WEXFORD clinched promotion — and a place in the NFL Division Three final — after a facile 2-16 to 0-15 victory over Louth at Wexford Park yesterday.

THE inaugural IRB Junior World Championship, to be held in Wales in June, will be uppermost in the minds of respective Irish and Welsh U20 team coaches Eric Elwood and Patrick Horgan at Dubarry Park, Athlone, tonight (7.30pm).

IRISH U20 coach Eric Elwood isaiming for another Grand Slam success this season, but accepts that the fixture schedule is a tougher proposition this time around.

ALL-IRELAND champions Tyrone have again replaced goalkeeper John Devine with Pascal McConnell for tomorrow’s Bank of Ireland qualifier with Down at Newry.

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.