ALL-IRELAND champions Kerry have named just five of the team that started in last September’s victory over Cork for tomorrow’s NFL Division 1 opener against Dublin in Killarney.

DCU’s recent love affair with the O’Byrne Cup grew yesterday thanks to an impressive last quarter against Meath that takes them into their second final in successive seasons.

EVEN extra-time couldn’t separate these two sparring partners last week and only a 73rd-minute point from Meath’s Cormac McGuinness prevented another extended night of football at Páirc Tailteann last night.

DUBLIN and Meath will have to do it all over again after 90 minutes of football failed to separate the old sparring partners in a thrilling O’Byrne Cup tie at Parnell Park yesterday.

Dublin 2-15 Meath 1-18 (after extra-time)

Kerry 2-8 Meath 1-7

Meath 2-15 Mayo 1-15

Dublin 0-14 Meath 0-12

Meath manager Eamon O'Brien has named his first Championship starting side as the Royals face Dublin in the GAA Leinster SFC at Croke Park this Sunday.

Meath 1-8 Laois 0-6

DIFFERENT sport, different day, but this was depressingly reminiscent of Ireland’s facile defeat of Canada in Thomond Park on Saturday with one side doing what they wanted, when they wanted against an inferior opponent.

For tomorrow's GAA All-Ireland football championship qualifier against Limerick, the Meath management have drafted in four of the five players who were suspended for last month's Leinster SFC clash with Wexford.

Cork 1-16 Meath 0-9

Meath 1-13 Tyrone 2-8

Wolfe Tones clubman Niall McLoughlin has been named in the Meath team to take on Fermanagh in tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier (Pairc Tailteann, throw-in 7pm).

Shane O'Rourke, the son of former Meath star Colm, is poised to make his first championship start for Meath in Saturday's All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier against Down at Páirc Esler (throw-in 7pm).

Dublin 1-11 Meath 0-14

Former All-Ireland-winning captain Graham Geraghty has been listed at left corner forward in the Meath team to take on Dublin in Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final tie at Croke Park, throw-in at 4pm.

Meath rekindled some of their form from days gone by at Croke Park this afternoon, putting in a determined display against Kildare to book themselves a mouthwatering Leinster quarter-final clash against defending champions Dublin.

Meath boss Colm Coyle has freshened up his side by making five changes for tomorrow night's NFL Division 2A meeting with Tipperary under the floodlights at Pairc Tailteann, throw-in 7.30pm.

Meath 0-13 Laois 2-13

The Leinster side for Saturday night's M Donnelly Interprovincial semi-final clash with Connacht is backboned by five Dublin players.

Leinster manager Val Andrews has a panel of 24 players available to him for Saturday night's floodlit Interprovincial semi-final against Connacht.

Old enemies and bitter rivals Dublin and Meath shape up in the Leinster SFC quarter-final at Croke Park today, with the fans hoping for another epic to restore faith in both counties.

Meath boss Sean Boylan has opted for a combination of youth and experience as he named his side for Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final against neighbours and bitter rivals Dublin at Croke Park.

INSTEAD of a mere appetiser at Croke Park, we were served a veritable feast, with a twist in the tale that will rank alongside any of Croke Park’s surreal climaxes.

Ulster 1-13 Leinster 1-8

Ulster and Leinster will face off in unfamiliar surroundings in today's M Donnelly Inter-provincial football final.

Leinster football manager Luke Dempsey has made three changes for tomorrow's M Donnelly Interprovincial final in Paris.

Leinster football manager Luke Dempsey has defended his decision to omit Offaly and Ireland International Rules star Ciaran McManus from his squad for Saturday's inter-provincial football final against Ulster in Paris.

Munster take on Leinster in the second of the M Donnelly inter-provincial football semi-finals at Portlaoise (3pm) today.

LEINSTER'S footballers take on Munster in Portlaoise tomorrow (3pm) looking to debunk the myth that the eastern province has fallen off the pace in the modern era of the Railway Cup.

MUNSTER have included seven of Kerry’s All-Ireland SFC winning team for their Interpro semi-final against Leinster at Portlaoise tomorrow (3pm).

Beaten provincial finalists Laois have four players in the Leinster squad for Sunday's M Donnelly inter-provincial semi-final against Munster in Portlaoise.

Fermanagh 0-19 Meath 2-12 aet

Meath are looking to kick-start their championship campaign against Fermanagh in the All-Ireland football qualifier in Enniskillen today, following their Leinster championship defeat to Laois.

Meath have made several changes from the side that lost to Laois in Leinster for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Fermanagh in Enniskillen.

Full-time: Meath 2-13 Wicklow 1-08

Meath 0-07 Wicklow 0-04