NHL DIVISION 1:

FIRST things first. The forecast is excellent. Yes, it might be fairly nippy in Thurles tomorrow but the skies should be clear and the sun should shine, at last, on the meeting of Tipperary and Kilkenny.

Dublin 1-21 Tipperary 1-12

All-Star midfielder Alan McCrabbe has been passed fit to play for Dublin in their Allianz NHL Division 1 tie against Tipperary at Parnell Park on Sunday (throw-in 2.30pm).

Dublin 2-17 Wexford 2-13

Dublin 2-16 NUI Galway 0-12

Dublin 3-16 Dubs Stars 1-11

Shane Ryan will line out for the Dublin Senior hurlers for the first time this Sunday, since his decision to quit the Blues' Senior football panel last October.

Former Limerick player Maurice O'Brien has been named in the Dublin team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final clash with Limerick at Semple Stadium (throw-in 2pm).

Ronan Fallon looks set to play some part in Dublin's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final clash with Limerick on Sunday, after topping up his match fitness over the weekend.

SLIGO midfielder Eamonn O’Hara has warned inter-county players are prepared to go on strike if they fail to receive adequate funding under the Government grants scheme.

Dublin’s hurlers are sweating on the fitness of five of their players ahead of their Leinster SHC final clash with Kilkenny next month.

DUBLIN hurling manager Anthony Daly hopes injuries sustained in his side’s win over Wexford in the Leinster SHC semi-final last Saturday clear up before they play Kilkenny in the provincial decider, but there isn’t much time for recovery.

Dublin Senior Hurling manager Anthony Daly has named his side to face Antrim in a historic GAA Leinster SHC quarter-final at Croke Park this Sunday (2pm).

Dublin forward Alan McCrabbe today said he is hopeful that key star Ronan Fallon can make a speedy recovery ahead of the Blues' Leinster SHC opener against Antrim on June 7.

DUBLIN manager Anthony Daly admitted his side received a hurling lesson from Cork in a weekend challenge as former Australian Rules player Aisake O hAilpín starred for the Rebels.

A YOUNG footballer, Micheal Roche, from the Glynn-Barntown club, has successfully appealed against a 48-week ban for an alleged assault on a referee in a minor club game in Wexford.

THE little preview box above this piece tells its own story. Anthony Daly’s Dublin are 1/3 to defeat title hurling aristocrats Cork in tomorrow’s NHL opener.

BACKBONED by a strong Kilkenny contingent, Leinster won a keenly contested Martin Donnelly Inter-provincial hurling final in Portlaoise on Saturday evening denying Munster another three-in-a-row.

The official nominees for the 2008 Opel Gaelic Players Awards for hurling have been announced today by the Gaelic Players Association (GPA), with All-Ireland champions Kilkenny receiving the most nominations.

CORK can thank Joe Deane for turning Saturday night’s All-Ireland hurling qualifier game against Dublin at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Wexford 2-15 Dublin 1-15

Dublin 0-19 Wexford 2-13

THE most impressive side in Leinster over the past three or four years at underage level has been who — Kilkenny? Wrong. It’s Dublin.

Dublin 3-21 Westmeath 0-11

Hurling enthusiasts from all over the country will flock to Stillorgan on Saturday week - September 1 - for a hurling event that will kick start this year's All-Ireland Hurling finals weekend - the AIB Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland Hurling Sevens.

Wexford 2-14 Dublin 3-10

Donegal's Brendan Devanney and Dublin's Ronan Fallon have been named as the GAA Players of the Month for March.

Tipperary 4-15 Dublin 1-9

Dublin 2-7 Galway 1-8, Parnell Park

Dublin manager Tommy Naughton has selected the same team that was named for the postponed game against Antrim for this Sunday's NHL Division 1B clash with Galway (Parnell Park, throw-in 3.30pm).

Dublin 2-19 Dubs Stars 0-10

Today will see Ballyboden clubman Stephen Hiney pull on a Dublin jersey for the first time since July 2005, as the capital side take on the Dubs Stars in the annual end-of-year clash.

Dublin manager Tommy Naughton has named an unchanged team for Saturday evening's All-Ireland hurling qualifier against Clare (Parnell Park, throw-in 6pm).

Dublin could call upon the services of defender Ronan Fallon for Saturday evening's All-Ireland hurling qualifier against Clare (Parnell Park, throw-in 6pm).

Ger O'Meara has been included in the Dublin starting XV for Saturday night's All-Ireland SHC qualifier against Offaly (Parnell Park, throw-in 7pm).

THE Lismore duo of Allstar Dan Shanahan and Dave Bennett have been left out of Waterford side for Sunday's Allianz NHL opener against Wexford at Dungarvan.

Ronan Fallon successfully negotiated last night's training session to be named in the Dublin side for Sunday's NHL Division 2A opener against Derry in Lavey (throw-in 2.30pm).

Young wing forward Eoin Moran has been ruled out of Dublin's opening NHL Division 2A clash with Derry on Sunday.

Dublin 0-9 Clare 1-23