CARLOW FOOTBALL:Carlow have revealed John Kearns as the county's new senior football manager.
A former goalkeeper for the Barrowsiders and the Éire Óg club, Kearns is the first Carlow native in 20 years to be given the county hot-seat. He takes over from Andy Shortall, who left the post a month ago. Meath's Seán Boylan will act as a consultant.
LEINSTER MHC:Laois hardly needed to come out of first gear to qualify for the second phase of the minor championship on Saturday - defeating Kildare 3-20 to 0-3.
SCORERS - Laois:C Murray 1-5; A Collier 0-7 (five frees); N Foyle 1-2; J Phelan 1-0; G Lahan 0-2; T Burke, D Dooley, J Gaughan, G Brophy 0-1 each. Kildare: N Ó Muineachain (free), R Treanor, P Keegan (free) 0-1 each.
MUNSTER MFC REPLAY:An uninterrupted six points during the last 11 minutes saw Tipperary overcome Clare 2-11 to 0-13 in the minor championship at Kilmallock.
Tipperary now meet Waterford for the right to play Cork in the Munster semi-final, with Kerry and Limerick through on the other side.
SCORERS - Tipperary:S Carey 2-5 (0-2 from frees); D Lynagh, C Sweeney (one free) 0-2 each; A Lonergan, K Walzer 0-1 each. Clare: E Lyons 0-4 (three frees); G Leahy 0-3 (one free); D Connole, S Collins 0-2 each; P McMahon, S Crotty 0-1 each.
ULSTER MF LEAGUE:Derry needed extra-time to defeat Down 0-14 to 0-9 in the Ulster league final at Dungannon. Lee Moore converted a stoppage-time free to deny Down victory in normal time, and the Oak Leafers pulled away in the added 20 minutes.
SCORERS - Derry:L Moore 0-3 (all frees); G McGeehan, S Cleary, A Heron 0-2 each; C McKaigue, E Green, N Forrester, C O'Boyle, A Mullan 0-1 each. Down: R Digney (all frees), B O'Reilly (all frees) 0-3 each; S Murdock 0-2 (one free); C Killen 0-1
