KERRY bridged a 12-year gap by defeating Roscommon in a keenly contested All-Ireland junior football championship final at Cusack Park, Ennis yesterday.

TYRONE’S All-Ireland winning captain Peter Canavan has warned against the dismantling of the provincial championships.

FOR no more than a short few minutes in the sweltering heat in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday did it seem possible that favourites Tipperary might fail to make it to the Munster hurling final against Cork for the second year in succession.

BRIDE ROVERS survived a tremendous second-half fightback by Delanys at sun-drenched Caherlag last night to advance to round three of the Evening Echo Cork Co senior hurling championship.

AS Tipperary and Waterford prepare for battle in tomorrow’s Munster SHC semi-final, Diarmuid O’Flynn recalls some epic games with former stars Len Gaynor and Ned Power.

IT was a great day for Kilbrittain national schools as they recorded a splendid double in day four of the Allianz Sciath Na Scol finals at sunny Pairc Ui Rinn yesterday.

THE All-Ireland junior football grade doesn’t get the respect it deserves, according to Kerry manager Buddy O’Grady.

WHERE to start, who to start with?

NATURALLY, John Allen would have preferred if it hadn’t been so stressful.

WATCHING Spurs v Bolton on the box on Sunday was a weird experience. I can’t ever recall getting so wound up over a game at White Hart Lane, which didn’t involve the Arsenal.

I’m tired of hearing that Mayo are going to have to do something different to win an All-Ireland, writes Dara Ó Cinnéide.

Ésprit de Corps is a term I have heard Jim Gavin use more than once in relation to this Dublin team.

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We were stationed behind the scoring goal in Austin Stack Park for Kerry’s capitulation against Cork last weekend.

Michael Wadding refereed the 2007 All Ireland hurling final, but was too focused on the game to be aware of the 80,000 crowd.

The original Banner Banger will be tuned up and ready for road again come final day, with the bottom of the Hill in Shannon chosen as the symbolic starting point of the journey.

As a sporting occasion, Saturday’s final will live long in the memories of those who watched it live in Croke Park or on television.