It is expected that these sides will meet again before the championship is out should Tipperary overcome Limerick in their final round-robin meeting, so it comes as no great shock that this 60 minutes resembled a game of cat and mouse, with neither side keen to go at full tilt.

Captain Kyle Shelly kicked 2-8 (2-2 from play) as a strong, skilful and speedy Tipperary had the two points wrapped up by half-time.

Limerick made it through to the Munster Minor hurling final defeating Clare by a single point, in a thriller at Cusack Park.

The numbers pertaining to this Kerry minor team, whatever way you break them down, are pretty incredible.

As expected, the David Clifford show did not disappoint.

Electric Ireland Munster MFC final

Laois secured their third straight win in this Leinster SHC Round Robin qualifier and advance with confidence to face Wexford in the Leinster SHC quarter-final. 

Kerry 0-20 Westmeath 2-12: Kerry senior hurling manager Fintan O’Connor, confessed to being “relieved, more than anything” after his side pulled off a vital win against Westmeath in miserable weather in Mullingar yesterday afternoon.

Kerry unleashed their superior firepower in the opening half of this Electric Ireland Munster MFC quarter-final against a Clare side caught in the headlights in near perfect conditions at the Austin Stack Park last night.

Corn Ui Mhuiri final - St Brendan’s Killarney 2-20 Tralee CBS 0-11: From west to east, the wellspring of Kerry football talent is shifting. 

Munster Hurling League - Limerick 4-28 Kerry 0-16: Former underage star Peter Casey marked his Limerick senior debut with a fine display as the Shannonsiders spanked Kerry by 24 points at the Gaelic Grounds.

The returning David Moran is one of five changes to the Kerry side for today’s McGrath Cup final clash with Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds (3pm).

St Brendan’s, Killarney 2-18 Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 0-9: A dominant second-half performance from St Brendan’s – in which the favourites outscored their opponents 2-10 to 0-2 – eased the Killarney outfit into the penultimate round of the Corn Uí Mhuirí.

Second-half surge proves too hot for Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne.

St Brendan’s College, Killarney 1-15 De La Salle College, Macroom 1-8: Munster and All Ireland college’s champions St Brendan’s College, Killarney, qualified for the quarter-final of the Corn Uí Mhuirí in Rathmore yesterday. Two wins out of two for The Sem, having emerged comfortable victors in this tie.

Westmeath staged a strong second-half display, to maintain their unbeaten run in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship at Austin Stack Park, Tralee this afternoon.

Longford County Board must decide whether or not to proceed with a round of upcoming league fixtures after the county’s football management issued a statement threatening to resign if the games are not postponed.

It can be a thin line between victory and success and Kerry hurlers got the full gamut of emotions as national league hurling returned to St Brendan’s Park in Birr for the first time in almost a decade.

Clare 2-28 Kerry 1-9: Sometimes you wonder if things happen by design or default in Clare but the unveiling of their €2.1m stand could not come at a better time next Sunday when a bumper crowd is expected at their Cusack Park HQ when the host rivals Limerick in a battle for promotion to the top flight of the Allianz Hurling League.

Galway may be heading for Armagh on Sunday, but on Monday, they will be going to the sun and a five-day warm weather training camp.

The Roscommon footballers have been forced to concede home advantage for Sunday’s league fixture against Down owing to an unplayable pitch at Hyde Park and a Croke Park ruling the game could not be staged at Kiltoom.

Brian Cody has made four changes to the Kilkenny side for today’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A clash with Tipperary in Nowlan Park (throw-in 2pm).

Dungourney 1-21 Cloughduv 0-11: Dungourney are the Cork junior hurling champions for the first time in their history after a fully-merited 13-point victory at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.