Corn Sceilge All-Ireland Senior A semi-final: Loreto Kilkenny 3-13 Ursuline’s Thurles 3-12; St Patrick’s Maghera 2-7 Presentation Athenry 1-7 GOALS in the third quarter from Maghera full-forwards Caoimhe Kearney and Caoimhe Chambers sent the holders Presentation Athenry crashing out of Corn Sceilge in a windy and eventually very wet Swatragh on Saturday.

Allianz Hurling League Division 2B: Tyrone 1-26 London 3-18 The grieving process continues, and a first opportunity to publicly and collectively honour the memory of the great Damian Casey inspired the Tyrone hurlers to a thrilling victory over London.

ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE ROUND ONE SATURDAY DIVISION ONE GROUP A Wexford v Galway (Chadwicks Wexford Park, 5pm, live on TG4) Wexford were one of the teams of the year throughout the League in 2022, winning all five of their group games before crashing out at the semi-final stage to Waterford.

Allianz National Hurling League Division 1B: Antrim 0-15 Kilkenny 1-18 From Brendan Crossan at Corrigan Park IT all felt a bit like Groundhog Day in Corrigan Park on Saturday afternoon for the Antrim hurlers.

Allianz National Hurling League Division 1B: Antrim v Kilkenny (today, Corrigan Park, 2pm) IT doesn’t get any better than the Kilkenny hurlers rolling into west Belfast for a competitive fixture.

Karl McKeegan will step out onto Darver playing surface tomorrow afternoon for his first competitive outing as Armagh Hurling manager. 

Allianz National Hurling League Division 2A: Down v Offaly (tomorrow, Ballycran, 1pm) THE last-gasp drama of victory over Carlow set the tone for an unexpected promotion charge last year, but repeating that opening day dose against Offaly will require Down stepping up to another level for Down.

Allianz Hurling League Division 2B: Donegal v Sligo (Saturday, O'Donnell Park, Letterkenny, 2pm) IT may be only their first game of the Allianz Hurling League, but two points are vital to Donegal as they host Sligo in the opening round in O’Donnell Park, Letterkenny.

Allianz Hurling League Division 2A: Derry v Kerry (Saturday, Celtic Park, 2pm) AFTER years of battling for the right to hurl in Division 2A, Derry will have a shadow of the team that gained their much sought after promotion on board on Saturday afternoon when Kerry visit Celtic Park.

Allianz Hurling League Division 2B: Tyrone v London (Saturday, Eoghan Ruadh Dungannon, 7pm) LIFE in Division 2B begins for Tyrone this evening as they host London under the floodlights at Eoghan Ruadh Dungannon.

2022 was a mixed bag for Ruairi McCrickard but, with his injury woes behind him, Ruairi McCrickard is relishing a return to red and black.