IT was honours even in this meeting of the touring All Star teams of 2008 and 2009 in Hurlingham on Saturday, a fitting result to what was an entertaining affair.

THE GAA will be pressing ahead with plans for regional ‘centres of excellence’ featuring floodlit synthetic playing surfaces with even more enthusiasm following the positive response from the players who took part in the Vodafone Allstars exhibition game in New York’s Gaelic Park on Saturday.