Donegal 3-16 Antrim 0-12

Fermanagh 3-13 Antrim 2-18

UCD’s footballers filed through the doors of the large entertainment tent adjacent to the main stand at half-time in this Sigerson Cup semi-final.

UUJ 1-14 IT Sligo 0-11

ANTRIM

Derry, Tyrone, Armagh, Cavan and Down claimed wins in the Power NI McKenna Cup this afternoon.

A significant change to regulations relating to developmental players is likely to see an increase in interest in Irish players by AFL clubs.

Reports that Seanie Johnston’s bid to achieve an inter-county transfer from Cavan to Kildare was over for this year have proved wide of the mark after the former Breffni captain resubmitted his application to the Central Competitions’ Control Committee yesterday.

MAYO’S Pearce Hanley was amongst Brisbane’s best again as the injury-plagued Lions put up a stout resistance against Hawthorn before falling away in the final quarter to lose 105-63 in round 16 of the AFL season on Saturday.

TRIBUTES have poured in for AFL pioneer Sean Wight, who has passed away at the age of 47 after a short battle with lung cancer.

ZACH TUOHY was the only Irish player on a winning team in round 13 of the AFL season, as the improving Carlton accounted for Tadhg Kennelly’s Sydney Swans 100-66 yesterday.

THE teenage sex scandal that has engulfed Ricky Nixon in recent weeks appeared to finally take its toll yesterday when the embattled agent relented and stood down from his role at the helm of his firm and entered rehab for treatment for a “substance abuse problem”.

SETANTA O hAilpín’s red-hot start to the new Aussie Rules season continued unabated yesterday, but it wasn’t enough to give him victory in his grudge match with bad boy Brendan Fevola.

IT COULDN’T have been more fitting as an Aussie Rules season that shapes up to have a greater Irish influence than ever before, kicked off last night with one of our exports providing the opening night fireworks.

ST KILDA coach Ross Lyon has confirmed All-Ireland winner Tommy Walsh will make his AFL debut in the side’s NAB Cup opener with Collingwood next week.

TOMMY WALSH may not be the last Irish man to join the AFL this year with another Australian club chasing two exciting Ulster talents.

Kevin Niblock, a first half substitute in last weekend's Ulster final against Tyrone, will don the number 14 jersey for Antrim's All-Ireland SFC fourth round qualifier against Kerry tomorrow (Tullamore, throw-in 2pm).

Final fever laid Antrim low. It was business as usual for Tyrone in yesterday’s Ulster final but for Antrim it was a huge occasion and their players were not used to the attention they had received since their wins over Donegal and Cavan.

IT is only six years since Tyrone themselves were the ultimate fairytale story, emerging from the shadows to secure their first ever All-Ireland senior title, but Mickey Harte’s side have long left sentimentality to one side.

IN this strange period of intransigence towards the broadcast media from GPA members and in light of the banalities being uttered by many inter-county players in the build-up to big matches, it was rather refreshing to hear the opinions of injured Tyrone midfielder Enda McGinley in an interview earlier this week.

Antrim manager Liam Bradley has named the same team that beat Cavan for Sunday's Ulster SFC final against All-Ireland champions Tyrone in Clones (throw-in 2pm).

THE novel Ulster football final pairing of Antrim and Tyrone on Sunday week will literally pit family against family.

THE number of young Irish footballers set to be lured by the prospect of full-time sport by AFL clubs will increase, according to sports agent Ricky Nixon.

THE GAA has rejected a proposal that would see Irish clubs compensated by ‘a transfer fee’ for players lost to the AFL.

JAMES CONWAY will learn later this week if he will be part of the Derry senior football panel for the All-Ireland qualifiers, after his controversial eight-week suspension was lifted at an appeals meeting.

Fermanagh 1-11 UUJ 1-09

Laois teenager Conor Meredith has become the latest Gaelic footballer to sign forms with an Australian Rules club.

AT LEAST one of the Irish players heading down under for the International Rules series will be playing Australian Rules professionally within months, according to the Australian media.