REIGNING champions Portumna sealed a place in the quarter-finals of the Galway senior hurling championship when they defeated Kinvara by 2-22 to 1-10 in a repeat of the 2007 county final.

Connacht 1-10 Leinster 2-11

Connacht 1-28 Ulster 4-13

LEINSTER manager John Conran has drafted Kilkenny duo Jackie Tyrrell and Eoin Larkin into his side for tomorrow’s M Donnelly Inter-provincial hurling final against Connacht at Pearse Stadium.

Diarmuid Cloonan and Mark Kerins have been drafted into the Connacht side for Saturday's M Donnelly Interprovincial Hurling final against Leinster (Pearse Stadium, throw-in 4.45pm).

Galway manager Conor Hayes has made three changes to his side for tomorrow evening's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final with Kilkenny (Semple Stadium, throw-in 6pm).

Galway hurling manager Conor Hayes has confirmed his panel for the forthcoming All-Ireland SHC qualifiers with teenage sensation Joe Canning a notable absentee.

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Kilkenny - and Galway - will have their own special reasons for wanting to win the Erin Under-21 All-Ireland hurling championship at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick tomorrow.

GALWAY’S hopes of a clean sweep of All-Ireland hurling titles died at O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, on Saturday where Wexford won the intermediate title for the first time in 41 years in thrilling fashion.

Galway's brave bid for five All-Ireland hurling titles in one season fell at the first hurdle in Portlaoise today as Wexford claimed a 1-15 to 0-16 win in the Intermediate decider.

Niall Healy, the Galway seniors' three-goal hero against Kilkenny last weekend, has been included in the county's Under-21 line-up for tomorrow's All-Ireland U-21 hurling semi-final against Cork.

THE struggle between club and county continues in Antrim. With the county U21 hurlers due to play Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final in Navan on Saturday, several clubs are reluctant to release their players because of county championship matches the following day.

Galway will contest next month's All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling final after a last-minute goal saw them edge reigning champions Cork, 1-15 to 0-14, in Thurles today.

The Gaelic Players’ Association has awarded 12 emerging stars of Gaelic games with scholarships from funds generated through the sales of Club Energise.

Munster 1-16, Connacht 1-20

TIPPERARY’S Allstar defender Eamon Corcoran will be eligible to play in the Guinness All-Ireland hurling qualifier game against Galway on Sunday at Pearse Stadium.

The GAA has confirmed that Tipperary's appeal of Eamonn Corcoran's 12-week suspension has been ruled out of order.

Tipperary GAA chiefs have appealed the 12-week suspension handed to star hurling defender Eamonn Corcoran.

Tipperary hurler Eamonn Corcoran has been handed a three-month ban by the Games Administration Committee that rules him out of his county’s crucial Munster SHC tie with Clare on Sunday.

Tipperary defender Eamonn Corcoran will go before the GAC tonight buoyed by the support of Galway's Kenneth Burke.

UL 2-21 LIT 0-10

Kilkenny 2-13

Last year's beaten finalists Galway qualified for the All-Ireland Vocational schools senior hurling final with a decisive victory over a disappointing Offaly side at Loughrea yesterday evening.