Sunday 19 May 2013
Derry 1-11 Wicklow 1-10: Ahead by five points 20 minutes into the second half, 1-9 to 0-7, and playing with a one man numerical advantage from the 22nd minute, Derry struggled to hold off a determined Wicklow at Owenbeg on Saturday.
Meath 1-20 Armagh 2-10: Armagh manager David Kennedy can be forgiven for thinking that Meath have the Indian sign on his side.
There is a refreshing honesty and directness to Antrim hurling manager Kevin Ryan when he talks. After this victory – only Antrim's second since they joined the ranks of the Leinster Championship in 2009 – he wasn't going to dodge the big questions.
Westmeath 2-13 Antrim 3-18: Considering where they were last year when they came to Cusack Park and were shocked by a 0-14 to 0-12 defeat to these hosts, Antrim's Leinster Championship is already a roaring success after a second half in which they demonstrated they were a class above Westmeath.
The main man was missing but it was business as usual for Kilkenny in front of a packed house at Nowlan Park as they captured the National Hurling League title with a superb, three-point victory over Tipperary.
Kilkenny retained their National Hurling League title with a 2-17 to 0-20 win over Tipperary at Nowlan Park.
Galway won their second All-Ireland Under-21 football championship title in three years with a 1-14 to 1-11 victory over Cork at the Limerick Gaelic Grounds.
Armagh captain Ciaran McKeever has claimed that from the outset of this year, he has been "headhunted" by referees eager to punish him.
Seven Ulster championship medals would prove sufficient to sate the appetite of most players but Neal McAuley's catalogue of success to date with Antrim has merely whetted his appetite for what he describes as "bigger game."
After the revelation that 1,000 tickets for the meeting between All-Ireland champions Donegal and Tyrone on May 26 in Ballybofey were put on sale on the GAA website gaa.ie on Wednesday –only for a complete sell-out within 40 minutes – Tyrone manager Mickey Harte reflected that the game could have attracted a full house to St Tiernach's Park in Clones.
Stand by for a score-fest bonanza! That was the confident prediction from provincial Director Danny Murphy at last night's launch of the Ulster Senior Football Championship.
The last decade has proven the most successful in the history of gaelic football in Ulster.
Donegal manager Jim McGuinness remains hopeful that Karl Lacey will be available for the Ulster Championship showdown against Tyrone at MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey on May 26.
Fermanagh's failure to gain promotion to Division Two of the Allianz Football League proved a bitter pill for manager Peter Canavan but a ray of hope for the Ulster Championship has suddenly penetrated the cloud of gloom.
Drooped shoulders and expressions of anti-climax were all over the Tyrone players as they prepared to board the team bus after Sunday's league final defe
Long-serving Derry midfield ace Patsy Bradley believes that the single-minded approach adopted by manager Brian McIver can provide further rich dividends for a side that has already gained promotion and been crowned Division Two Allianz League champions.
Antrim hurling skipper Neil McManus believes that one stark statistic should in itself prove a major motivational factor for his team’s vitally important Leinster Championship clash with Westmeath in Mullingar on Sunday.
Dublin 0-18 Tyrone 0-17: Dublin have been crowned National League champions for the first time in 20 years after a dramatic two-point contribution from substitute Dean Rock stole the lead away from Tyrone in the closing stages at Croke Park.
Derry 1-18 Westmeath 0-15: Derry came home on Sunday night with a national title, their first in five years, but just as important was a further boost to morale ahead of the championship clash with Down in June.
Monaghan 2-16 Meath 3-8: Monaghan manager Malachy O'Rourke wore a broad smile after their Division Three league final victory over neighbours Meath, his side keeping the Royals scoreless for 20 minutes of the second half to assert their superiority.
It hasn't always been a bed of roses
Mike Ashley will share out £1million between Newcastle's ancillary staff if the Magpies beat Arsenal on Sunday.
Rafael Benitez is confident striker Fernando Torres can return to being an unstoppable force as the interim boss prepares for his final competitive game at Chelsea.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger feels his squad will finally be able to get the right mental preparation to hit the ground running at the start of the next season following a summer without speculation over the future of key players.
Harry Redknapp admits his QPR reign has been one of the most turbulent of his career.
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