Nicky Rackard Cup/Longford 1-19 Donegal 0-10: Kevin and Niall Campbell had a field day at Brewster Park yesterday, scoring 1-14 between them to help Donegal to the final at Croke Park, where they face Derry.
Longford were still in contention, only 0-4 to 0-6 behind, when in the 27th minute Niall Campbell nipped in for the only goal of the match.
At half-time Donegal led by 1-8 to 0-6 and were well in control despite the best efforts of Longford's leading marksman Garret Ghee.
Apart from intermittent pointed frees from Ghee in the second half, Donegal dominated, particularly at midfield where Mickey McCann was a major influence.
Up front, Anthony McDaid, a veteran in Donegal hurling, rolled back the years with an awesome performance. His point midway through the half brought the biggest cheer of the day from a growing Donegal support arriving for the football match to follow.
Longford simply had nothing to offer against this incessant Donegal pressure and frustration boiled over three minutes from time and halfback Robbie Stakelum was sent off for a foul on Donegal full forward Ger Dwyer.
On Saturday, Derry progressed to the final courtesy of a 3-10 to 0-10 victory over over Armagh at Crossmaglen.
SCORERS - Donegal: C Breathnach (0-1); K Campbell (0-9 one 65, seven frees), A McDaid (0-1), D Cullen (0-2), N Campbell (1-5, 1-0 penalty), E Organ (0-1) for Tooher. Longford: E Donnellan (0-1), J O'Brien (0-2), G Ghee (0-6, five frees) J Newman. Referee: R Houlihan (Kildare).
Tommy Murphy Cup
Carlow 1-11 London 0-7
Carlow set up a semi-final meeting with Leitrim following an uninspiring win at Dr Cullen Park.
On three occasions in the opening half, London took the lead and after the sides had been deadlocked on four occasions in an insipid opening 35 minutes, matters were level at 0-5 each at the interval.
Within 20 seconds of the restart Carlow struck for the game's only goal, scored by impressive right full forward Johnny Kavanagh at the end of a fine four-man move.
Carlow scored the game's next six points to take command of the match.
Holders Tipperary bowed tamely out of the competition when going under to Leitrim by 0-14 to 1-6 at Semple Stadium, Thurles on Saturday. Elsewhere, Antrim beat Cavan by 2-14 to 2-9 at Casement Park.
Women's SFC
Munster final: Cork 1-17 Waterford 1-06
Champions Cork had 10 different sharpshooters on the mark as they eased past Waterford in a free-ridden final at the Gaelic Grounds.
Apart from the lop-sided scoreline - the losers' goal arrived in the last minute - which stifled interest, the game was punctuated by a catalogue of injuries to players, which extended the playing time to well over 70 minutes.
Cork, winning their third successive provincial title, and seeking back-to-back All-Ireland crowns, survived a few early scares before Nollaig Cleary, Deirdre O'Reilly and Aisling O'Connor had them on their way.
Niamh Briggs and Sinead Ryan kept Waterford in touch, but their fate was sealed after Amanda Murphy set up Caoimhe Creedon for a smartly taken goal in 26 minutes, to leave it 1-6 to 0-2 at the break.
Creedon, Valerie Mulcahy, O'Reilly and Murphy slotted over further points within five minutes of the restart.
Aoife Murphy broke a 30 minutes barren spell for Waterford, but Cork swung back into action and extended their advantage to 1-17 to 0-6, before Murphy took the bare look off things with a last-minute strike.
Connacht final: Galway 2-12 Mayo 1-13
Galway won the Connacht title yesterday with a two-point win over Mayo at McHale Park.
The Galway women led 2-7 to 1-5 at half-time thanks to goals from Niamh Fahy and Gillian Joyce.
Mayo's goal came from Marcella Heffernan.
Galway started to get on top during the closing stages of the first half and were the better team from there on in.
All-Ireland JFC final
Kerry 1-9 Roscommon 0-10
Kerry withstood a spirited second-half Roscommon challenge to claim the win at Cusack Park, Ennis, yesterday.
Stephen Wallace's goal at the end of the first quarter rewarded Kerry's opening efforts and they carried a 1-5 to 0-4 advantage with them into the second half.
Roscommon missed two first-half goal chances and though they dominated possession for most of the second period, poor shooting and tough defending kept them at bay.
A Derek Moran free for in the 57th minute left them just one point adrift (1-7 to 0-9), but two vital Kerry points by corner forward Ronan McAuliffe late in the game sealed victory.
Roscommon had a chance to earn a draw in injury-time but James Callery's effort sailed over the bar when a goal was there for the taking.
