Hills set up final date with Clontarf

CricketTHE HILLS will meet Clontarf in yet another all-Leinster final in the RSA Irish Senior Cup on Saturday after two thrilling semi-finals which went to the last over.The Hills' three-run victory over North Down went to the last ball - Naseer Shoukat held his nerve and Ireland 'A' bowler James Cameron-Dow could only scramble a single. Shoukat's opening partner Max Sorensen had an off day with the ball but his batting was the significant part in The Hills' 224, the Ireland all-rounder hitting 70 off just 57 balls.Big Coghlan was Clontarf's batting star as the holders chased down Pembroke's 255-8, hitting 134.Merrion kept the Division One title race alive with a 53-run win over leaders YMCA. Terenure's fight for survival ended with a seven wickets defeat by Railway Union.MotorsportThe Fermanagh-Donegal pairing of Garry Jennings and Rory Kennedy were declared the provisional winners of the Todd's Leap Ulster International Rally when it was brought to a premature end following a fatal accident on the third of the 15 stages on Friday, which tragically claimed the life of 20-year-old driver Tim Cathcart from Enniskillen. Jennings, the title holder, held a 19-second lead over Irish Tarmac series leaders Declan and Brian Boyle.Pirelli Star Driver Daniel McKenna and co-driver Arthur Kierans took another victory in the British Rally Championship section, increasing their lead. Four-time National Hillclimb champion Simon McKinley scored yet another weekend double in MEC's Hillclimbs at Naul. He was well clear of runner-up Rory Stephens on both days, with Deirdre McKinley getting closer to her husband with her best result yet, in fourth place overall. hockeyFeeble France were given an eight-goal battering by Ireland's women at Belfield yesterday.The emphatic home win against a side that conceded nine to them on Thursday looked inevitable from the third minute when captain Megan Frazer slammed in the opener.Naomi Carroll and Katie Mullan paraded their predatory skills before Chloe Brown and Audrey O'Flynn picked off a couple of penalty corners, all in the first half.Brown and Mullan were on the mark again after the break, with Aine Connery completing the rout on 56 minutes.The French did not manage a single a shot all afternoon against an Irish team 10 steps above them in the world rankings. A closer game is in prospect today (7.0) as Darren Smith's team attempt to reverse Friday's 2-1 defeat by Spain.Ireland - A McFerran, N Evans, S McCay, M Frazer, A O'Flynn, C Watkins, K Mullan, A O'Flanagan, K Dillon, Y O'Byrne, E Beatty. Subs: E Smyth, C Brown, N Carroll, A Connery, G Pinder, E Gray.