GAELIC
GAMES
Laois
manager Justin McNulty has kept faith with the 15 players that started against
Armagh for Sunday's National Football League Division Two trip to Derry
Eoin
Culliton is in goal, Kevin Meaney is full back with Peter O'Leary and Cahir
Healy in the corners
Darren
Strong and Conor Boyle both got on the scoresheet last week and start on the
wings with John O'Loughlin centre half back
Colm Begley
and Brendan Quigley are in midfield
Ross
Munnelly, who scored seven points against Armagh ,
is right wing forward with Billy Sheehan on the other wing and Gary Walsh at
centre half forward
Padraig
Clancy is full forward with Donie Kingston and Colm Kelly named to start in the
corners
We'll have
commentary from Celtic
Park
Kerry
manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice has made three changes for Sundays Division One
clash with Dublin
Tomás Ó Sé
who makes his first start of the new campaign has been named at centre back so
Peter Crowley moves to the corner in place of Shane Enright.
Bryan
Sheehan takes over from Johnny Buckley in midfield and Barry John Keane comes
in for Conor Cox at corner forward.
Michael
Shields, Graham Canty, Alan O'Connor and Ciaran Sheehan all return to the Cork
Shields and
Canty come in at full back and centre back respectively while O'Connor joins
Aidan Walsh in midfield in place of Andrew O'Sullivan. Sheehan is included in
the half forward line alongside Fintan Goold and Pearse O'Neill.
Sean
Cavanagh, Peter Harte, Stephen O'Neill and Mark Donnelly have all been included
in Tyrone's team for Sundays trip to Castlebar to face Mayo.
In Hurling
Athlone IT
are into the quarter finals of the Ryan Cup following a 1-9 to 0-7 win over Trinity College ,
Dublin
Raharney's
Danny Riggs scored 1-1 for Athlone
DIT, Cork
IT, Mary Immaculate and UCD all enjoyed Irish Daily Mail Fitzgibbon cup wins
yesterday.
NUIG and
GMIT played out a dramatic draw, 2-13 each the final score.
First time
Leinster and Munster
Offaly's
Kilcormac Killoughey made the breakthrough in Offaly, lifting the Sean Robbins
Cup for the first time, before conquering Leinster
in December
While Tipperary 's Thurles Sarsfields got the better of De La
Salle in the Munster
Sarsfields can
call upon Tipperary
We'll have
full live commentary on Midlands 103 from 2pm tomorrow with thanks to Aut Even
Hospital
In the
Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling B Final this afternoon it's Heywood Community
School
Portlaoise
CBS' South Leinster Post Primary Schools Senior Football B Final against Naas
throws in at 2.15 at Hawkfield, Newbridge
Colaiste
Choilm Tullamore take on Scoil Dara Kilcock in the North Leinster Post Primary
Schools B Final at St Lomans at 5.30 this evening
Also at
5.30 it's Killina
Presentation Secondary
School
RUGBY UNION
Gordon
D'Arcy and Keith Earls appear to have got over their injuries and will be ready
to play with D'Arcy in the centre and Earls on the bench.
In Rabo
Direct Pro 12 Rugby
Three Irish
provinces are in action this evening, Ulster
host Ospreys at five past seven while at 7.30 Cardiff
welcome Leinster and the Scarlets meet Connacht .
