Magnificent Longford’s long wait for a Leinster championship win finally ended when they created a massive shock with a thoroughly deserved victory over 14-man Meath before an attendance of 5,591 at Pearse Park yesterday.

Meanwhile, Tipperary hurling manager Michael Ryan has handed a first league start to corner-forward Cian Darcy.

Wexford’s unbeaten start in 2018 came to at Semple Stadium on Saturday night, but Davy Fitzgerald remained upbeat with a patchy performance that might have brought more reward with greater cutting edge in front of goal.

Tipperary 3-21 Wexford 1-21: Tipperary were forced to withstand a late Wexford rally as Patrick Maher’s injury time goal sealed victory for the home side.

The Tipperary team to face Wexford in tomorrow’s Allianz Hurling League shows five changes from the side which overcame Waterford the weekend before last.

They started without over half of their All-Ireland winning team but victory still came easily for Tipperary at Croke Park where they streaked to a 16-point opening round Allianz Hurling League win.

Laois 1-16 Meath 2-13: A controversial late penalty saw Meath advance on Saturday night in Stradbally to the O’Byrne Cup semi-finals at the expense of hosts Laois.

Meath 2-22 Wicklow 0-9: There was a honeymoon start for new Meath boss Andy McEntee in this O’Byrne Cup tie at Páirc Tailteann yesterday.

Simonstown Gaels 1-14 Donaghmore/Ashbourne 0-8: Simonstown Gaels made no mistake at the third time of asking when capturing their first ever Meath SFC title before a crowd of 6,000 at Páirc Tailteann yesterday.

Tipperary 2-17 Offaly 1-15: Michael Ryan declared himself pleased with his first outing in charge of Tipperary’s senior hurlers, as the Premier County scored a five-point victory over Offaly in yesterday’s Templemore challenge outing.

Waterford 2-9 Kildare 1-5: Waterford have endured much heartbreak since making the step-up to the intermediate ranks in 2012 but after a deserved victory over a valiant Kildare unit, they will now be preparing for top flight camogie next year.

Killenaule 0-21 Mullinahone 2-13: John “Bubbles” O’Dwyer punched the air with delight as he rounded off Killenaule’s victory in the South Tipperary final yesterday with his ninth point of the day, a week after experiencing the other extreme of sporting emotions.

London 0-11 Cavan 2-22: Cavan’s trip to London proved more routine than expected but victory came at a price for Terry Hyland’s men.

Cavan recorded their second All-Ireland SFC qualifier win over London in three years as Gearoid McKiernan and Dara McVeety both found the net in a 2-22 to 0-11 success at Ruislip.

The Fermanagh hurlers are celebrating for the second weekend in a row. Seven days after winning the Lory Meagher Cup, they earned the right to step up to the higher grade with a four points win over Louth in a Nicky Rackard Cup promotion/relegation play-off at Kingspan Breffni Park.

A Ciaran Murtagh goal proved decisive as Roscommon advanced to a GAA Connacht SFC Semi-final date with Sligo, following a seven-point win in Ruislip.

Limerick hurling manager TJ Ryan has given three debuts for Sunday’s Munster SHC quarter-final clash with Clare in Semple Stadium (throw-in 4pm).

Antrim 1-12 London 1-8

London 1-2 Offaly 0-9: Allianz Football League Division 4: New Offaly manager Pat Flanagan expects the Faithful County to embark on a promotion-winning campaign after holding off a spirited London revival at Ruislip to claim a perfect league start in Allianz NFL Division 4.

Ballintubber 3-9 St Brigid’s 1-13

Lismore (Waterford) 2-7 Sarsfields (Cork) 0-5

Loughmore-Castleiney 3-22 Mullinahone 0-14

St Brigid’s 3-12 St Faithleach’s 0-7

Cork 4-15 Tipperary 2-08

Limerick 1-16 London 1-13

LORY MEAGHER CUP FINAL:

London 0-7 Galway 3-17

Cork 3-13 Meath 0-13

Meath 0-17 Galway 0-13

Armagh 1-14 Waterford 1-5

London 2-7 Carlow 0-13

St Patrick’s weekend, 2014 will live long in the memory of Caithriona McGlone as the Lismore forward netted three times from play in the AIB All-Ireland intermediate club camogie final replay win over Ballyhale Shamrocks (3-8 to 0-7) at the Clonmel Sportsfield yesterday.

Donegal 1-12 Meath 1-12

Lismore 0-9 Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-6

London 1-08 Clare 2-14

Wicklow 2-5 Meath 4-11

Meath 0-18 Carlow IT 0-12

There are just four survivors from last year’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Dublin in the Kerry side to face IT Tralee in the McGrath Cup tomorrow.

Milford (Cork) 0-14 Granagh/Ballingarry (Limerick) 0-04

St Brigid's (Roscommon) 2-10 Tourlestrane (Sligo) 0-09

Currow 2-11 St Mary’s 0-14

St Brigid’s 1-13 Western Gaels 0-09

Cavan 1-17 London 1-8

London are set to line out with an unchanged team when they make their historic trip to Croke Park for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC fourth round qualifier against Cavan (throw-in 3pm).