Westmeath 3-15 Carlow 1-10

Their Leinster championship opener against Carlow may be only a matter of hours away but Westmeath veteran Dessie Dolan was in nostalgic mood earlier this week as RTÉ launched its 2013 championship coverage.

Carlow have one championship debutant for Sunday’s Leinster SFC first-round meeting with Westmeath at Cusack Park in Mullingar (3.30pm).

Limerick 0-10 Carlow 0-9

Eamonn Fitzmaurice has named just four recognised forwards in his attack for tomorrow’s trip to Ballybofey.

Conor Counihan will be without his three U21 players for Sunday’s Division One trip to Newry.

Carlow 0-13 London 1-09

Tipperary 0-16 Carlow 1-14

Michael O’Donoghue and Jack Sherwood will both make their league debuts for Kerry in Castlebar tomorrow.

Carlow 1-12 Dublin 3-13

Oulart-Ballagh 1-11 Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-10

Ballyhale Shamrocks 0-16 Dicksboro 0-12

Laois manager Justin McNulty admits the underwhelming performance by his charges in scraping over the line against Carlow will not be good enough to progress in the second round of qualifiers.

Laois 1-10 Carlow 0-9

On a weekend of championship shocks, the unfortunate reality for once mighty Meath was that this stalemate probably wasn’t one of them.

Carlow 1-12 Meath 1-12

Cork boss Conor Counihan has kept faith with the side that claimed the honours in last month’s league final against Mayo for their 2012 championship opener against Kerry in Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final.

With nothing but pride at stake, Limerick ended a disappointing league campaign on a winning note at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

A dominant first-half display from Fermanagh saw Peter Canavan’s side continue their unbeaten run at Dr Cullen Park yesterday.

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

Methody ensured there was no upset in the Ulster Senior Schools Cup final as they swept aside underdogs Ballyclare High School at Ravenhill yesterday.

Alan Clohessey emerged as the Clare hero when he scored an injury-time winning point at Dr Cullen Park yesterday.

Brian Murphy and JJ Smith fired second-half goals as Carlow made hard work of a poor London side at Ruislip.

Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-19 Portumna 0-17

Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) 1-16 Tullamore (Offaly) 1-8

Ballyhale Shamrocks 4-18 Ballyboden St Enda's 0-18

MANAGER Maurice Aylward believes Ballyhale Shamrocks’ progression to the Leinster club SHC final on Saturday represented a victory on two fronts.

Offaly 2-19 Carlow 3-7

More than half of the Carlow team for Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final against Offaly will be making their championship debuts in Portlaoise (throw-in 2.10pm).

Maurice Aylward has kept the faith will the Ballyhale Shamrocks side that saw off Toomevara in the last four for Saturday's crunch AIB All-Ireland Club Hurling Final against Loughrea at Croke Park (throw-in 3.40pm).

Kilkenny duo Henry Shefflin and James 'Cha' Fitzpatrick were in top form as Ballyhale Shamrocks beat Toomevara 2-20 to 3-14 this afternoon in an epic AIB All-Ireland club hurling semi-final.