Rhode 0-15 Clara 1-06

Laois edged an entertaining battle against an Offaly side, minus Ciarán McManus and Niall McNamee at the opening of the new Mountmellick GAA Clubhouse by GAA President Liam O’Neill last night.

WEXFORD boss Jason Ryan could hardly contain his satisfaction after his powerfully built charges dismissed Offaly with consummate ease in this disappointingly one-sided Leinster SFC opener watched by 2,900 at O’Connor Park, Tullamore on Saturday evening.

WESTMEATH boss Pat Flanagan heaped praise on his team after they secured promotion to Allianz Football League Division Two with victory at Cusack Park, Mullingar yesterday.

SEAN KIELY and James Fitzpatrick are set to make their first competitive starts for the Cork senior footballers in Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 trip to Castlebar to face Mayo.

IT CARLOW have qualified for the Sigerson Cup quarter-finals for the first time in their history. The Carlow college has competed at this level for three years but, the way they finished off Athlone, they looked old hands.

Dublin 3-13 Offaly 0-7

DCU 0-17 Offaly 0-8, Rhode

All-Ireland SFC Round 3 qualifier

OFFALY’S quietly efficient progress through the All-Ireland qualifiers continued at home in Tullamore on Saturday yet they laboured before advancing past Waterford.

Offaly 0-15 Waterford 0-10

‘OFFALY PRIDE’ was the key ingredient, according to manager Tom Cribbin, as his side rallied bravely to get the better of a David Tubridy-inspired Clare in this All-Ireland SFC Qualifier.

Offaly 2-18 Clare 1-18, O'Connor Park, Tullamore (after extra-time)

Offaly manager Tom Cribbin has made four changes in personnel to his side for their All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Clare in Tullamore tomorrow afternoon (throw-in 2pm).

Offaly manager Tom Cribbin has made four changes to his side for their All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Clare in Tullamore on Saturday (throw-in 2pm).

Meath 1-20 Offaly 2-7

CAPTAIN Brian Dooher will return to the Tyrone line-up for the first time since last August’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Cork for Sunday’s Ulster SFC quarter-final against Antrim.

TYRONE have been hit with a suspension blow which has ruled three of their top players out of tomorrow’s NFL clash with Mayo.

Portlaoise (Laois) 1-9 Clara (Offaly) 0-3

CLARA (Offaly) 1-5 PORTLAOISE (Laois) 0-7

THOMAS DEEHAN scored 10 points to inspire 14-man Clara to a deserved victory over Rathvilly and book a Leinster club SFC semi-final against Portlaoise in the process.

JOHN REYNOLDS was the hero as comeback kings Clara repeated their county final heroics by overcoming an eight-point interval deficit to win this Leinster Club SFC game in Newbridge.

Kildare 1-16 Offaly 1-10

Defending champion Darren Crowe will face Limerick's Michael Kemmy in Sunday's second round of the South of Ireland championship at Lahinch.

Hurling great Davy Fitzgerald grabbed a shock win over Newlands’ Cian Curley in the South of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at Lahinch today.

Warrenpoint’s Jim Carvill got his title defence off to a winning start in the South of Ireland Championship at Lahinch today.

Laois 1-09 Offaly 0-04

AFTER years in the doldrums, Offaly’s resurgence has been the undoubted feelgood story of the summer but few expect a fairytale ending against Dublin in tomorrow’s Leinster SFC Final (Croke Park, 4pm, RTÉ 2).

Offaly manager Kevin Kilmurray has named an unchanged side for Sunday's Leinster SFC final against defending champions Dublin (Croke Park, throw-in 4pm).

Wexford 1-14 Offaly 2-15

Offaly manager Kevin Kilmurray has made two alterations to his side for Sunday's Leinster SFC semi-final against Wexford (Croke Park, throw-in 2.10pm).

Kildare 0-15 Offaly 3-9

Westmeath 0-11 Offaly 0-15

Offaly supporters will breathe a sigh of relief that their star man Ciaran McManus looks set to play in Sunday's Leinster SFC first round clash with Westmeath.

Offaly will be without their 2005 captain Barry Mooney for Sunday's NFL Division 1A tussle with All-Ireland champions Tyrone (Tullamore, throw-in 2.30pm).

Offaly have included captain Karol Slattery in their side for Saturday's NFL Division 1A showdown with Dublin (Parnell Park, throw-in 7.45pm).

Offaly are sweating on the fitness of centre back Scott Brady for Sunday's NFL Division 1A clash with Mayo (throw-in 2.30pm).

SEAMUS MOYNIHAN and William Kirby are omitted from the Kerry team for Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final against Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds.

Offaly take on Louth today in the opening clash of the 2005 Leinster football championship and even though the Faithful men are huge favourites to advance, the Wee County believe the form book will have no say in today's encounter at Pairc Tailteann, Navan.

Offaly make three changes to the side that lost to Dublin in the last round of the league for Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final clash against Louth in Navan.

Offaly host Dublin in Division 1A of the National Football League today, but both sides are out of contention for a league semi-final place.

Offaly boss Kevin Kilmurray has named the same team that started last weekend's victory over Donegal for Sunday's National Football League clash against Dublin in Tullamore.