Fourteen-man Ballygunner encountered some turbulence against old rivals Lismore at Walsh Park yesterday, but a polished second-half showing of 2-14 secured their place in the last four of the Waterford SHC.

John Kiely has a pretty straightforward view of the football championship and exactly who should play in it — "any fit, healthy young fella who wants to play for his county against the best".

Rathgormack sub Jamie Kirwan grabbed a decisive goal in injury time at Fraher Field on Saturday to secure their first win of 2014 and inflict a second defeat on Clashmore.

Waterford’s withdrawal from this month’s McGrath Cup hasn’t aided league preparations, admits manager Niall Carew.

Mutual consent.

Ballinacourty’s gentle giant this week decided to call time on his 14-year Waterford career

Waterford’s Gary Hurney has announced his retirement from intercounty football.

Ballinacourty 2-07 Dromcollogher-Broadford 0-11

Ballinacourty 0-12 Stradbally 0-05

Senior Football titles were up for grabs in Armagh, Donegal, Kerry, Laois, Meath, Down, Limerick and Waterford this afternoon.

Outgoing Limerick captain Seanie Buckley has not ruled out the possibility of a strike after the Munster Council’s decision on Thursday to uphold the decision to seed next year’s provincial senior football championship.

Ballinacourty and Stradbally advanced to the Waterford SFC quarter-finals after the completion of the third round over the weekend.

Galway 1-12 Waterford 0-14

Kerry 4-21 Waterford 1-4

Laois football manager Justin McNulty will be without the services of Kevin Meaney, last year's captain, and full-forward Gary Walsh for the remainder of this year's Championship.

Limerick 0-08 Waterford 0-06

Ulster 1-14 Munster 1-13

Ulster 1-14 Munster 1-13

Waterford 2-8 Tipperary 0-9

Gary Hurney will captain Waterford senior footballers for the coming season, with Shane Briggs named as vice-captain.

Niall Carew’s hope of getting his inter-county managerial career with Waterford off to a positive start in the Allianz Football League have been dealt a major blow with the confirmation that he will have to do without the talismanic Gary Hurney for the first two games.

Waterford 0-16 UL 0-12 (AET)

Thomas O’Gorman will miss Waterford’s Allianz Football League campaign due to a persistent shoulder problem.

Munster interprovincial manager Ger O’Sullivan said it would “a great disappointment” if the series is ended.

Fourmilewater 0-12 Abbeyside0-8

Waterford senior hurling champions Ballygunner have secured a place in the last eight of the 2012 competition with victory over Lismore at Fraher Field on Saturday.

John Owens has decided to call time on his three-year stint as manager of the Waterford senior footballers.

It’s easy to be glib and patronising, but let’s not.

After 20 years only bits and pieces are fresh in his mind.

Three things were lost in Aughrim on Saturday when Waterford travelled to take on Wicklow in the first round of the football qualifiers.

Wicklow 1-17 Waterford 0-15, (after extra-time)

Westmeath and Louth will face each other for the second time in six weeks in the first round of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers on June 30.

They have knocked at the provincial title door for years and made a successful attempt at the start of another tilt at Munster in the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

The opening round of group games in the Waterford SHC dominate the GAA scene in the Déise this weekend, with four of the six scheduled ties set to go ahead in doubleheader programmes at Dungarvan’s Fraher Field.

The Waterford footballers will start the 2012 Championship without the services of their talismanic captain Gary Hurney.

Disappointment tempered by relief, that was the reaction of former Kilkenny great Eddie Keher to the news yesterday that while Richie Power will miss Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A final, the injury he suffered playing for Carrickshock in Saturday’s club game against James Stephens isn’t as bad as first feared.

Carlow extinguished Waterford’s hopes of promotion at Fraher Field, Dungarvan on Saturday.

Table toppers Fermanagh lost their first league point in Allianz Football League Division 4 today due to a draw with Limerick, while elsewhere there were wins for London, Wicklow and Carlow.

A final quarter burst that yielded six unanswered points kept Waterford footballers’ slim hopes of an immediate return to Division Three alive as they recorded an emphatic victory over Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday.

Waterford kept their hopes of making a quick-return to Division 3 alive with this four-point win at Aughrim.

“Hopefully Christy doesn’t get his way,” was the cry from Ulster captain Darren Hughes after accepting the M Donnelly Interprovincial SF Cup from the GAA president.

Ulster 3-11 Munster 1-15

Munster captain Tomás Ó Sé says Tipperary should have shown more respect to the M Donnelly Interprovincial series.

A decent contest of football deservedly won by Munster was overshadowed by the paltry crowd at yesterday’s M Donnelly Interprovincial semi-final at Parnell Park.