Kilkenny 2-24 Offaly 0-12

Without ever being under any real pressure, Donie O’Sullivan/Paul Nagle, driving a McKinstry prepared Subaru WRC, won the Quality Hotels West Cork Rally in Clonakilty by a comfortable margin.

Former winner, Donie O’Sullivan and his co-driver, Paul Nagle in a McKinstry hired Subaru WRC, hold a 14-second lead over the Mitsubishi of Colm Murphy/Ger Loughrey at the end of the opening leg of the Quality Hotels West Cork Rally in Clonakilty.

MUNSTER football manager Sean Geaney last night joined the chorus of criticism regarding the timing of the inter-provincial championship. His selection options for tomorrow’s football semi-final against Leinster in Fermoy have been decimated by a combination of factors.

The Raven's Rock Rally in Kilkenny, round six of the Dunlop National Rally Championship was initially won by Michael Barrable in a Ford Focus.

The Swords/Athlone combination of Michael Barrable and Dermot O'Gorman won the Quality Hotels West Cork Rally by 10.7 seconds today in their Ford Focus WRC.

Kilkenny 3-18 UCD 0-14

KILKENNY are bidding for their third consecutive Erin Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship title at the expense of Dublin at Nowlan Park tonight.

For the second time in only four years, Welsh driver Mel Evans won the Quality Hotels West Cork Rally that took place in Clonakilty today.

THE Kilkenny team to play Galway in Sunday’s Erin All-Ireland U-21 HC final at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick (2pm), is the same as that which trounced Antrim in the semi-final.

THE struggle between club and county continues in Antrim. With the county U21 hurlers due to play Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final in Navan on Saturday, several clubs are reluctant to release their players because of county championship matches the following day.

JASON SHERLOCK has been given a starting place on the Dublin team for next Sunday’s Bank of Ireland Leinster SFC final at Croke Park, while former Austin Stack’s clubman Billy Sheehan retains his place on the Laois side.

Kildangan (Tipperary) 2-13 Carrickshock (Kilkenny) 1-13

Changing weather conditions brought good fortune for Ballylickey’s Denis Cronin and his co-driver, Helen O’Sullivan (Subaru WRC).

Throughout today’s eight stages of the first leg of the Quality Hotels West Cork Rally in Clonakilty, local drivers, Liam McCarthy and Denis Cronin have been locked in combat and at the overnight halt, Dunmanway driver, McCarthy is just three tenths of a second ahead of Ballylickey’s Cronin, both in Subaru WRC’s.

A dramatic finish to the Glandore based Marine Hotel Fastnet Rally saw Michael Barrable (Subaru WRC) emerge victorious.

Kilkenny 2-16 Galway 2-15

DEFENDING champions Kilkenny have left two vacancies on their team for Sunday’s All-Ireland MHC final against Galway.

Kilkenny 0-15 Cork 2-8

THE Cork minor hurling selectors have made a number of changes, particularly in attack for Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling championship semi-final against Kilkenny at Croke Park, 1.45pm throw-in.