Six members of Armagh's Ulster Under-21 championship-winning side have been named in Joe Kernan's panel for the upcoming Ulster and All-Ireland SFC campaigns.

FIRST Omagh and now Crossmaglen. For eight years, Armagh and Tyrone have held Ulster football in their vice-like grips but the twin towers of the northern game both came a cropper on home soil against their provincial brethren this weekend.

Brian Mallon will have to be content with a place on the substitutes bench for Armagh's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Kerry on Saturday (Croke Park, throw-in 2pm).

Martin O'Rourke and John McEntee have been brought into the Armagh attack for Sunday's Ulster SFC final against Donegal (Croke Park, throw-in 2.15pm).

Armagh 0-16 Fermanagh 1-8

Ulster champions Armagh needed a late free from Oisin McConville to keep their title defence alive in a gripping semi-final clash at Clones.

2003 All-Star Francie Bellew has to be content with a place on the bench for Armagh's Ulster SFC semi-final showdown with Fermanagh on Sunday (Clones, throw-in 2.15pm).

Monaghan 0-10 Armagh 1-13, Clones

Monaghan 0-10 Armagh 0-10

Former All-Stars Kieran McGeeney and Francie Bellew have been passed fit to play for Armagh in Sunday's NFL Division 1B clash with Derry at Celtic Park (throw-in 2.30pm).

Armagh will be without Kieran McGeeney for Sunday's NFL Division 1B clash with Galway (Crossmaglen, throw-in 2.30pm) due to a bout of tonsilitis for the former captain.

Armagh manager Joe Kernan has made three changes to his side for Sunday's must-win Allianz NFL Division 1B trip to face Meath in Navan (throw-in 2.30pm).

Armagh 0-10 Kildare 0-12

Armagh manager Joe Kernan has named league debutant Liam O'Hare in his side for Sunday's Allianz NFL Division 1B opener at home to Kildare (Crossmaglen, 2.30pm).

Leinster 0-20 Ulster 0-18 (after extra time)

Tyrone trio Sean Cavanagh, Brian Dooher and Stephen O'Neill will be back in the yellow and black colours of Ulster on Saturday.

Champions Ulster have included eight debutants in their side for Sunday's Martin Donnelly & Co. Interprovincial semi-final tie with Munster.

Na Fianna 1-10 St Jude’s 0-10

Tyrone 1-13 Armagh 1-12

Mick O'Dwyer's young Laois side have waited two years for revenge on Armagh, and it could finally come today when the sides clash in an intruiging All-Ireland SFC quarter-final at Croke Park (3.30pm).

Armagh 0-13 Tyrone 0-11

Dublin is smothered in cloud today but come 4.30pm the red-hot pairing of Armagh and Tyrone will thunder back into action at Croke Park in a red-hot Ulster SFC final replay that is almost too close to call.

Tyrone 0-14 Armagh 2-8

John Toal and Tony McEntee, who both came off the bench to such good effect in Armagh's recent defeat of Derry, have made the Orchard side's line-up for Sunday's Ulster SFC final at Croke Park.

Armagh 1-11 Derry 0-10

Armagh 3-11 Donegal 1-10

Kildare host lowly Sligo in Division 1B in Newbridge today, and the home side are in with a long shot of making the National Football League semi-final line-up.

Armagh boss Joe Kernan has named his two sons in the side to face Limerick in Sunday's final round of the National Football League at Crossmaglen.

Armagh manager Joe McKernan has selected Oisin McConville for today's National Football League Division 1B clash against Down in Crossmaglen after he impressed in last week's thriller victory over Laois.

2003 Allstars 6-20, 2004 Allstars 6-9

The 2003 and 2004 All Star football squads - managed by Tyrone's Mickey Harte and John Maughan of Mayo - leave Dublin this morning for Hong Kong ahead of next Saturday's exhibition match between the sides.

Next Saturday's exhibition match between the 2003 and 2004 All Star football squads in Hong Kong will not be played under the new experimental rules.

Ulster 1-13 Leinster 1-8

Ulster and Leinster will face off in unfamiliar surroundings in today's M Donnelly Inter-provincial football final.

Ulster boss Brian McEniff has named an unchanged side for Saturday's M Donnelly & Co Interprovincial football final against Leinster in Paris (kick-off 1pm, Irish time).

Connacht and Ulster face off in the first of the M Donnelly inter-provincial football semi-finals at Castlebar (2.15pm) today.

LEINSTER'S footballers take on Munster in Portlaoise tomorrow (3pm) looking to debunk the myth that the eastern province has fallen off the pace in the modern era of the Railway Cup.

Kilmacud Crokes 0-11 Ballyboden St. Enda's 2-2

Fermanagh 0-12 Armagh 0-11

Armagh boss Joe Kernan has stuck with the same starting 15 that trounced Donegal in the Ulster final for Saturday's All-Ireland football quarter-final against Fermanagh.

Armagh 3-15 Donegal 0-11

All roads lead south today as Armagh and Donegal face off in the Ulster football final in front of a sell-out crowd at Croke Park.