ROCKWELL eased their way into the semi-final of the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup with a deserved if hard-fought victory over gritty Ard Scoil Rís at Clanwilliam yesterday.

All-Ireland champions Tyrone came with a whisker of a sensational exit from the race for Sam, when a late Owen Mulligan equaliser earned them another chance to crack a huge challenge from the Wee County.

Rainey Old Boys 27 Youghal 5

THE five Leinster players released from international duty for the Italy game will be given an early chance to take out their frustrations on the Border Reivers tonight when they line out for the Celtic League clash at Donnybrook.

Kilkenny 6-28 Offaly 0-15

Cork-born driver, Donie O’Sullivan and his Kerry co-driver, Paul Nagle (Ford Focus WRC) finished the best of the Irish trio in Rally Catalunya, the penultimate round of the World Rally Championship that was won by Ford ace, Markko Martin.

THERE'S no change in the Tipperary team to play Cork in Sunday's Munster minor hurling final in Thurles (1.45) from that which defeated Clare in the semi-final.

Derry’s, Kevin Lynch, in his KPL Subaru World Rally Car emerged an easy winner of the nine stage Roscommon Moto Rally – finishing with a victory margin of two minutes and seven seconds.

British driver Steve Fleck in a Subaru WRC, took a nine second win over Glen Allen (Escort WRC), who led most of the way in the Sligo Rally..

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For the fifth time in succession, Dessie Nutt (Porsche 911) has won the Killarney Historic Rally.

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JOHN O’MAHONY hopes to salvage something from a season that has gone horribly wrong when he takes Galway’s U-21 footballers to Castlebar tonight to play Mayo in the Connacht final.

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