Leitrim manager Terry Hyland expressed his delight amid jubilant scenes in Carrick-on-Shannon after his side sealed their promotion to Division 3 on what was an historic afternoon.

James Horan wants to make history in his second stint as Mayo manager but little did he think that a nugget of it would come in his first match back as they advanced to a FBD League semi-final showdown with Galway on the back of a penalty shootout.

Templederry had to survive a late Silvermines surge before claiming a place in the club’s first ever North senior hurling final courtesy of a 0-25 to 3-13 win in Nenagh.

Cahir 1-10 Loughmore-Castleiney 2-7

Thurles Sarsfields 2-22 Loughmore-Castleiney 3-11

Loughmore-Castleiney 3-22 Mullinahone 0-14

A huge weekend of senior hurling activity saw the Tipperary SHC championship reduced to the last eight, and while there were no major upsets, there were some very significant results, not least the victory of Thurles Sarsfields over Drom-Inch.

Tipperary senior hurling champions, Loughmore-Castleiney suffered a shock defeat in the Mid Division’s SHC semi-final, losing to Upperchurch -Drombane 2-19 to 1-21 after extra-time at Templemore yesterday.

Loughmore-Castleiney 3-10 Aherlow Gaels 0-09

Loughmore-Castleiney 1-17 Nenagh Éire Óg 1-16

Loughmore-Castleiney 2-17 Killenaule 1-15

JK Brackens shocked fancied holders Loughmore-Castleiney in the Mid Tipperary SFC final at Templetuohy yesterday and were full value for their 2-10 to 1-9 win.

Loughmore-Castleiney and Éire Óg Nenagh, as expected, qualified for the Tipperary SHC quarter-finals with comfortable round four wins over Roscrea and Silvermines respectively on Saturday evening.

Tipperary senior champions Drom & Inch remain on course to retain the Dan Breen Cup following an impressive 2-22 to 0-13 quarter-final win over west champions Clonoulty Rossmore at Semple Stadium.

Mid Tipp SHC title holders, Loughmore-Castleiney, blitzed Tipperary champions Drom-Inch in this Mid Tipperary senior hurling semi-final replay at Templetuohy on Saturday.

Tipperary cruised to victory over a disappointing Limerick side in the Munster IHC quarter-final in MacDonagh Park, Nenagh on Saturday.

CORK hurling boss Denis Walsh last night handed out three full championship debuts for Sunday’s Munster quarter-final against Tipperary in Semple Stadium.

KERRY produced a gutsy performance to bring this Christy Ring Cup semi-final to a replay, after 80 minutes of wholehearted endeavour against champions Carlow at Dr Cullen Park.

Carlow 1-15 Kerry 2-12 (after extra-time)

Kerry 4-21 Derry 2-12

Loughmore-Castleiney became the eighth Tipperary club to win the Munster Senior Club Hurling championship following their 1-6 to 0-7 win over Clare champions Tulla yesterday afternoon.

NO MATTER who comes out of the two Munster Club hurling semi-finals tomorrow, one thing we already know for certain — there will be new, first-time champions crowned in 2007.

All-Ireland Club hurling champions Ballyhale Shamrocks had to dig deep before registering a five points win over Carlow side Mount Leinster Rangers in their Leinster Championship opener at Dr Cullen Park, Carlow this afternoon.

PETER LAMBERT has been through it all before.

TIPPERARY U21 hurling selector, Len Gaynor, insists his side are not feeling the pressure to deliver three-in-a-row against Cork in tomorrow’s Erin Munster U21 HC final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh (7:15pm).

CORK have made one change from the team which defeated Clare in the semi-final for tomorrow night’s Munster U21 hurling championship final against Tipperary at Páirc Uí Chaoimh (7.15pm).

Tipperary forward Lar Corbett is losing his battle to be fit for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final with Galway.

2001 All-Star Eddie Enright has earned a recall to the Tipperary hurling panel after a year out of inter-county action.

Cork 1-21 Tipperary 1-16

HE’S still only 23, but it seems like Tipperary sharpshooter Eoin Kelly has been around for a long time.

Tipperary manager Ken Hogan will give corner forward Lar Corbett until the last possible moment to prove his fitness for Sunday's Munster SHC final.

JOE O’LEARY was enjoying his spell as a Cork selector even before Tipperary arrived as Cork’s opponents in this year’s Munster final.

IT WAS League weather, and until late in the afternoon a League crowd, so nobody should be surprised that for long stretches yesterday, Tipperary’s Munster SHC semi-final victory over Clare looked a contest more suited to March.

ROLL out the barricades, the Tippmen are coming, and this time, they mean business.

Tipperary 2-14 Clare 0-14

The notion that goals win matches rung true at a rain-sodden Gaelic Grounds today as two in the space of two first half minutes from Lar Corbett and Micheal Webster saw Tipperary's Munster SHC tilt remain on course.

Cork are through to this year’s Munster SHC final on June 26, and the All-Ireland champions will discover today who they will face in the decider as Clare and Tipperary go head-to-head in the semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick.