Limerick 1-23 Tipperary 2-13: Don Flynn’s Limerick made it through to a first Munster intermediate hurling final since 2011 with a comfortable seven-point victory over Tipperary in yesterday’s semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds.

FITZGIBBON CUP:

IT Carlow 1-14 St Patrick’s College 0-13

Dohenys 4-09 St Colum’s 1-09

Erin’s Own 0-16 Ballymartle 0-11

Cork IT 4-15 Carlow IT 1-10

Terenure College 13 Belvedere College 7

Monasterevin (Kildare) 0-4O’Connell’s (Louth) 0-3

Clonmel Commercials 1-09 Thomas MacDonaghs 0-05

Sligo Rovers 3 St Patrick’s Athletic 2

Confident St Patrick’s Athletic were firmly in the driving seat against Monaghan United in Gortakeegan last night, winning 4-0 to stay on Sligo Rovers’ heels.

University of Limerick, boasting a number of senior county stars, proved too strong for IT Carlow in the second half of this Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-final.

A splendidly taken try by full-back Brendan Deady made all the difference for Bruff at Thomond Park last night.

IT Carlow just prevailed in this Fitzgibbon Cup group tie at the IT grounds in Carlow yesterday after a competitive contest which featured a shootout between the respective centre-forwards – the home side’s TJ Reid and NUIG’s Niall Burke.

It took them time to warm to the task, but a clinical second-half performance was enough to secure the expected victory for a fancied Carlow IT team in this Fitzgibbon Cup game against Dublin IT yesterday.

WHAT was meant to be another milestone in the Bruff rugby odyssey came unstuck last evening when Peter Malone’s out-of-sorts side slumped to a third defeat in a row.

GARRYOWEN gained vengeance for last year’s final defeat as they beat Bruff 19-9 in a keenly contested ODM Financial Munster Senior Cup decider at Thomond Park last night.

HOLDERS Bruff take on Garryowen in the final of the ODM Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park tonight, kick-off 7.30pm.

O’MOORE PARK was a scene of delight as much as it was a vista of dejection last night as Wexford celebrated their first Leinster U21 FC title at the fifth time of asking.

A STRONG finish to both halves enabled Longford to bridge a five-year gap when edging out Westmeath — who finished with 14 men — in last night’s Leinster Under-21 FC semi-final clash at Páirc Tailteann.

AFTER ousting reigning All-Ireland champions Dublin, Meath were dumped out of the Leinster U21 FC quarter-final at Navan last night.

A LATE fightback saw Abbey CBS overcome Carrigaline to claim Corn an Uachtaráin (Munster senior B football) glory in the final replay at Fermoy yesterday.

VALIANT Cistercian Roscrea completed the Powerade Leinster Senior Cup semi-final line-up with a thrilling win over Terenure at Donnybrook yesterday.

The teams for this weekend's round of AIL rugby fixtures have been announced today.

AIB LEAGUE DIVISION 2 FINAL:

PREVIEW: AIB League Division Two Final

Ireland U20 wing Simon Zebo will start at full-back for Cork Constitution in the AIL Division One final against St Mary's College at Dubarry Park tomorrow.

Dublin 1-10 Donegal 1-8

THE attacking genius of Michael Murphy has caused suffering for plenty teams in recent seasons and Tipperary’s U21s became the latest victims of the Glenswilly man’s prowess in Saturday night’s All-Ireland U21FC semi-final in Parnell Park.

It will be a question of who has the greater squad depth when Cork Constitution play Dolphin in the AIB League Division One semi-final at Temple Hill tomorrow as Munster have taken a clutch of players from each club.

Leaders Cork Constitution have been able to select Munster's Billy Holland in their back row for Saturday's AIB League clash with Dolphin.

Cork Constitution will have to wait and see if their centre Scott Deasy is available to play – he is a replacement for Munster against Leinster – against UL-Bohemians at Annacotty tomorrow as they bid to return to the top of Division 1A of the AIB League.

Leaders Cork Constitution plan to utilise Munster's Jeremy Manning at out-half with David Lyons slipping back to full-back for the first-versue-second tussle with St Mary's College in Division 1A of the AIB League at Templeville Raod on Saturday.

THE scene is set for a grandstand climax to the AIB League as high rollers Cork Constitution, St. Mary’s, Shannon, Dolphin as well as Garryowen and Blackrock continue to slug it out over three more weekends.

Leaders Cork Constitution will have Munster's Jeremy Manning back at out-half at home to old rivals Shannon in Division 1A of the AIB Leagure at Temple Hill tomorrow.

Cork Constitution will take a wait-and-see approach to whether they can use Duncan Williams this weekend.

Leinster wing Michael Keating comes back into the Clontarf side as they go toe-to-toe with Shannon in the AIL at Castle Avenue on Saturday.

Leaders St Mary's College will give a debut to scrum-half Cormac Quinn in a first versus second encounter with Blackrock College, who have been decimated by Magner's League and Ireland U19 commitments, at Templeville Road.

Blackrock College co-coaches Barry Gibney and Emmett Farrell bring in prop Sean Byrne to tight-head as their only change to the leaders' side to play Clontarf at Castle Avenue.

Tony Hayes (K Club) set the pace after the opening round of the 54 holes Irish Seniors Amateur Close Championship, sponsored by Tourism Malaysia, when he shot a one under par 71 at Roscommon Golf Club.

KERRY are the latest county to ratify the process of appointing a full-time GAA secretary. A proposal at this week’s county board meeting means each of the six Munster counties has now gone the road of appointing a full-time salaried official to administrate affairs.

ANDREW STRACEY (Littlestone GC, Kent), fired a final round 78 to win the Irish Seniors Amateur Open Championship at Bangor Golf Club yesterday.