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Rice a doubt for Carrickshock 

In the end, perhaps not all that surprisingly, each of the four counties from the Leinster and Munster finals ultimately made it through to an All-Ireland semi-final.

Kilkenny minor hurlers are in unknown territory as they face Waterford in the All-Ireland minor hurling quarter-final in Walsh Park tomorrow (Saturday) evening at 7pm.

Before a ball was pucked in this year’s championship I predicted that the better quality games might come in the race for the Bob O'Keeffe Cup. So far I've been off the mark, after watching six championship games, three in each Province, the higher intensity and more enjoyable clashes have come from the Munster action. I may have got all my predictions right last weekend but I didn't see the games panning out the way they did.

Kilkenny hurlers prepare for the Leinster Final

The Galway hurlers face their first major test of the 2011 championship when they play Dublin in the Leinster championship semi-final on Saturday evening in O’Connor Park in Tullamore (7pm).

Everyone is still recovering from the great escape in Ruislip last Sunday, when Mayo were put to the pin of their collar by London in the Connacht Senior Championship. This Friday offers a welcome distraction in the form of the Connacht Junior Championship final in Charlestown which will throw in at 7.30pm. This evening’s game will offer Mayo the chance to dethrone the current All Ireland champions from the Yeats County, who will be under the guidance once again of their senior inter-county manager Kevin Walsh. Mayo for their part have John Kelly running the line for them, with Ray Connelly, Jarlath Cunningham and Vinny Gavin also on sideline duties. In the quarter final Mayo saw off the challenge of a tough Leitrim side after Mickey Moran’s side pushed into an early lead, while in the last four of the competition Roscommon were defeated in Ballyhaunis.

A first interprovincial title is the prize on offer for Connacht on Saturday if they overcome Munster in the final junior championship fixture at the Galway Sportsground (2.30pm).

Connacht prepare for what is expected to be the toughest and possibly the deciding fixture of this year’s Junior Interprovincial Championship when they face Leinster in Donnybrook on Saturday at 2.30pm.

Westmeath v Waterford (Sunday, 2.30pm, Cusack Park)