No Cork changes

Manager Larry Tompkins and his selectors have made no changes - positional or in personnel - for Sunday's Munster football final…

Manager Larry Tompkins and his selectors have made no changes - positional or in personnel - for Sunday's Munster football final replay against Tipperary at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

It was widely expected that Tompkins would alter his midfield partnership, especially as both Nicholas Murphy and Micheál O'Sullivan were replaced during last Sunday's drawn match, and also replaced in the semi-final win over Kerry.

Yet Murphy and O'Sullivan are given another chance, with Joe Kavanagh, Jim O'Donoghue and Maurice McCarthy - the three players who stepped in during the previous games - once again starting on the bench.

Held in reserve is dual player Diarmuid O'Sullivan, who came in the last day and against Kerry. It also means Cork have been unchanged in their last three matches.

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CORK (SF v Tipperary): K O'Dwyer; O Sexton, C O'Sullivan, A Lynch; S Levis, R McCarthy, G Canty; N Murphy, M O'Sullivan; B J O'Sullivan, M Cronin, A Cronin; P Clifford, C Corkery, F Murray.

Donegal SF

• Defender and team captain Mark Crossan will definitely miss Sunday's All-Ireland qualifier against Meath at Croke Park because of injury, though there are no other concerns for manager Mickey Moran.

Talk of John Gildea and Adrian Sweeney heading to America before the end of Donegal's championship run has been played down by Moran and both players are expected to line out on Sunday. The team is due to be named after training tomorrow.

Meath SF

• Defender Hank Traynor will miss the Donegal match because of injury. Having already missed the third-round victory over Laois because of an ankle injury, Traynor made his return to club football over the weekend with Simonstown Gaels only to suffer a hamstring injury. The team for Sunday will be confirmed later in the week and apart from Traynor no major injury problems are reported.

• RTÉ will provide live coverage of both the Tyrone-Sligo and Donegal-Meath football qualifiers from Croke Park this Sunday, with the Cork-Tipperary replay the main feature of the evening's The Sunday Game.

Mayo SF

• James Nallen is a doubtful starter for the All-Ireland qualifier against either Tipperary or Cork in Ennis on Saturday week. The Crossmolina player has been ruled out for this weekend's crunch Mayo senior championship match against Knockmore following a knee injury sustained last Saturday against Limerick.

According to manager Pat Holmes, Nallen carried an injury for the last 10 minutes of the Limerick game and could be out of action for another couple of weeks.

Young forward Conor Mortimer, who threw his shirt into the crowd after being replaced in the clash against Limerick, has apologised to Holmes for his behaviour. Mortimer said he was disappointed at being taken off but has realised the error of his ways.

Antrim SH

Manager Dinny Cahill has been hit with a double loss ahead of the hurling quarter-final against Tipperary on Sunday week. Cushendall duo Conor McCambridge and Aidan Delargy are both out of the game with fractures picked up in recent club games.

Wexford SH

Wexford selector Ger Cushe has decided to stand down following the defeat by Clare last Sunday in the All-Ireland qualifier. Cushe has been part of the backroom team for the past two years.

Team manager Tony Dempsey is still considering his future. "I will not be making any rash decisions. I will take time out, consider the workload involved, and this coupled with my new job as a TD, will be all taken into account when arriving at my decision. I will be giving it a couple of weeks," he said.

Dublin Under-21H

County seniors Conal Keaney, Stephen Hiney and Derek O'Reilly will start this evening's Leinster under-21 hurling championship semi-final against Offaly in Portlaoise (7.30). However, fellow seniors Philip Brennan is away and Stephen Hyland was ruled out with injury.

DUBLIN (U-21 hurling v Offaly): G Maguire; K Elliott, S Daly, P Laone; P Kelly, S Hiney, D O'Reilly; B O'Brien, S McCann; P Murray, S O'Neill, C Keaney; D O'Callaghan, P Murray, D Keane.