Down 3-12 Laois 1-15: Down’s ability to find the net helped them clinch promotion back to Division One while Laois maintained their league status despite defeat in Pairc Esler yesterday.

Allianz Football League leaders Cork have included all three O’Driscoll brothers for Sunday’s table-topping clash with Mayo.

Kildare 1-15 Down 3-13: Allianz Football League Division 2: A crestfallen Jason Ryan was left to rue another late collapse by his Kildare players as they conceded two goals and a point in the space of a minute at the end of the game to throw away victory.

Down 3-13 Kildare 1-15

McKenna Cup

CROSSMAGLEN 1-8 KILCOO 3-10 (AET)

Kilcoo (Down) 2-09 Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) 1-12 (aet)

Kilcoo 0-9 Burren 0-7

Kilcoo (Down) 1-09 St Gall’s (Antrim) 0-10

Kilcoo (Down) 0-13 Ballybay (Monaghan) 0-07

IT hasn’t been an especially long journey for Kilmichael, but that is what makes it all the more remarkable.

MUNSTER ladies will be attempting to end an eight-year wait when the senior hockey inter-provincial tournament is staged at Harlequin Park, Cork, this weekend.