In times past, the winners of a Cork-Kerry Munster U21 football quarter-final could be almost assured of a provincial title.

Cork have made one change in personnel to their side for tomorrow night’s Munster U21FC final against Tipperary in Thurles (7.30pm).

Sligo 1-12 Wicklow 0-11

The Cork U21 footballers have named an unchanged side from the team that beat Kerry a fortnight ago in the Munster quarter-final for tomorrow night’s last-four clash with Limerick in the Gaelic grounds (7.30pm).

Monaghan 5-13 Wicklow 3-10

Roscommon 0-13 Wicklow 1-10

Wicklow 0-09 Fermanagh 1-16

Tipperary 1-20 Limerick IT 2-12

Wicklow 1-11 Dublin 0-10

Leitrim 0-13 Wicklow 0-10

Three things were lost in Aughrim on Saturday when Waterford travelled to take on Wicklow in the first round of the football qualifiers.

Tony Hannon hit 1-6 as Wicklow kept their slim promotion hopes alive.

Wicklow had a man of the match performance from Tony Hannon as he scored some spectacular points and a peach of a goal after 25 minutes and went in at the break leading 1-5 to 0-6.

Wicklow 0-10 Armagh 2-9

WICKLOW might become the first county Mick O’Dwyer will depart without winning championship silverware but the ethos and style of football that the Kerry legend has promoted for over half a century is clearly embedded in the Garden County.

Armagh 0-19 Wicklow 2-13

IT was meant to be Mick O’Dwyer’s swan song, the last fling of the most successful GAA manager of all time.

Kildare 0-12 Wicklow 0-5

TOMORROW afternoon in Portlaoise, Kildare and Wicklow renew acquaintances and when Tony Hannon takes to the pitch, he will have plenty recent experiences of the Lilywhites to draw on.

IT’S A big weekend on the Allianz Hurling League front. In the first division especially, six teams are still in with a chance of making the final and all involved in games against each other, while the remaining two teams – Wexford and Offaly – meet in what will probably be the relegation decider.

EMBATTLED Fermanagh manager John O’Neill has claimed reports of player unrest in his camp are fabricated and is confident of maintaining the county board’s backing.

CONOR COUNIHAN has named an unchanged side from the team that beat Monaghan a fortnight ago for Cork’s Allianz NFL Division 1 game tomorrow night against Down.

KERRY booked a McGrath Cup semi-final with All-Ireland champions Cork on Sunday following this mismatch at Austin Stack Park, Tralee yesterday.

IT might only have been the second weekend in January but Tony Hannon’s clenched fist celebrations after scoring what turned out to be the winning point in a chilly Portlaoise yesterday suggested Wicklow are well up for a repeat of their O’Byrne Cup run to the semi-finals in 2007.

JACK O’CONNOR has moved 2009 All-Ireland winning captain Darran O’Sullivan from his customary forward role to left-half back for tomorrow’s McGrath Cup opener against Tralee IT.

Cavan 0-15 Wicklow 2-8

Westmeath 0-15 Wicklow 1-11

Wicklow manager Mick O'Dwyer has made three changes to his team for Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final tie against Westmeath at O'Connor Park in Tullamore (throw-in 3.30pm).

Wicklow 3-13 Carlow 0-12

AS EXPECTED, Cork qualified for a July 4 Munster final meeting with old rivals Kerry after this semi-final win over Tipperary in Semple Stadium last night, but they were made to earn it.

LIMERICK and Tipperary are both bidding to break the stranglehold that Cork and Kerry have exerted in the Munster minor football grade, when the semi-finals of the competition take place tonight.

A LAST-MINUTE point from midfielder Tony Kelly, and Clare minor hurlers got their season well and truly back on track last night, a close but well-deserved win over Tipperary in Cusack Park qualifying them for a Munster championship semi-final meeting against Limerick on June 24.

TIPPERARY manager David Power insists his team has nothing to fear against Cork in the ESB Munster MFC semi-final on May 12.

THE 2010 Waterford senior hurling championship kicks off tomorrow with eight teams in group stage action.

KERRY had their expected victory over Tipperary in the opening round of the ESB Munster MFC in Tralee last night but it was a close-run thing in the finish as Tipperary banged in two late goals to leave the home side hanging on with just two points to spare.

FORMER senior kingpins Carrick Davins were crowned Tipperary IHC champions for the first time yesterday.

KERRY are the latest county to ratify the process of appointing a full-time GAA secretary. A proposal at this week’s county board meeting means each of the six Munster counties has now gone the road of appointing a full-time salaried official to administrate affairs.

Both Kerry and Tipperary teams have been announced for Sunday's ESB Munster Minor Football final at Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Cork.

Westmeath 0-16 Wicklow 1-10 (aet)

A LATE Paul Earls goal rescued victory for Wicklow in O’Moore Park yesterday, just when it looked like they had blown it.

Wicklow 2-12 Longford 1-13

TIPPERARY sprung a huge surprise in last night’s Munster MFC semi-final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, edging out Cork after a marathon affair that required extra-time to deliver an outcome.

BOTH John Kennedy and Mick Slocum are singing from the same hymn sheet ahead of tonight’s Munster MFC semi-finals.