The idea that for Cork the only way is up is completely wrong. There’s new depths there to plummet, writes Colm Cooper.

St Finbarr’s 3-18 Glanmire 4-11 (After extra-time): A superb extra-time performance from St Finbarr’s ensured them a thrilling second round win over Glanmire in a highly entertaining Cork IFC game at Pairc Na Brian Diolunaigh last night.

Mayfield 2-9 Glanmire 2-5: Mayfield began their Cork County IFC odyssey this season with a four-point first-round victory in a local derby against Glanmire at Watergrasshill on Saturday night.

Tommy Walsh is likely to make his return to competitive football for All-Ireland champions Kerry off the substitutes’ bench, after he was kept in reserve for Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 opener against Mayo at Fitzgerald Stadium (2pm).

The Cork football management have made seven changes to their side for Sunday’s McGrath Cup semi-final clash with Waterford in Ardmore.

Amid the mix of those who played last year and the new faces aiming to impress manager Brian Cuthbert, the Cork side which beat Mary Immaculate College on Sunday had one notable returnee.

McGrath Cup: Cork 7-20 Mary I 0-4

Kilmallock 3-22 Sarsfields 3-20 (AET)

Limerick kingpins Kilmallock and Cratloe of Clare will contest the AIB Munster senior club hurling championship final on November 23.

Michael Cussen is likely to be one of the players included in the Cork senior football squad for the McGrath Cup, which begins in January.

Sarsfields 2-18 Glen Rovers 0-8

Michael Cussen is hoping to play some part in the Cork SHC final for his club Sarsfields after he had a pin removed from his thumb.

Sarsfields 0-14 Carrigdhoun 0-11

Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice praised his players for the confident manner in which they closed out this Munster decider.

Sarsfields 2-25 Bride Rovers 0-15

Forwards Cathal Naughton and Michael Cussen are unlikely to be a part of the Cork senior squad for the Allianz Hurling League campaign.

Na Piarsaigh 0-20 Sarsfields 2-09

Midleton 2-15 Sarsfields 2-13

You can go back to the glory days of the Cork senior hurling final when the big three dominated, crowds of over 30,000 turning up to see the great players in what Cork people called ‘the little All-Ireland’.

Usually in a game as tight as this, there is one significant moment that decides victory.

Kilcormac-Killoughey, Oulart the Ballagh and Mount Leinster Rangers booked semi-final berths in the AIB Leinster Club SHC, while their were county title wins for Midleton and St Gabriel's in Cork and London respectively.

Sarsfields 0-25 Ballymartle 1-12

Sarsfields 5-12 Killeagh 2-09

Sarsfields 2-14 UCC 0-9

Cian McCarthy has won a starting place on the Cork team for Saturday's All-Ireland SHC final replay against Clare at Croke Park (throw-in 5pm).

Clare County Board may change their club championship format mid-campaign to alleviate mounting pressure on fixtures in the wake of Sunday’s drawn All-Ireland SHC final.

Cork hurling manager Jimmy Barry Murphy has named his team to face Clare in the All-Ireland hurling final on Sunday, with Brian Murphy the only change from the team that beat Dublin.

With four players — Conor O’Sullivan, Daniel Kearney, Cian McCarthy and Michael Cussen — likely to be in Sunday’s matchday panel, Sarsfields boast the strongest representation in the Cork senior hurling squad.

Sarsfields 1-21 UCC 5-09

Sarsfields will be hoping that beating Ballinhassig in the Cork SHC first round is an omen, as they achieved that in 2008 before ending a 51-year wait for a county title.

Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy has selected an unchanged team for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Dublin at Croke Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

Glanmire 1-12 Canovee 1-10 (after extra-time)

If Clare get into a rhythm they are difficult to contain, as Laois found last Saturday in Cusack Park

St. Ita's clubman Seamus Harnedy will make his Championship debut for Cork when they take on Clare in Sunday's Munster SHC semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds (throw-in 4pm).

Cork 5-14 Tipperary 0-24

Glanworth 2-9 Glanmire 1-7

Cork hurling manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy feels that Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A trip to Waterford will tell more about his side than their opening-night victory over Tipperary.

Cork 4-16 Waterford Institute of Technology 1-08

Cork 3-20 UCC 1-16

Kerry legend Pat Spillane has called on new Kingdom manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice to return to the county’s traditional playing style.

This Munster club semi-final was a fine game of hurling between two good teams who battled throughout at Semple Stadium yesterday.

They won in a shootout yesterday, they chiselled out a win a defensive battle against Kilmallock — any which way, Thurles Sars will find a way to win, says manager Seamus Quinn.

The similarities between the two Sarsfields battling for supremacy in tomorrow’s Munster Club SHC semi-final doesn’t end with a shared name.

Tomorrow’s Semple Stadium semi-final is the tale of two teams in search of redemption.

It’s hard writing about this game. Having watched Thurles Sarsfields up close from my role with Kilmallock, we’ve tried to move on from the defeat.

For those who believe that Lar Corbett isn’t committed to his club, Thurles Sars, a read of his superb autobiography All In My Head should shatter any such misconceptions.

Sarsfields 1-15 Town 1-13