This Cork senior hurling championship round 1 game didn’t survive to half-time as a contest, with a vastly experienced Sarsfields side putting away Kanturk with a devastating first-half scoring burst.

Michael Moynihan looks ahead to five intriguing games taking place this Easter weekend.

They got nothing easy from Muskerry in a freezing cold Páirc Uí Rinn tonight, yet UCC pulled away in the second-half of this Colleges/Divisions tie.

A manager thinks differently. Fergal Condon saw his Imokilly hurlers cruise into the Cork SHC final with a comfortable win over UCC the last day, but he sees a bigger benefit in their previous outing, a narrow victory over Newcestown.

The Cork senior hurling championship goes up a notch this weekend, with a raft of games down for decision today and tomorrow.

Last year’s Cork senior hurling championship didn’t go to plan for Douglas. Pre-season favourites, they were beaten by Cork IT, and then failed to come through their second-round game with Killeagh.

Cork star Conor Lehane has paid tribute to NHL winners Kilkenny, pinpointing their “resilience” as one of the keys to their success.

A spectacular light show has illuminated Cork as Páirc Uí Chaoimh's new floodlights were put through their paces, writes Stephen Barry

Jamie Barron says the UCC players are not to blame for the furore surrounding their involvement in the Cork senior hurling championship.

It’s game on for the newly refurbished Páirc Uí Chaoimh following confirmation that the Cork stadium will reopen for senior intercounty hurling, writes Joe Leogue.

It’s game on for the newly refurbished Páirc Uí Chaoimh following confirmation that the Cork stadium will reopen for senior intercounty hurling.

All-Ireland Junior B Hurling final: Shanballymore 0-17 Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry 1-12

History will be made on Sunday when the first final of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship will be played in Páirc Uí Rinn – 40 years after the decider was played at the UCC Grounds in the Mardyke.

Sarsfields 4-15 Erin’s Own 1-14: Sarsfields’ remarkable level of consistency in the Cork senior hurling championship continued at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday when the Riverstown club reached an incredible seventh final in eight seasons.

It’s been nine years since Duhallow advanced from the divisions and colleges section of the Cork SHC to the last 16 of the championship proper.

Club championship fixtures in Cork and Kerry have been thrown into chaos due to the drawn Munster SFC final.

For St Finbarr’s, hope comes through the bloom of youth.

Typically you see the All-Ireland final heralded as the tip of the pyramid, the pinnacle of the GAA year (even if it comes in September).

Blackrock take on St Finbarr’s tomorrow in the second round of the Cork senior hurling championship, but whereas 30 years ago that was a county final pairing, this season both clubs are struggling.

Midleton 0-20 Killeagh 2-8: The outcome was the one most predicted, but not with the ease expected from Midleton in this Cork senior hurling championship first-round game in Castlemartyr yesterday.

Na Piarsaigh 5-13 Youghal 0-12: Ian McDonnell scored a hat-trick of goals as Na Piarsaigh ensured that their passage to round four of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship was relatively straightforward at Cloyne on Saturday evening.

Bride Rovers 3-18 Bishopstown 0-25 (after extra- time)

Tomorrow afternoon Sarsfields of Cork take the field against Limerick champions Kilmallock in the Munster club championship.

It looks increasingly unlikely that Patrick Cronin will be fit to lead Cork into battle against Clare in Sunday week's Munster SHC semi-final.

Glen Rovers 3-18 St. Finbarr’s 2-15

Cork hurler Paudie O'Sullivan is undergoing an operation today following a nasty leg break when playing for divisional outfit Imokilly in the Cork Senior Hurling Championship against Cork IT.

Cork hurlers could be without Paudie O’Sullivan for their entire championship campaign after the star forward suffered a suspected broken leg while playing for Imokilly in the Cork senior hurling championship against Cork IT in Carrigtwohill last night.

Given how Glen Rovers had fared in front of goal in this year’s Cork senior hurling championship, a 16-point win over Cloyne at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday would not have been high on the list of expectations.

Round four of the Cork senior hurling championship at Pairc Ui Rinn on Saturday and also the unofficial Carrigdhoun divisional final as these two old foes went toe to toe in a typical tight derby battle.

CORK hurler Aisake O hAilpín has returned to Australia with his older brother Setanta and is unlikely to figure for the Rebel hurlers next season.

Seán Óg O hAilpín may not be the last high profile casualty as Cork senior hurling manager Denis Walsh restructures his squad for the 2011 campaign.

SEÁN ÓG O HAILPÍN may not be the last high profile casualty as Cork senior hurling manager Denis Walsh restructures his squad for the 2011 campaign.

“THE best of friends and enemies, the best I’ve known by far.”

THE controversy over the expulsion of Glen Rovers and Bride Rovers from the Cork senior hurling championship took another twist yesterday when the two clubs issued statements apologising for their actions.

GLEN ROVERS and Bride Rovers are set to appeal the heavy fines imposed by the Cork County Board following the brawl involving the two clubs in their second-round clash in the Cork senior hurling championship last month.

THREE points in the second period of extra time by Conor Lehane gave Midleton a thrilling victory over neighbours Carrigtwohill in a gripping Evening Echo SHC relegation semi-final replay at Castlemartyr last night.

Former Cork senior manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy is expected to land the role of the Rebels' U-21 hurling boss, following a meeting of the Cork County Board at Pairc Ui Chaoimh tonight.

ALL WEEK, John Grainger has been making the calls in an effort to ensure the band of UCC hurlers will assemble in Midleton tomorrow night for the quarter-final of the Cork County SHC.

HOW the mighty have fallen.

Glen Rovers 0-16 Ballinhassig 0-12