Donegal waltzed back to the top flight of the Allianz League with a comprehensive 13-point win over a listless Kildare at Fr Tierney Park in Ballyshannon yesterday.

She may have been player of the match for a second year in a row, but a shivering Tina Hannon, glad to have escaped the heavy snowfall outside, quite rightly emphasised the collective culture as Slaughtneil

TINA HANNON scored a goal and six points and was named player of the match for the second year in succession as Slaughtneil completed a remarkable AIB All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship three-in-a-row while the snow fell at Croke Park.

Galway’s footballing purists lamented the state of the game after this replayed county final at Pearse Stadium, but with their 20th title secured Corofin couldn’t care less about entertainment value.

Corofin’s five-year reign as Galway SFC champions looked to have ended yesterday, but captain Micheál Lundy rescued them with an equaliser in the fourth minute of added time to force a replay and deny a determined Mountbellew/Moylough at Pearse Stadium.

Thomas Hickey fired 2-4 at Croke Park to secure victory in an All-Ireland junior football final at the second attempt for himself and Kerry.

On the basis of the announced team at least, Monaghan have chosen to leave well enough alone by naming the same 15 that started the Ulster final for tomorrow’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Tyrone.

Mayo 1-12 Kilkenny 0-8: Kilkenny’s decision to line out with two sweepers in Saturday’s All Ireland Junior Championship semi-final had backfired spectacularly within 20 minutes, as Mayo opened up a 1-5 to no score lead at O’Connor Park.

Mayo 1-12 Galway 0-13: Andrew Farrell’s goal 10 minutes from the break helped Mayo to their first Connacht junior football title since 2012.

Crescent College Comprehensive’s stranglehold over the Munster Senior Schoolgirls Cup continued after they routed Ursulines Thurles 5-1 in yesterday’s final at Villiers.

Leinster Senior Cup: Belvedere College 32 Gonzaga College 5

Whitechurch 5-5 Inch 2-4

Kilkenny and Galway hurling fans have snapped up all available tickets for the counties’ Leinster SHC semi-final replay today.

Ursulines Thurles 1 Crescent Comprehensive 3

Rockchapel 2-10 Tadhg MacCárthaigh’s 1-10

Tadhg Mac Cárthaigh 0-21 St Oliver Plunkett’s 1-16 (aet)

Diarmuid Ó Mathúnas 2-9 Kilmeen 0-9

Margins have been fine in this year’s Munster Senior Schoolgirls Cup, and it took sudden-death penalty strokes to crown Bandon Grammar as the 2012 champions in yesterday’s dramatic decider in Rosbrien.

Clonakilty CC claimed Munster Vocational senior football honours for the fourth consecutive year after a stern test at Ballineen on Saturday.

THREE GOALS in the opening half paved the way for Coachford Community School in a hopelessly one-sided Munster Senior A Vocational Schools football semi-final at Kilmichael yesterday.

IRELAND finished third in the FIRA Women’s European Championship in Amsterdam after they drew 22-22 with France on Saturday.

Ireland 10 Wales 19

IRELAND got their Six Nations campaign back on track last night as they ground out a solid victory over Scotland at Templeville Road.

Ireland 13 Scotland 3

EXPECT a rush by several of Leinster’s established senior clubs to acquire the services of Seapoint full-back Felix Jones after this performance.

Seapoint 47 Coleraine 15, Dubarry Park

IRELAND have made one change to the side beaten by Wales for the Women’s Six Nations second-round tie against France at St Mary’s RFC on Saturday (2.30pm).

Munster’s bid to reclaim the Interprovincial title took another step forward yesterday as they scored a huge win over Connacht at Musgrave Park.

Ireland 37 South Africa 0

Ireland's team to play South Africa sees four new faces in their starting line-up from the team which lost to the USA earlier in the week.

Ireland 17 Scotland 6

Ireland 15 Canada 8

England 39 Ireland 10

There is one change to the Ireland Women’s team named to play Scotland this weekend.

IRELAND coach Philip Doyle has made two changes for the Women’s Six Nation Championships clash against Wales at Donnybrook on Saturday (2.30).

Ireland 5 USA Eagles 23

In a bid to win a fourth consecutive Interprovincial title, the Munster women’s rugby team have made only two changes for this weekend’s final clash with Leinster.

Belfast Harlequins and Ballymena have named their teams ahead of this weekend's AIB League action.

The team line-ups for tomorrow's AIL League games have been announced.

Cork Constitution are still waiting to hear if Ronan O'Gara will be available to join the likes of Mick O'Driscoll and Jim Williams for the trip to UL-Bohemians, who have been hit by hip injuries to captain Aidan O'Gorman and centre Coleman Finn.