Castlehaven 1-14 Carbery 2-10

THE splendour of their performances in Leinster led many to attach All-Ireland-winning credentials to this Dublin minor football team and in Portlaoise yesterday they offered more persuasive evidence they can this year land the county’s first national crown at this level since 1984.

A DANCE teacher was charged with making a false accusation that he was groped by X Factor judge Louis Walsh in the toilets of a Dublin nightclub.

CORK boss Brian Cuthbert could be without two key defenders for Sunday’s Munster MFC final against Tipperary in Fitzgerald Stadium.

Cork 1-16 Clare 0-6

LAST season, in Brian Cuthbert’s first competitive game in charge of the Cork minor footballers, they departed Cusack Park with a huge sense of relief after a late scoring spree helped them defeat Clare.

CORK claimed the scalp of Clare at the opening hurdle of the Munster MFC for the second successive year when they had five points to spare at the end of last night’s quarter-final clash in Páirc Ui Rinn.

BRIAN CUTHBERT does not have to look far for evidence to focus his players minds on tonight’s Munster MFC quarter-final clash against Clare in Páirc Ui Rinn.

CORK boss Brian Cuthbert has named four players who featured in last year’s All-Ireland MFC decider for Wednesday night’s Munster MFC opening round clash against Clare in Páirc Uí Rinn.

THERE was plenty controversy in the drawn decider between these two teams in Swords a few weeks ago.

REIGNING champions Cork have named four members of this year’s county minor football squad for tonight’s Munster Vocational Schools SAFC final against Kerry in Rathmore at 5pm.

TYRONE’S dazzling form this season was ultimately rewarded with silverware in yesterday’s ESB All-Ireland MFC final in Croke Park. However, they had to withstand a ferocious and dramatic late Cork revival before surviving.

IT was a debut that tumbled off a dream script. Time was slipping away on Cork’s All-Ireland minor football dream at the start of August with Armagh having taken a firm grip on their quarter-final.

FOR sheer entertainment value, it’s difficult to match the heights that the Cork minor footballers have scaled this season.

TOMORROW evening’s West Cork junior football decider in Skibbereen is dripping with novelty and charm.

EVEN by the exalted standard of comebacks the Cork minor footballers have engineered this season, what unfolded in Croke Park yesterday was outrageous.

THEY have relied on their wits and battling qualities to escape from several matches this season, but Cork minor football selector Donal O’Sullivan is confident that there is a complete performance in his team in tomorrow’s ESB All-Ireland MFC semi-final against Galway in Croke Park.

CORK super sub Stephen O’Mahony struck for a sensational injury time goal to snatch a semi-final spot away from a stunned Armagh outfit, who had looked the dominant team for the opening three-quarters of this game.

CORK boss Brian Cuthbert has made three changes to his starting 15 for next Sunday’s Munster MFC final against Kerry in FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney.

The Ireland Schools Rugby international season began today with the announcement of the teams and replacements for the annual Irish Schools trial match between the Probables and Possibles selections.

The Leinster Schools (U18) team to play Munster Schools on Wednesday at Musgrave Park (kick off 12.30pm) has been named.

The Leinster Schools (U18) team to play Connacht Schools this Wednesday, October 11 in Donnybrook (kick off 2.30 pm) has been named.

St Brendan’s 3-7 Ballincollig 1-11

Republic of Ireland Under-19 manager Sean McCaffrey has named a squad of 18 players for two friendly matches against Norway in Dublin later this month.