on Saturday but were made work for their three-point victory by battling Wicklow at Aughrim.

Roscommon 0-10 Galway 3-15