Sean Carley looks back on the weekend in sport which includes: defeat for the Galway Footballers and Hurlers in the opening round of the National Football and Hurling Leagues, victory for the Galway Ladies Footballers away to Meath, a historic evening at Dexcom Stadium sees Connacht lose out to Leinster, the Galway League qualifying for the Oscar Traynor Cup Final and a successful weekend for Maigh Cuilinn, Titans and Maree in Basketball.
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Weekend results below:
Gaelic Games
National Football League Division 1
Mayo 3-18 Galway 2-18
Donegal 1-20 Dublin 0-20
Kerry 2-18 Roscommon 1-20
Armagh 1-27 Monaghan 0-18
National Football League Division 2
Meath 0-19 Derry 1-13
Tyrone 2-16 Kildare 1-19
Cork 0-24 Cavan 2-17
Louth 1-21 Offaly 0-19
National Football League Division 3
Down 2-19 Clare 2-14
Laois 1-10 Limerick 0-13
Wexford 1-13 Fermanagh 0-12
Westmeath 2-14 Sligo 1-16
National Football League Division 4
The game between Waterford and Longford was postponed due to an unplayable pitch
Carlow 2-16 Antrim 1-15
London 0-21 Tipperary 0-21
Wicklow 1-17 Leitrim 2-13
National Hurling League Division 1A
Tipperary 1-21 Galway 1-16
Kilkenny 0-20 Offaly 0-16
Cork 3-25 Waterford 1-17
National Hurling League Division 1B
Carlow 2-18 Down 1-11
Wexford 1-13 Antrim 1-12
Clare 3-18 Dublin 1-22
National Hurling League Division 2
Meath 1-20 London 1-10
Kerry 5-23 Derry 0-12
Laois 6-23 Mayo 0-12
National Hurling League Division 3
Louth 1-20 Armagh 1-15
Roscommon 2-15 Wicklow 1-16
Donegal 3-23 Tyrone 1-18
National Hurling League Division 4
Cavan 3-13 Warwickshire 1-13
Longford 2-17 Leitrim 0-20
Sligo 2-20 Monaghan 0-8
Ladies National Football League Division 1
Galway 0-16 Meath 0-8
Kerry 2-9 Dublin 0-9
Cork 1-10 Kildare 2-7
Waterford 2-14 Armagh 0-8
Ladies National Football League Division 2
Tipperary 2-12 Wexford 2-9
Donegal 2-11 Westmeath 1-6
Tyrone 7-11 Monaghan 0-11
Cavan 1-13 Mayo 1-13
Ladies National Football League Division 3
Antrim 3-15 Clare 1-9
Roscommon 3-6 Limerick 0-8
Down 3-6 Louth 1-12
Laois 3-13 Fermanagh 3-13
Ladies National Football League Division 4
Longford 3-8 Wicklow 0-7
Carlow 1-15 Antrim 1-15
Sligo 1-20 Derry 2-8
Leitrim 1-11 Offaly 1-8
Leinster Junior B Club Hurling Championship Semi-Final
Tommy Larkins 0-16 Naas 0-6
All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Senior B Semi-Final
Presentation College Waterford 1-12 Portumna Community School 1-10
Rugby
United Rugby Championship
Leinster 34 Connacht 23
Munster 22 Dragons 20
Scarlets 27 Ulster 22
Bulls 19 Edinburgh 17
Ospreys 24 Lions 24
Sharks 30 Stormers 19
Glasgow Warriors 26 Zebre 21
Cardiff 17 Benetton 8
Energia All-Ireland League Division 2A
Cashel 12 Corinthians 5
Ballymena 26 Banbridge 22
Dungannon 17 Old Crescent 13
Barnhall 11 Greystones 3
Shannon 34 Wanderers 17
Corinthians have played 11 games and sit in 6th place on 26 points. 2 points behind Greystones.
Corinthians host 3rd placed Shannon next weekend.
Energia All-Ireland League Division 2B
Galwegians 50 Navan 15
Clogher Valley 26 Skerries 0
Rainey 23 Buccaneers 22
Sligo 39 Enniscorthy 15
UL Bohs 40 Malone 17
Galwegians are 11 wins from 11 and 15 points clear of second placed Clogher Valley.
Galwegians will make the trip to Enniscorthy next weekend.
Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division 1
Galwegians 15 Old Belvedere 10
Ballincollig 19 Tullow 5
Railway Union 73 Cooke 0
UL Bohs 41 Wicklow 7
Blackrock College 38 Ennis 12
After playing 12 games Galwegians are in 5th place on 31 points, 13 points behind 4th placed Old Belvedere in the semi-final places.
Galwegians don’t play next weekend but return to action with a home game against UL Bohs on February 7th.
Soccer
Oscar Traynor Cup Semi-Final
Galway League 4 Wexford League 0
Limerick League 2 Donegal League 1 AET
Galway FA Men’s Championship
Galway Hibs 3 Colga B 2
Maree/Oranmore B 1 Knocknacarra 3
Corrib Rangers 3 Dynamo Blues 2
Salthill Devon B 3 Corofin United 0
St. Bernard’s 3 Loughrea 0
FAI Youth Cup
Maree/Oranmore 5 Broadford 2
Mervue United 0 St. Francis 3
Parkville United 0 Kinvara United 7
English Premier League
West Ham United 3 Sunderland 1
Burnley 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2
Fulham 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 1
Manchester City 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
AFC Bournemouth 3 Liverpool 2
Brentford 0 Nottingham Forest 2
Crystal Palace 1 Chelsea 3
Newcastle United 0 Aston Villa 2
Arsenal 2 Manchester United 3
National Basketball League Men’s Division One
Maigh Cuilinn 76 Ulster University 59
Maree 106 Team North West 50
Titans 88 Moy Tolka Rovers 63
ND Audit Portlaoise Panthers 84 Templeogue 79
Carrick Cruisers 81 Limerick Sport Eagles 72
Malahide 104 Killarney Cougars 81
SPK Utility Trust Lakers 87 Dublin Lions 83
Drogheda Wolves 98 Tipp Talons 60
The win sends Maree up to 5th on 27 points, Titans are in 7th on 24 points and Maigh Cuilinn are 11th on 21 points in a very condensed League Table.
National Basketball League Women’s Division One
Limerick Celtics 87 University of Galway Mystics 70
Templeogue 76 Abbey Seals Dublin Lions 48
Cleveland Rockets 66 Limerick Spork Huskies 58
Swords Thunder 72 Clunetech Kilkenny Stars 62
Moy Tolka Rovers 80 Dublin Raiders 57
After 12 games played, Mystics sit in 8th place on 12 points.
