Kildare manager Jason Ryan retains faith in the black-card rule, but insists consistency of its application remains the most important factor.

SIGERSON CUP QUARTER-FINAL:

Dublin City University 4-15 NUI Galway 0-11

Kiltane 2-10 Clyda Rovers 0-10

DCU 3-8 Dublin 0-16

DCU 2-15 Westmeath 2-9

Clyda Rovers 0-10 Miltown-Malbay 0-7

Clyda Rovers (Cork) 0-15 Ballyporeen (Tipperary) 1-4

Clyda Rovers 0-13 Macroom 0-08

Clyda Rovers 0-16 Glenville 0-10

Clyda Rovers 0-08 Bantry Blues 0-07

Castletownbere 0-3 Clyda Rovers 1-9

Clyda Rovers 1-16 Kinsale 2-11 (after extra time)

Clyda Rovers 0-15 Mayfield 1-5

Kerry 0-13 Cork 1-8

Limerick boss Maurice Horan has made two changes for Saturday’s Munster SFC semi-final against Clare while he is also able to call upon talisman John Galvin after the star midfielder reported fit following a cruciate ligament injury.

Having lost the previous three finals, Clyda Rovers must to do things the hard way if they are to reach a fourth PIFC decider in a row after they were beaten by Bantry Blues at Kilmichael on Saturday.

For the third time in seven years DCU climbed to the Sigerson Cup winner’s podium on Saturday afternoon at Pearse Stadium.

Donegal star Michael Murphy celebrated his return to football in 2012 with an injury-time free in DCU’s emphatic Sigerson Cup semi-final victory at NUI Galway Sportsground in Dangan yesterday.

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

DCU are going all out to regain the Sigerson Cup title they lost last year and it’s going to take a good team to stop them.

Despite a plucky Cork IT performance, favourites DCU had enough power to advance to the Sigerson Cupquarter-finals.

DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY manager Niall Moyna was happy with this result, although it gives him a fixtures headache.

JACK BRADY and sub Donal Smith struck second-half goals as DCU, without several key players, advanced to the O’Byrne Cup semi-final at Ballymahon yesterday.

A GOAL in the 10th minute by full forward Derek O’Brien proved the decisive score in this keenly contested semi-final at Donoughmore on Saturday.

CLYDA ROVERS are just one game away from a third successive Premier IFC final after they overcame Macroom in a dour quarter-final at Donoughmore on Saturday evening.

TO apply some context to this headline result in Fermoy on Saturday, one should underline that this is only the second Cork SFC game Nemo Rangers have lost over the past five years.

ASTONISHINGLY Mallow plucked a draw from the jaws of defeat in this fourth round Cork Premier IFC tie at the splendid Killavullen venue on Saturday night.

VETERANS, captain Graham Canty and goalkeeper Alan Quirke, have been drafted into the Cork team as the All-Ireland champions commence their 2011 campaign against Clare on Sunday.

Clyda Rovers 0-7 Naomh Abán 0-4

AVONDHU became the first side to qualify of the third round of the Cork SFC when they eventually battled past the determined challenge of CIT in a pulsating clash in Fermoy last night.

KIERAN McGEENEY praised a referee yesterday but the Kildare boss had his tongue planted firmly in his cheek when offering kudos to Pat Fox for making this game exciting by giving DCU a host of scoreable frees.

A POOR advert for football, with the free count more than doubling the scores registered, but both sides will be relieved for a chance of redemption next weekend after Saturday’s sterile Cork PIFC semi-final finished level at Páirc Uí Rinn.

FORMER senior star Aodhán MacGearailt netted the crucial second-half goal that enabled Kerry to defeat 2009 All-Ireland champions Cork in yesterday’s Munster JFC semi-final at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney.

Mount Sion 1-19 Abbeyside 0-11

Waterford champions Mount Sion take on Tipperary kingpins Toomevara in today's Munster club hurling final at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

Mount Sion 4-13 Kilmaley 0-9