CLONTARF’S flirtation with AIB League glory has been consigned to failure in recent years; five semi-finals and two final appearances being just the sum total of the club’s success.

CORK Constitution will forever be grateful to an Irish immigration official who gave their outhalf Jeremy Manning a stay of execution at Dublin Airport on Saturday morning.

CORK Constitution stretched their unbeaten AIB League run over Blackrock to 12 games with a deserved triumph at Temple Hill on Saturday.

All the team details for the opening weekend of the 2007/8 AIB League.