ONE moment from last Sunday in Clones encapsulated the significance of Paul McGrane to the orange machine.

CLARE have made two changes from the side that defeated Waterford for next Sunday’s Bank of Ireland Munster senior football championship semi final with Cork at Cusack Park, Ennis.

St. Catherines 1-11 Courcey Rovers 1-8

Cork 4-5 Down 2-4

Mayo 1-13 Kildare 1-7

THE Cork selectors ended speculation of a major shake-up by making just one change in personnel from the team that lost to Waterford in the Munster final for Saturday’s All-Ireland SHC qualifier with Tipperary in Killarney.

PETER CANAVAN is back on the bench, while stand-in captain Brian Dooher and Ger Cavlan earn starting places on the Tyrone team to meet Donegal in the Ulster SFC semi-final at Clones on Sunday.

ST COLMAN'S three-year stranglehold on the Irish Examiner Harty Cup came to an end in a bizarre semi-final replay at Clonmel on Saturday.

DONAL DALY is recalled to the Kerry team for Sunday’s showdown with Dublin in Parnell Park. He is one of three changes from the team which defeated Cork last Saturday.

St. Colman’s, Fermoy 4-20 Kilmallock 0-8

St Colmans 3-12 Cashel CS 4-9

DONEGAL manager Brian McEniff has gambled on the fitness of powerful new midfielder Stephen McDermott for Sunday’s Bank of Ireland All-Ireland SFC semi-final clash with champions Armagh at Croke Park.

WITH John Whyte and Francie Grehan passing fitness tests Roscommon have announced an unchanged side to meet Kerry in the Bank of Ireland, All-Ireland SFC quarter final at Croke Park on Monday next.

Leinster 1-14 Ulster 2-9

Donegal make no changes to their starting XV ahead of Monday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final tie against Dublin at Croke Park.

Donegal 1-13 Meath 0-14

EAMONN DOHERTY has been named as the full back replacement for injured team skipper Mark Crossan on the Donegal team for Sunday's Bank of Ireland, All-Ireland SFC qualifier with Meath at Croke Park.

Donegal 1-7, Westmeath 0-7