Waterford 1-18 Galway 0-19

Waterford cruised to a win in this NHL quarter-final, with the 2,753 in attendance rewarded with an entertaining first half that gave way to a second-half stroll for the home side.

Clare will face Tipperary in the Co-Op Superstores Munster SHL final, having beaten Waterford in Fraher Field, Dungarvan in front of 3,039 spectators.

Cork must beat Tipperary in Thurles next Sunday to have a chance of avoiding a relegation play-off after this third consecutive defeat.

Bride Rovers 1-21 Youghal 1-13: It says much about Bride Rovers’ dominance in Ballynoe on Saturday evening that an eight-point final winning margin would seem to flatter opponents Youghal.

Glasgow Warriors 12 Leinster 6: Connacht can sleep easily this weekend after Leinster failed to knock the Galway men off their top perch in the Guinness Pro12 last night at Scotstoun with defeat to Glasgow in a match that produced not a single try.

Tallow 1-14 Ballyduff Upper 0-16: Fraher Field was subdued yesterday afternoon for the Waterford SHC semi-final between Tallow and Ballyduff Upper, which Tallow eventually won by the narrowest of margins.

Cork SHC: Bride Rovers 3-14 Courcey Rovers 0-19 (aet)

Sarsfields 2-25 Bride Rovers 0-15

If Erin’s Own harbour ambitions of challenging for this year’s Cork crown, they will have to do better than this Jekyll and Hyde opening round display against Bride Rovers at Carrigtwohill last night.

Blackwater CS (Lismore)0-11 Dungarvan CBS 0-8

THE six point advantage gained by Ballingeary in a wind-assisted first half proved crucial in deservedly earning them a place in the semi-final the Cork Premier IHC in Kilmurry yesterday.

BRIDE ROVERS settled the stalemate between themselves and Bishopstown in emphatic fashion at Riverstown yesterday to claim a place in the fourth round of the Cork SHC.

DE LA Salle stormed to a second Waterford senior hurling title yesterday, reversing their group stages defeat at the hands of Ballygunner as they ran out easy winners in Walsh Park.

CHAMPIONS Ballygunner took a giant stride towards the retention of their Waterford SHC title with a six-point victory over arch-rivals Mount Sion in a hard-fought quarter-final at Walsh Park yesterday.

THE ABSENCE of inter-county players on both sides may have taken from the glamour of this “old firm’’ Waterford SHL final at Walsh Park on Saturday, but Mount Sion were still very deserving winners.

ARAGLIN survived a storming finish to edge out Kilbrin in a superb Evening Echo Cork ‘B’ JFC semi-final at Doneraile yesterday.

WITHOUT ever having to move into top gear, Lismore were always in control of this Waterford senior hurling championship group game at Fraher Field in Dungarvan yesterday and dismissed the challenge of Mount Sion far more decisively than a five-point winning margin might suggest.

IN ordinary circumstances the result of this Waterford SHC game at Walsh Park yesterday would have been all the talk.

Ballygunner 1-14 Ballyduff Upper 0-8

Nemo Rangers 1-14 Stradbally 0-10

Ballygunner 3-13 Clarecastle 2-9

Nemo Rangers 1-13 Ardfinnan 0-6

Ballygunner 2-10 De La Salle 1-12

Ballygunner 2-15 Lismore 1-16