It's a big
night for two local players, Birr loosehead prop Peter Dooley is set to start
for the 20s for the first time while Athlone's Robbie Henshaw starts at full
back
Henshaw was
a centre at international schools level last year while he's played primarily
at full back for Connacht this season
This
evening's game kicks off at 7.35 at Dubarry
Park and we'll have updates on Midlands 103
Last year's
Town Cup winners Enniscorthy and the reigning All-Ireland Junior Cup champions
Tullamore meet in the All-Ireland Junior Cup Final at Cill Dara tomorrow
afternoon
Leinster
League champions Tullamore are unbeaten in the last three meetings between the
teams and are considered favourites to retain the Cup
Fromer
Wilson's Hospital School Multyfarnham student Ivan Poole will start in the
centre for Enniscorthy
Tullamore
have defeated Kanturk, Monivea and Ballymoney en route to the final and head
coach John Moylan says backs coach John Burns has helped them add new attacking
options
Kick off at
Cill Dara tomorrow is 2.30 and we'll have commentary of the second half
SOCCER
Town travel
to Hunky Dorys
Park to Drogheda
at 5.45
Athlone
lost to UCD last week and have upcoming matches against Sligo
and Bohemians
Edenderry
are currently second from bottom after 15 games
In the
O'Neills Polikoff Cup Tullamore Town host Transport FC tomorrow while
Portlaoise AFC take on St Pats in the Lummy O'Reilly Cup
At 7 O'Clock tomorrow evening CCFL Senior Division title
hopefuls Mullingar Athletic play St Peters
Willow Park have a home tie against Swords in round four of the LFA Junior Cup at 2pm on Sunday
The Billy Hyland Premier Division Cup gets underway with two games also at 2, Mullingar Town face Willow Park B and it's league leaders CK United against Birr Town
At 11am in the Michael Dolan Division One Cup it's Clonaslee against Clonmore and Clonbonney versus Mostrim
In the second leg of the opening round of the Women's Cup it's Clara Town against Killeigh at 2pm
And there are three games in the Senior Division, Arlington host Killavilla, Mountmellick play Gallen and it's Clara against Monksland
Those matches are all at 2
Willow Park have a home tie against Swords in round four of the LFA Junior Cup at 2pm on Sunday
The Billy Hyland Premier Division Cup gets underway with two games also at 2, Mullingar Town face Willow Park B and it's league leaders CK United against Birr Town
At 11am in the Michael Dolan Division One Cup it's Clonaslee against Clonmore and Clonbonney versus Mostrim
In the second leg of the opening round of the Women's Cup it's Clara Town against Killeigh at 2pm
And there are three games in the Senior Division, Arlington host Killavilla, Mountmellick play Gallen and it's Clara against Monksland
Those matches are all at 2
GOLF
Padraig
Harrington is 6 shots off the lead after the first round of the PGA Pro Am at
Pebble Beech, Russell Knock and Hunter Mayhan are tied for first on 6 under.
Damien
McGrane is four shots off the lead on 5 under heading into his second round at
the Joburg Open, Trevor Fisher Junior leads at10 under
BOXING
The weigh
ins for the National Elite Boxing Championships are taking place in Dublin this
morning with the draws for the opening round at lunchtime
There's
plenty of Midlands interest in the
Championships, Hugh Joyce is competing at flyweight
Olympic
silver medalist John Joe Nevin defends the bantamweight title, he's going for 6
in-a-row. Also in that division is John Joe's Portlaoise cousin Michael who
reached the final last year.
David
Oliver Joyce, who has been in excellent form in the World Series of Boxing, is
competing at lightweight
2008
Mullingar Olympian John Joe Joyce has been an unlucky loser in recent years, he
lost out to Adam Nolan in a thrilling final last year at welterweight
Christy
Joyce is entered at middleweight, European champion Joe Ward defends the Light
Heavyweight title while David Joyce is also in that division.
Moate's Ken
Okungbowa, Athy's Christy Joyce and Portlaoise's Bernard O'Reilly will be going
in search of the heavyweight title
ATHLETICS
Athlone IT
plays host to the Woodie's DIY AAI Master Indoor Championships tomorrow
Tullamore
Harriers' Pauline Curley, who won the Masters Cross Country last week, will be
going for the gold in the 3000 metres and 1500 metres
The
athletes will be hoping to prove their form ahead of the European Master’s
Indoors in Spain
BASKETBALL
Portlaoise
Panthers look to bounce back from last week's loss away to NUI Galway when they
host Tralee Imperials in the Women's National League tomorrow evening
That defeat
saw the Panthers slip to second place and the Imperials go into the 7.30 game
at St Mary's with a one point lead at the top of the table
HOCKEY
Mullingar's
firsts hockey team will be targetting a win in tomorrow's Leinster League
Division Four clash with Clontarf
Mullingar
are currently second in the table while Clontarf prop up the division
Mullingar's
struggling seconds team face Trinity in Division Six with both those games at
1pm
Tullamore
are up against University College , Dublin
RACING
There's a
bumper eight race card at Dundalk this evening
with the first race on the all weather at 10 to 6
Reigning
flat jockey champion Joseph O'Brien will partner El Salvador
The Madden
family will be hoping for more success with their Dundalk
specialist, Shake The Bucket in the Crowne Plaza Stay And Race Handicap at 7.20
Rhode's Pat
Smullen is aboard Core Element in the same race
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