Other Gaelic Games news in brief
O'Byrne Shield Final:Carlow finished this football final with 13 men but still managed to overturn an eight-point interval deficit to beat neighbours Wexford by four points, 1-15 to 2-8, at Tinryland yesterday.
Goals from Ben Brosnan on 25 minutes and Adrian Flynn on 32 enabled the visitors to lead 2-7 to 0-5 at half-time, despite the fact they were short many first team regulars.
Carlow were reduced to 14 men early in the second half when Eric McCormack received a straight red card. When Simon Rea retired injured in the final stages Carlow had introduced their five substitutes.
Camogie:Defending league champions Wexford got their National League Division One campaign off to a winning start with an impressive 2-17 to 0-5 win over Dublin on Sunday at Oulart-the-Ballagh.
Wexford's opening goal came after five minutes courtesy of Lenny Holohan while Una Leacy grabbed their second with 10 minutes of the game remaining.
Women's NFL:Cork ran out 1-16 to 1-9 winners against Kerry in Division One.
At half-time, Cork led by 1-7 to 0-8 as Nollaig Cleary's goal after 10 minutes gave the home side the edge.
In the second half, both teams seemed in the mood to experiment as a number of substitutes came into the fray and Cork eventually pulled away to secure a comfortable win.
