CORK 3-8 GALWAY 1-14: Nollaig Cleary turned to a friend during the first-half of this National League decider and wondered if Cork had always employed such a defensive approach.

Lorna Joyce’s late point salvaged a replay for Galway in this afternoon’s enthralling Tesco Ladies National Football League Division 1 final at Parnell Park.

Gregory McGonigle’s Monaghan came through a tense battle against Galway on Saturday evening to book their place in the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC final at Croke Park on September 29.

Galway 0-11 Monaghan 0-16

THE Mounties always get their man, as the saying goes. Now they are preparing to impart some of their policing knowledge to the gardaí as part of a training pact.