Rebels are realistic MacCarthy Cup contenders

Pat Hartnett doesn’t see any notable shift in mindset or culture as being the root cause of Cork hurling’s latest coming. The players, he insists, are simply doing themselves justice.

Babs Keating has described the All-Ireland winning Cork team of 1966 as “moderate enough”, claiming it was one of the easiest All-Irelands ever won.

Cork 0-26 Tipperary 3-16: Fittingly, this NHL clash between Cork and Tipperary was resolved by the game’s dominant personality deep in injury-time, with the result on the line.

With Division 1A of the Allianz Hurling reaching its midway point Enda McEvoy assesses the candidates’ progress to date…

Cork senior hurling selector Pat Hartnett says league champions Clare, who roll into Páirc Uí Rinn tonight for the NHL Division 1A opener against the home side, represent “a tall order” for a youthful Rebel team.

Limerick 1-19 Cork 7-22: Limerick boss John Kiely was clearly unhappy after this drubbing at the hands of Cork in the Munster SHL yesterday in the Gaelic Grounds, describing the 21-point defeat as unacceptable and “a very low point”.

Cork senior hurling manager Kieran Kingston is on the lookout for a new coach with the departure of Frank Flannery from the Rebels’ backroom team.

A phoney war in Thurles yesterday? Cork selector Pat Hartnett didn’t work too hard to dispel that impression.

Cork hurling manager Kieran Kingston is set to finalise his backroom team with the likely addition of Frank Flannery as a coach.

New Cork senior hurling boss Kieran Kingston has described the post as a “fantastic opportunity”, confirming yesterday that his former Cork team-mate Pat Harnett is joining him as a selector.

Cork County Board chairman Ger Lane has expressed his delight with the county’s securing of Kieran Kingston as new senior hurling manager.

Brian Herlihy has been appointed as the Cork minor football manager and his backroom team will feature a strong influence from the county’s 2010 All-Ireland-winning team.

Some of the finest cattle in Europe will be on view at the country’s biggest one-day agricultural show, the Tullamore Show, on Sunday.

A motion reducing the number of steps permitted with the ball in hand in hurling could come before the GAA’s Congress if passed at tomorrow’s Cork annual convention.

The roar of 60,000 "possessed" hurling followers rolling onto your shoulders at ground level in Semple Stadium; Johnny Crowley sipping a pint of Heineken through a straw while waiting to have his broken nose attended to following the 1987 Munster final replay and Denis Mulcahy’s "bone-crunching" tackle on Colm Bonnar in 1992.

AIB MUNSTER CLUB SHC SEMI-FINAL:

Midleton 2-15 Sarsfields 2-13

Peter Smith was on the last Midleton team to win the county SHC title in 1991, as part of a side which featured household names like Ger Fitzgerald, Kevin Hennessy, John Fenton, Pat Hartnett and Denis Mulcahy.

The last time Cork played Limerick in a Munster final, Kevin Hennessy picked up his final Munster medal. He’s been through quite a bit since, including a brush with death, but still has his trademark bright outlook

Two Kerry football clubs have hit out at the Munster Ladies Council for forcing at least eight players to play two games in a day.

He may be carrying 12 pins and two plates in his leg but Cork speed merchant Luke O’Farrell has been making light of the injury which almost ended his career.

CORK’S new senior hurling manager Jimmy Barry Murphy says his top priority is to get “a strong backroom team” in place ahead of next season.

GALWAY recorded their first championship win over Cork in 1975 but then made something of a habit of it with victories in 1979, 1985, 2002 and 2009.

NEWCASTLE West is a town which prides itself on enterprise and resilience.

St Brogan’s, Bandon 0-11Clonakilty CC 1-5