In the Dublin-Galway game earlier in Croke Park, Paud O’Dwyer had a stress-free afternoon but the HawkEye malfunction was a worrying development.

Mayo were hugely relieved to escape to victory in their first championship clash with Louth for 73 years at a scorching Hastings Insurance MacHale Park in Castlebar

Tom Kenny was the last Crotta O’Neills captain to lift the county SHC trophy which became the Neilus Flynn Cup from 1987 onwards.

Aoife Minogue had a late opportunity to snatch what would have been a brilliant comeback win for Meath, but her shot from a difficult free drifted just wide.

From the throw-in this one had championship tie written all over it with little between the sides in every position on the field.

Ballyboden St Enda’s struck 1-2 in the closing minutes to confirm their win.

They did it again. Two points down deep in injury time, Templenoe were on the verge of a hard-earned victory over their local rivals Kenmare Shamrocks

Mallow never led from the opening score until the fourth minute of stoppage time but when it mattered, they did all the running.

With half an hour gone at the Amex Stadium on Saturday, Brighton had completed 220 successful passes. West Ham had completed just 13, yet they were 1-0 ahead

A last-gasp Aidan Crowley goal sealed victory for Templenoe

New Zealander Gatland is eight months into his second stint as Wales head coach after replacing Wayne Pivac and he is preparing for a fourth World Cup at the helm during September and October, having masterminded semi-final appearances in 2011 and 2019.

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The festive fixture list remains one of the most treasured traditions in English football. And even at a time when games are coming thick and fast every week amid the pandemic, the Stephen's Day games promise to be a special treat for fans.

The Déise have never defeated Cork at minor level and this horribly one-sided contest again exposed the alarming gap between these two counties.

The sides were level on six occasions across the hour as the game ebbed and flowed

The home side continued to hold a lead over their opponents right up until the second-half water break

Connacht had come so close to pulling off the shock of the weekend in Paris

Victory for John Yems’ rampant hosts was their first over a top-flight team in this competition and arguably the most famous result in their history

Mason Mount toasted his 22nd birthday with a fine 25-yard strike, with Callum Hudson-Odoi and Kai Havertz also on target

Look, I don’t like United, I’ve got five senses like everybody else, but their enormous blot on our landscape should be ignored sometimes