Interprovincial round-up:Leinster and Ulster will contest the football final at Croke Park next Sunday after both came through tight semi-final encounters.
Leinster fought back to beat Connacht 1-21 to 1-20 at Pearse Park in Longford, with Dublin forward Bernard Brogan fisting the late winner to finish the game with nine points.
Connacht led by five points with just under 10 minutes to go, but Leinster, inspired by Brogan, hit the final six points of the game to progress to the final.
Connacht led 0-14 to 1-8 at the break, but Leinster drew level after 56 minutes, only for Connacht’s Paul Conroy to score a goal following an error from Stephen Cluxton in the Leinster net.
They extended the lead to five at one stage, before a dramatic finish that saw Brogan and Leinster claim the victory right at the death.
Champions Ulster were made fight before seeing off Ulster on a scoreline of 1-14 to 1-3 at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh.
Ulster opened up a 1-11 to 0-4 at one stage in the first half before the Munster comeback started.
The sending off of Cavan’s David Givney did not help Ulster’s cause and Munster eventually took the lead through an Aidan Walsh point.
But two points Ciarán McKeever and a free from Seán Cavanagh helped Ulster finish the stronger and claim a place in the decider.
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An all-Galway side beat a strong Leinster outfit at O’Connor Park in Tullamore to set up a hurling decider against a Munster side that proved too strong for Ulster in Armagh.
In the end, Connacht has three points to spare as they won 3-13 to 1-16, with Niall Burke contributing nine points, four from play, in front of a crowd of less than 500.
Leinster, containing nine Kilkenny players in their starting line-up were 0-6 to 0-1 up at the end of the first quarter, with Shane Dooley claiming four points.
Burke then went on a scoring spree taking his tally to six as the sides went in level at the break (0-8 to 0-8).
Connacht substitute Davy Glennon gave his side the lead for the first time and goals from goalkeeper Colm Callanan, Damien Hayes and Glennon sealed the victory.
Munster crushed Ulster by 12 points (3-20 to 1-16), with all three goals coming in the first half, two from Graeme Mulcahy and one from Paudie O'Sullivan.