WHEN the AIL’s most prolific attack faced the most suffocating defence, something had to give, in this Division Three final in Donnybrook on Saturday.

BRENDAN DEADY brought the AIB League Division Three trophy back to Kilballyowen Park on Saturday night and dedicated the famous win to Bruff player/coach Eoin Cahill.

THERE’S a starting place on the Cork team for Neil Ronan, while injured trio Ollie Moran, Stephen Lucey and Brian Geary have been named on the Limerick side for Saturday’s Guinness All-Ireland SHC quarter-final clash at Semple Stadium.

Diarmuid Fitzgerald is set to line out in the Tipperary forwards for this Sunday's Munster hurling quarter-final against Limerick.

A finely-tuned Tipperary side had little difficulty in disposing of Limerick in the ESB Munster MHC semi-final at Semple Stadium last night and set up a final meting with Cork on the last Sunday in June.

THE Limerick team to play Clare in the ESB Munster MHC semi-final qualifier in Cusack Park tonight (6.30pm), shows six changes from the team trounced by Cork in the first round.

Limerick 2-11 Waterford 2-4

Cork 2-17 Limerick 1-3

HOLDERS Cork will field seven of the squad which trounced Limerick in last year’s provincial final in tomorrow night’s opening round of the ESB Munster Minor Hurling Championship at the Gaelic Grounds (6.30).

St. Fachtna’s 2-8 Limerick Colleges 0-11

Limerick 0-18 Tipperary 0-12

Limerick Schools 0-12 Coláiste An Spioraid Naomh 0-9

THIRTEEN-MAN Drom-Broadford and St Senan’s booked their places in the Limerick SFC semi-finals with victories over Mungret and Fr Casey’s at the weekend.

Cork 0-9 Limerick 1-3

St Senan’s 1-9 Athea 0-8

KERRY include four of the St Brendan's team recently beaten in the Corn Uí Mhuirí final for tomorrow night's Munster MFC opener against Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds.

Coláiste Chríost Rí 2-9 Limerick City Colleges 2-6

Limerick Colleges 2-9 Coláiste na Sceilge 1-9

Drom-Broadford 2-10 Monaleen 1-6

Monaleen 2-8 Newcastle West 2-8

Cork 0-14 Limerick 1-7

WATERFORD will be without Shane Walsh, their goal-scoring hero from last year's historic Munster U21 football final victory over Kerry, when the sides renew acquaintances in the semi-final in Killarney tomorrow night (7.30pm).

HOLDERS Drom-Broadford, beaten by Athea in the opening series of the Limerick SFC, resumed normal service with a 1-9 to 0-8 win over newcomers St. Senan’s on Saturday.

Nenagh 22 Bruff 13

Athea 2-9 Drom-Broadford 1-8

Tipperary 3-16 Waterford 1-22

Tipperary 2-15 Galway 2-13

DIARMUID O’SULLIVAN has been given the all-clear to play with Cork in Sunday’s Allianz National Hurling League clash with Galway at Pearse Stadium.

WITH his side already through to the knockout stages of the Allianz NHL, Tipperary manager Ken Hogan has rested a number of first choice players for Sunday’s clash with Cork at Pairc Uí Chaoimh.

DAVID HOEY, Sean McMahon and Diarmuid McMahon look set to make their first Allianz NHL appearances with Clare this season when the Bannermen take on Galway in a top-of-the-table clash at Pearse Stadium on Sunday.

Tipp manager Ken Hogan is forced to make two changes for Sunday's NHL tie against Wexford. Shane Maher and Brian O'Meara are both ruled out through injury.

Tipp manager Ken Hogan is forced to make two changes for Sunday’s NHL tie against Wexford.

LIMERICK manager Pat Joe Whelahan was almost lost for words after yesterday's Allianz National Hurling League defeat by Tipperary at the magnificently redeveloped Gaelic Grounds.

TIPPERARY introduce three newcomers for their opening game in the Allianz National Hurling League against Offaly at Birr on Sunday.

Bruff 33 Nenagh 15

Tipperary 2-16, Offaly 2-11

TIPPERARY have given a starting place to John Carroll for Sunday’s Guinness All-Ireland senior hurling championship quarter-final clash with Offaly at Croke Park and have switched Lar Corbett to full-forward for the eagerly-awaited showdown.