Barryroe 0-18 Aghabullogue 2-10

Carbery Rangers 2-14 Newmarket 0-07

Croke Rovers 0-16 Robert Emmetts 0-05

Douglas 2-14 Newmarket 0-4

Newmarket are full of surprises.

Wexford’s supreme accuracy proved the difference as they emerged with a comfortable 14-point victory over Laois yesterday afternoon.

Tracton 0-21 Aghabullogue 1-12

Bandon went for the kill right from the start and eased past Aghabullogue in the second PIHC first-round game at Cloughduv yesterday.

Aaron Moore’s dramatic injury-time goal provided Laois with a sensational victory over Offaly in the Leinster minor hurling championship.

Though they didn’t have it all their own way in the opening half, St Finbarr’s turned in an eye-catching second-half exhibition of point-taking to comfortably see off the challenge of Newmarket at Mallow on Saturday night.

With 60 seconds to kick-off and their side fighting relegation from the top tier of the Ulster Bank League, there was barely a Shannon fan to be found in the stand at Musgrave Park on Saturday.

The reception Shannon received from their ecstatic fans as they trooped off the Coonagh pitch spoke volumes for the sense of relief felt by those from the Limerick club.

Shannon out-half Tadg Bennett held his nerve under fierce pressure at Dooradoyle last night to land an equalising penalty from 45 metres with the last kick of the game to force a 20-20 draw with Garryowen in the Ulster Bank League.

Shannon’s need may have been greater before kick-off, but that didn’t stop Garryowen from inflicting a 12-point defeat on their Limerick rivals in this All-Ireland League Division 1A clash at Thomond Park last night.

Young Munster sensationally recovered from arrears of 20-3 after 32 minutes to snatch a dramatic Ulster Bank League victory over Shannon with a converted try in the 80th minute at Thomond Park last night.

A CASE of two points lost by Old Belvedere, two points gained by hosts Shannon in this All-Ireland League clash at chilly Coonagh on Saturday.

Kilbrittain 5-15 Aghabullogue 0-5

NEWMARKET proved too strong for Ballinora in yesterday’s Cork Premier IFC fourth round clash at Macroom, but will have to wait for their quarter-final opponents as the second of the double headers ended in stalemate between Kiskeam and Naomh Abán.

NEWMARKET booked a place in round four of the Cork Premier IFC at the third attempt, seeing off a spirited challenge from Grenagh at Mourneabbey last night.

A SUPER night for hurling in Newcestown on Saturday, yet little sparkle from either Aghabullogue or last year’s intermediate champions Kilbrittain.

Macroom 0-7 Grenagh 0-6

GARRYOWEN swept Shannon aside in convincing fashion under the Dooradoyle lights last night to climb off the bottom of Division 1A of the Ulster Bank All-Ireland League and in the process gave their ailing season a massive boost.

PAUL O’CONNELL’S return after an eight-month injury lay-off attracted a fine crowd to Thomond Park last night, and they were well rewarded for coming out on a bitterly cold and wet night as Shannon pipped Young Munster by a single point in a highly competitive AIL Division 1A encounter.

MUNSTER and Ireland hooker Jerry Flannery played the first half of last night’s All-Ireland League game for Shannon against Garryowen at Thomond Park, without any recurrence of the back and calf injuries that have bedevilled his career over the past two seasons.

EOGHAN GRACE provided the inspiration to propel Shannon into the semi-finals of the Munster Senior Cup after a hard-fought contest in Musgrave Park yesterday.

Garryowen 12 Shannon 10

AIB league champions Shannon face the toughest of starts to the defence of their crown tonight as they face old rivals Garryowen in Dooradoyle (7.30pm).

COURCEY ROVERS retained their intermediate status following a workmanlike victory over Delanys in the Evening Echo Cork Co IFC relegation play-off (first round) at Belgooly on Saturday.

REWARDING consistency has always been a Shannon thing, and it remains so under the coaching baton of Geoff Moylan in the build up to this afternoon’s AIB League final clash with Clontarf at Thomond Park (4pm).

Teams for the finals of the AIB League Divisions One, Two and Three

CLONTARF’S flirtation with AIB League glory has been consigned to failure in recent years; five semi-finals and two final appearances being just the sum total of the club’s success.

IN AS tough a game as either side have experienced all season, Cork Constitution held out for a victory at Temple Hill yesterday to enhance their position at the top of the AIB League.

IN A TIME of necessity, you do what has to be done to survive.

SHANNON’S David Quinlan will captain Ireland in their AIB Club International against England Counties on Friday night (Donnybrook, RTÉ Two, 7.05pm).

ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE champions Shannon have been kept apart from arch-rivals Garryowen in the semi-finals of the AIB Cup, the draw for which was made yesterday.

New Zealand Maori 27 Ireland A 6

THE Ireland A team to play New Zealand Maori in tonight’s Pool B Churchill Cup tie shows four changes from that which defeated USA 28-13 last weekend.

TWO of Ireland’s senior Triple Crown heroes — Malcolm O’Kelly and Simon Easterby — have been ruled out of Ireland’s summer tour to New Zealand and Australia.

Leicester openside Shane Jennings will captain an Ireland A squad containing only four full internationals at next month’s Churchill Cup.

DAVID QUINLAN of Buccaneers will captain the Irish team to play Scotland in the AIB Club International on Friday, March 10.

A 38-man squad for the first AIB Club International between Ireland and Scotland in Donnybrook on Friday, March 10 has been announced.

Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan has named four uncapped players in his squad for Tests against New Zealand, Australia and Romania next month.