Wicklow got up and running in the Tailteann Cup by handing Laois a first defeat of the campaign at Echelon Park, Aughrim, where it finished 0-21 to 0-16.
Eva McNeill scored eight points, four from frees) and Ava McAllister seven, all from play, as a free-flowing Antrim overcame Laois by 1-27 to 2-9 in the Electric Ireland Minor A Shield camogie final at UPMC Nowlan Park today.
Oisín McConville believes Wicklow can take plenty of positives into the Tailteann Cup after their battling Leinster SFC quarter-final performance against Dublin.
Con O'Callaghan struck for 1-7 as Dublin came through a stiff test against Wicklow in Aughrim this afternoon to win by 2-21 to 0-18 and advance to the semi-finals of the Leinster senior football championship.
This weekend sees three provincial senior football championship quarter-finals and all four Ladies National Football League finals available for fans to watch live.
Dublin are through to the quarter-finals of the Leinster U20 football championship after an improved second-half showing earned them a 2-20 to 3-9 victory over Westmeath at Parnell Park last night.
Wicklow came up with the goods in extra time to defeat Longford by 2-23 to 1-20 at Glennon Bros Pearse Park and progress to a home Leinster SFC quarter-final date with Dublin next weekend.
Dublin bounced back from their opening defeat to Meath in the Leinster U20 football championship by handing Offaly a 2-17 to 1-13 defeat at Faithful Fields last night.
Mayo and Tyrone have been relegated from Division 1 of the Lidl National Football League and will be replaced in the top flight in 2026 by Galway and Cork, the two sides who made the drop last season.