It’ll go down as a fifth national third-level title for DCU, a college stuffed full of the brightest inter-county talent, but this was a largely homegrown Sigerson Cup success.

It wasn’t always pretty, and there were times when it seemed like it would be Ryan McMenamin who would be leaving St Conleth's Park with a first league win for his new team, but Daniel Flynn’s 58th-minute goal proved crucial as Jack O’Connor began life in Kildare with a win.

DCU dominated for the large part as they cruised past rivals UCD by fifteen points in their disappointingly one-sided Sigerson Cup semi-final in St Claire’s on Wednesday evening.

DCU produced a ruthless attacking display against Queen’s University at St Clare’s on Sunday to storm into the Sigerson Cup semis.

Micheál Bannigan kicked a late flurry of points at St Clare’s to squeeze DCU past the stubborn challenge of Garda College in the Sigerson Cup opening round.

Perhaps history will repeat itself and a Jack O'Connor-led team will bounce back from a loss to Longford with a strong season but, for now, it's frustration for the new Kildare manager.

Na Gaeil manager Donal Rooney praised his team’s efficiency after their eight-point win over Kilshanning in Saturday’s AIB Munster club junior football championship quarter-final.

Na Gaeil of Kerry powered into the last four of the Munster Junior football Championship this afternoon with an impressive dismissal of Cork champions Kilshannig in Mallow.

In the end, it was all too comfortable for Kerry. But it mattered little, the result they needed from Pearse Stadium didn't materialise.

KILDARE 0-10 GALWAY 0-16: Galway warmed up for next week’s league final against Dublin with a stylish win over a totally demoralised Kildare side at St Conleth’s Park yesterday afternoon.

Kerry 0-19 Kildare 0-14: A sixth consecutive league defeat means Kildare will spend next spring in Division 2.

Meanwhile, Tipperary hurling manager Michael Ryan has handed a first league start to corner-forward Cian Darcy.

Donegal 1-16 Kildare 3-7: Donegal’s poorest performance of Division 1 this term was still enough to post a first win, at Kildare’s expense.

Donegal came through something of a must-win to give themselves a fighting chance of Division 1 survival at Kildare’s expense at Ballyshannon.

Cork 7-22 Meath 0-3: TG4 All-Ireland champions Cork went goal crazy yesterday, hammering Meath by 40 points in a massively one-sided qualifier.

Kildare 2-14 Cavan 2-12

Cork IT 2-22 NUI Galway 0-11

DIT 1-15 NUI Galway 0-17

Wexford 4-21 NUI Galway 0-8

Milltown/Castlemaine 1-11 Laune Rangers 0-09

Tipperary’s greater scoring power was the key factor as they overcame Cork Rebel Óg to capture the Humphrey Kelleher Memorial Cup at Millstreet on Saturday.

A HAT-TRICK of goals in the first half by corner-forward Conor Keane proved instrumental in propelling St Brendan’s to victory over Cork opponents St Fachtna’s in their opening Corn Uí Mhuirí Group B encounter in Cloughduv yesterday afternoon.

FORMER Kerry football star Mike Frank Russell kicked nine points as Laune Rangers booked their place in the third round of the Kerry SFC on Saturday evening.

GOALKEEPER Sean Whitty’s sudden-death heroics earned De La Salle, Waterford their first FAI Schools Tony O’Neill Senior Cup title at Tolka Park yesterday.

DE LA SALLE, WATERFORD defeated Cashel Community School 3-1 in yesterday’s FAI Schools Senior Boys Munster final at Basha, Tipperary.

CHARLEVILLE CBS won this Harty Cup quarter-final tie at Clarina yesterday far more convincingly than the score line suggests.

DUBLIN hurling boss Anthony Daly admits his future is unclear after his charges sensationally crashed out of the All-Ireland SHC race at Croke Park on Saturday.

DUBLIN hurling boss Anthony Daly admits his future is unclear after his charges sensationally crashed out of the All-Ireland SHC race at Croke Park on Saturday.

Dublin 0-25 Laois 0-16

FIVE-TIME All Star Eoin Kelly shot 2-6 last night as Tipperary demolished Dublin by 25 points in a senior hurling challenge at Nenagh’s McDonagh Park.

CORK remain the only unbeaten side in Division One of the NHL after this trip to the capital but they should probably send a ‘Thank You’ card Dublin’s way after yesterday afternoon’s fifth round clash.

Liam Rushe will return to the Dublin Senior Hurling team for their Allianz NHL Division 1 clash with Cork this Sunday, in the only change made by manager Anthony Daly from the side which lost to Kilkenny last weekend.

Fresh from their Walsh Cup final disappointment, Dublin will field a very experienced team for their NHL Division 1 opener against Waterford at Walsh Park (throw-in 2.30pm) on Sunday.

CAPTAIN Shane Kavanagh claimed the Walsh Cup for the first time on Galway’s behalf and then declared the Tribesmen want to stay in Leinster permanently.

Former captain David Collins is set to return for the Galway hurlers in Sunday's Walsh Cup final against Dublin (Parnell Park, throw-in 12.45pm), over two years after his last appearance for the Tribesmen.

Both Dublin manager Anthony Daly and his Wexford counterpart Colm Bonnar have announced their sides for tomorrow's Walsh Cup semi-final in Gorey.

Dublin 2-16 NUI Galway 0-12

IRRESPECTIVE of how it was accomplished, Limerick qualifying for the All-Ireland hurling semi-final after a topsy-turvy campaign was a notable achievement for Justin McCarthy and his players in Thurles yesterday.

Limerick 2-18 Dublin 1-17

CORK finally got something from what must be considered a hugely disappointing season for the county when their intermediate hurlers took the Munster championship title with consummate ease at Páirc Uí Chaoimh last night.

CORK boss Johnny Keane has made two changes for tonight’s Munster IHC decider against Waterford (Páirc Uí Chaoimh, throw-in 7.30pm).

Dublin 0-18 Wexford 1-13

PA KEARNEY scored three goals as Waterford dethroned champions Limerick in a one-sided Munster IHC semi-final at Semple Stadium yesterday.