It turned out to be an easy victory for Carrickshock in the end at Croke Park on Saturday as they blitzed the Galway boys

Carlow finished the game with thirteen men and did well to hang on for a point after coming under increasing pressure from the Saffrons

It was stuff dreams are made of today for Thomastown United today and we have the goal and commentary playback available below

It was a unanimous victory for O'Neill on the night at the National Stadium

Antrim are going to provide a tougher test this time out than they would have had in recent years and Carlow can't afford to be complacent

Kilkenny suffered a heavy defeat to Clare in the League last year and will look to pick up some points after losing to Waterford last week

All three All Ireland winning teams from Kilkenny and Carlow get their respective League campaigns underway this coming weekend

It's a huge day ahead for everyone involved with Thomastown United with widespread excitement throughout the community

Kilkenny will have a very different panel to that which won the All Ireland title last year against Cork in Croke Park

Evergreen have a home game with Kilmallock to look forward to on the weekend of March 10th/11th/12th in the last 8