St Catherine’s survived a strong finish from Castlemartyr in the third round of the Cork IHC at Lisgoold this evening.

The battle between the junior hurling champions of the last two years went the way of 14-man Cloughduv in the first round of the Cork IHC at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

De La Salle College has set up a semi-final date with Midleton CBS in the Dr Harty Cup following their blistering first-half performance at the Fraher Field that saw them claim victory over St Colman’s College.

A strong start in Carlow proved far more than just half the battle for Oulart-The Ballagh who went on to finally capture the AIB Leinster Club Hurling title that the club has craved.

Oulart-The Ballagh (Wexford) 3-8 Clough-Ballacolla (Laois) 0-13 (AIB Leinster Club SHC): Oulart-The Ballagh made their expected advance to a Leinster Championship meeting with Clonkill of Westmeath but they were forced to survive a vigorous examination to do so.

Oulart-the-Ballagh 2-15 St Martin’s 0-13: The spirit of Oulart-the-Ballagh was once again evident when winning their sixth title in seven years with a comfortable eight-point victory over St Martin’s in the Wexford SHC final at Innovate Wexford Park yesterday afternoon.

Mayo 1-12 Kilkenny 0-8: Kilkenny’s decision to line out with two sweepers in Saturday’s All Ireland Junior Championship semi-final had backfired spectacularly within 20 minutes, as Mayo opened up a 1-5 to no score lead at O’Connor Park.

Oulart the Ballagh 0-20 Clara 2-11

Oulart-the-Ballagh 3-12 Ferns St Aidan’s 1-16

Oulart-the-Ballagh 0-17 Shelmaliers 0-10

St Catherine’s 1-17 Kildorrery 1-16

St Vincent’s (Cork) 0-7 O’Curry’s (Clare) 0-6

Oulart-The Ballagh (Wexford) 1-13 Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 1-12

Rory Jacob struck an early second-half goal to inspire Oulart-the-Ballagh to a fourth consecutive Wexford SHC title at the expense of Faythe Harriers at Wexford Park yesterday.

St. Catherine’s 2-14Dromina 1-8

Ballygarvan were forced to defend deep into the last frantic moments of this game to record a merited victory over St Catherine’s at Watergrasshill last night.

Cork IT’s powerful second-half start laid the foundations for victory over Imokilly in round three of the divisions and colleges section of the Cork SHC at Riverstown last night.

Teenager Jack Guiney proved an inspiration for Wexford as he struck 3-5 to help confine Laois to next year’s Allianz Hurling League Division 2A at Nowlan Park yesterday.

Wexford took the psychological boost away from this clash as they hammered a very poor Laois outfit with 15 points to spare at Bellefield yesterday.

The Tipperary senior hurling team to play Cork in the Allianz NHL Division 1A clash at Semple Stadium on Sunday shows four changes from the team which started in last weekend’s drawn game with Dublin.

Cork U21 football captain Rory O’Sullivan will miss the rest of their campaign after damaging his cruciate ligament for the second time in just over a year during Wednesday night’s Munster semi-final victory over Clare.

St Fintan’s, Doon CBS secured their second provincial title of the season with a narrow Munster Colleges S‘C’FC final victory in Mallow on Saturday.

St Fergal’s kept their hopes of a Leinster senior/junior double alive when they scored a good win over Ballyhale’s Scoil Aireagail at Castlecomer on Saturday.

Shattered Dungarvan CBS players must rouse themselves quickly for Sunday’s Dr Harty Cup final after a number of them suffered a heartbreaking defeat in Saturday’s Munster Schools SBHC decider.

OULART-THE-BALLAGH produced a stunning performance to hold off a magnificent Clough-Ballacoola in this thrilling AIB Leinster Club SHC semi-final at Wexford Park yesterday.

THEIR Premier IHC ambitions may have ground to a halt at the semi-final stage this year but St Catherine’s concluded their 2011 hurling season on a positive note when they claimed the Cork U21BHC title in Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday afternoon.

HE began the game on the bench but by the full-time whistle, Joseph Barry had made a defining contribution in tipping yesterday’s Dr Harty Cup Group C encounter in Charleville, in the direction of St Flannan’s.

RATHNURE tried hard but were unable to stop Oulart-the-Ballagh completing a three-in-a-row in a dour Wexford SHC final at Wexford Park yesterday.

THE final of the Cork IHC will be a repeat of the 2007 decider after Bandon finished well to see off St Catherine’s in their semi-final at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday and set up a meeting with Fr O’Neill’s.

ST CATHERINE’S cruised into the Cork IHC semi-finals last night after seeing off a strong challenge from Kanturk at Castletownroche.

Limerick 1-22 Wexford 2-13

Wexford 1-15 Kilkenny 1-26

LIMERICK have named just two of the starting team that lost to Cork last year for Sunday’s Munster semi-final against Waterford.

AN 11-point haul from Bandon young gun Ronan Crowley set his side up for an IHC first round victory over St Catherine’s at Church Road on Saturday evening.

CLONOULTY-Rossmore defender John O’Keeffe will make his senior intercounty hurling championship debut in Sunday’s Munster quarter-final clash against Cork after being named in Tipperary’s starting side last night.

THE final round of games in the two top divisions of the Allianz Hurling League this weekend and plenty still to play for.

DUBLIN football defender Kevin Nolan says he and his team-mates train as hard as Premier League footballers.

IT’S A big weekend on the Allianz Hurling League front. In the first division especially, six teams are still in with a chance of making the final and all involved in games against each other, while the remaining two teams – Wexford and Offaly – meet in what will probably be the relegation decider.

CORK County Board have called for fair play after All-Ireland-winning captain Graham Canty was snubbed for a trip to America on St Patrick’s Day.

DÓNAL ÓG CUSACK returns to the Cork team for the first time this year when Galway visit Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday.

Galway 1-24 Wexford 0-06, Pearse Stadium

CORK manager Denis Walsh has introduced defensive newcomers Stephen McDonnell and Mark Ellis to his team for their Allianz Division 1 Hurling League match with Offaly at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday. Glen Rovers player McDonnell gets the nod at right corner-back while Millstreet hurler Ellis will line out at centre-back.

ST COLMAN’S had to give way to a far more experienced Tralee CBS side in the Corn Uí Mhuirí at Knocknagree yesterday.

A GOAL by full-forward Ger Hogan midway through the second half sealed St. Colman’s passage to the Harty Cup quarter-finals at Ardmore yesterday.

LIAM SHEEDY has made four changes to his Tipperary starting line-up as they attempt to revive their All-Ireland SHC challenge in tomorrow’s qualifier tie against Wexford in Semple Stadium after the defeat against Cork in the Munster quarter-final in May.

Wexford manager Colm Bonnar has made four changes to his team for Saturday's All-Ireland SHC phase 1 qualifier against Tipperary at Semple Stadium (throw-in 3.30pm).

Wexford 1-16 Clare 2-9