CIARÁN MATHEWSON goaled in the 70th minute as Donegal snatched victory in the Lory Meagher Cup final, having lost the previous two finals.

Donegal 2-12 Tyrone 0-17

Tyrone 0-6 Derry 2-13

Tyrone 1-15 South Down 0-11

A NECK injury to young centre Tom Gleeson capped a miserable night in the British & Irish Cup for Munster at Bristol.

MUNSTER A coach Anthony Foley hopes an early season home defeat to Llanelli doesn’t come back to haunt his side as they seek to wrap up a place in the semi-finals of the British and Irish Cup against Bristol at the Memorial Ground tonight (7.45pm).

RICHARD HILL believes his Bristol team will encounter “a different animal” when they target an unlikely Heineken Cup double against French champions Stade Francais tonight.

ENGLAND boss Brian Ashton has backed his squad of “part-timers, plumbers and decorators” to tackle a job their critics believe is mission impossible — challenging the Springboks in South Africa.

Jason Robinson will captain an England squad containing seven uncapped players on the two-Test tour of South Africa.

Tyrone 3-09 Sligo 0-10

Mayo 5-17 Leitrim 1-5

NEC Harlequins have gone with Irish international Paul Burke, Roy Winters and George Harder as their three changes from the Zurich Premiership draw with London Irish to play Connacht in the first leg of the Parker Pen Challenge Cup semi-final at the Stoop on Sunday.