Winning the Division 2 league title may have been perceived outside of the camp as being important to Kildare’s continuing development but it was never viewed as such by the players or management.

LIMERICK and Tipperary are both bidding to break the stranglehold that Cork and Kerry have exerted in the Munster minor football grade, when the semi-finals of the competition take place tonight.

A WELL-DRILLED, highly-skilled Limerick were far too strong for Waterford in this opening round of the Munster MFC in Kilmallock last night, qualifying for a semi-final meeting with Kerry and condemning the Déise boys to a backdoor meeting with Clare on Monday evening next.

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Laois 1-15 Louth 1-11

Louth 1-13 Carlow 1-11

TIPPERARY manager John Evans admitted that he could have cried when Cork’s U-21s snatched an injury-time victory in last Saturday’s provincial final and he was on the verge of tears again yesterday as the senior team clinched promotion from Division 3.

Down 1-13 Louth 1-12

Louth 1-10 Tyrone 1-18

Louth and Tyrone have finalised their teams for tomorrow evening's GAA All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier between the counties at Drogheda, throw-in 7pm.

ANOTHER weekend passes and, with it, another slice of hope that someone, somewhere, sometime may actually give this Dublin team a serious test as they chase a fourth Leinster title in a row.

BRIAN DARBY will keep up the family tradition by lining out with Offaly against Westmeath in Saturday night’s Leinster senior football championship in Tullamore.

Cork 0-16 Louth 0-14

Louth manager Eamon McEneaney has named an unchanged team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Cork (O'Moore Park, throw-in 2pm).

Wolfe Tones clubman Niall McLoughlin has been named in the Meath team to take on Fermanagh in tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier (Pairc Tailteann, throw-in 7pm).

Louth manager Eamonn McEneaney has made six changes in personnel to his side for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier against Limerick (Gaelic Grounds, throw-in 7pm).

Eamonn McEneaney has named an unchanged side for Louth's fourth championship clash in the space of four weeks - the Wee men take on Wexford at Croke Park on Sunday (throw-in 2.20pm).

Just like his Wicklow counterpart Mick O'Dwyer, Louth manager Eamonn McEneaney has named an unchanged team for Sunday's Leinster SFC first round replay at Croke Park (throw-in 2.10pm).

Louth 1-11 Wicklow 0-14

Former Shelbourne goalkeeper Billy Norman has been handed a surprise call-up by Mick O'Dwyer for Wicklow's Leinster SFC clash with Louth this Sunday (Croke Park, throw-in 2.10pm).

Louth marked their return to top-flight football with a win today as Darren Clarke and Shane Lennon both netted against Down in the 2-14 to 1-13 victory in Drogheda.

Louth 0-22 Antrim 0-08

Tyrone 1-12 Louth 1-7

Ray Finnegan has been drafted into the Louth line-up for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier replay against Tyrone (Omagh, throw-in 3.30pm).

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.

Louth 0-10 Meath 1-15

Louth manager Eamon McEneaney has stuck with a winning formula and named an unchanged side for Sunday's Leinster SFC opener against Meath.

KERRY coach Jack O’Connor and his fellow selectors have given a vote of confidence to the team which defeated Laois in the semi-final for Sunday’s Allianz Division One NFL final against Galway in Limerick (5.30pm).

Louth manager Eamonn McEneaney has brought his big guns back in for tomorrow's NFL Division Two semi-final against Limerick (Newbridge, throw-in 3pm).

Dublin 1-19 Louth 0-9

Louth boss Paddy Carr has stuck with a winning formula ahead of Sunday's Leinster SFC showdown with Dublin.

Louth boss Paddy Carr has handed Paddy Keenan his championship debut ahead of Sunday's Leinster SFC clash with Wicklow at Croke Park.

Louth boss Paddy Carr has stuck with a winning formula ahead of Saturday's NFL Div 2A clash with Limerick at Ardee.

DIARMUID O’SULLIVAN, who recently announced he was quitting football to concentrate on hurling, will miss Cork’s Allianz NHL clash with Wexford at Wexford Park on Sunday because of a groin injury.

Louth boss Paddy Carr has made six changes to his team to face Wicklow in Div 2A of the NFL at Aughrim on Saturday.