St Colman’s Fermoy 1-8 Midleton CBS 0-7: When the most coveted piece of silverware in Munster Colleges hurling last resided at St Colman’s, it sat in a display cabinet next to the Dean Ryan Cup.

St Colman’s College Fermoy manager Garvan Queeney has urged his charges not to get caught up in the longstanding history they have with St Kieran’s College Kilkenny, ahead of tomorrow’s All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Junior A hurling (U16½) championship final in Clonmel.

St Colman’s College, Fermoy 1-13 Gort Community School 0-12: After another huge battle, St Colman’s College advanced to the All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Junior A hurling (U16½) championship final. They will play St Kieran’s College, Kilkenny. 

This afternoon’s meeting of St Colman’s, Fermoy and Midleton CBS (Blackrock, 1.30pm) is one of two all-Cork Harty Cup fixtures, with Fermoy boss Flannan Cleary expecting stiff examination from the last Rebel nursery to win the Munster post-primary competition.

A new era for post-primary football in Skibbereen begins this afternoon in the opening round of games of the Corn Uí Mhuirí.

Midleton CBS 0-25 Thurles CBS 2-13: Defending champions Midleton CBS were given a serious shock by Thurles CBS in round 2 of the Dean Ryan Cup at Fermoy before they eventually sealed their progress in extra-time.

Finally one of the GAA’s core issues — teenage player burnout — is getting a proper airing. Is the organisation ready to address a problem that’s literally eating away its future? Writes Eoghan Cormican.

Dean Ryan Cup final

With 19 victories, famed Cork hurling nursery North Monastery trail only St Flannan’s College on the Dr Harty Cup roll of honour.

Midleton CBS 4-8St. Flannan’s 3-8

Talking to the men directly involved, there are a couple of common themes when it comes to the factors that have led to a renaissance at underage hurling in the counties of Clare and Limerick — and a reasonable amount of divergence.

The last of the round-robin games in Corn Uí Mhuirí (Munster Colleges SFC) take place today with the four quarter-final places up for grabs.

It started out over a decade ago as a plan to expose youngsters in West Waterford to an elite standard of colleges hurling.

Blackwater CS (Lismore)0-11 Dungarvan CBS 0-8

NIALL MORAN recalls a November afternoon from 2008. He took an Árd Scoil Rís team to Tipperary Town that day for a Dean Ryan Cupsemi-final against Blackwater CS.

SUPERIOR firepower was the key to victory for St Flannan’s College as they claimed the Dean Ryan Cup at Cashel yesterday.

HARTY Cup champions DLS Waterford will open the defence of their title next season against Carrigaline Community School.

DLS Waterford 4-17Thurles CBS 3-19(after extra-time)

WITH the Corn Uí Mhuirí preliminary rounds concluded and the eight quarter-finalists known, the Munster Colleges Council turn their attention to completing a number of other competitions before the Christmas break.

De La Salle (Waterford) 4-11 Coláiste Chríost Rí 0-4

DEFENDING champions Colaiste Chriost Rí need just a point from tomorrow’s meeting with Dingle CBS to advance to the knock-out stages of the Corn Uí Mhuirí.

St Colman’s, Fermoy2-10

COLÁISTE Chríost Rí are hoping to bridge a 40-year gap this season by winning the Dean Ryan Cup for the first time since 1963.

TOMORROW will be a crucial day for many schools competing in the Irish Examiner Dr Harty Cup.

ST. FACHTNAS will be without David Limrick for tomorrow’s Irish Examiner Corn Uí Mhuirí opening round against Críost Rí at Newcestown (2.30pm).

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ST FLANNANS get a quick chance to atone for last week’s Harty Cup defeat when they play Thurles CBS in the opening round of the Dean Ryan Cup at Nenagh tomorrow.

ST COLMAN’S open the defence of their Irish Examiner Dr Harty Cup title with a tricky first-round tie against Cashel CS in Clonmel tomorrow.

THE old cliche that a rising tide lifts all boats certainly pertains in Waterford hurling circles just now.

IN their first year playing Dr Harty Cup hurling, Youghal CBS are within sight of a place in the knock out stages.

De La Salle Waterford 1-15 Our Lady’s Templemore 1-8

St Colman’s, Fermoy 2-7 St Clement’s, Limerick 1-4

DE La Salle, Waterford expect to be at full strength for tomorrow’s Dean Ryan Cup semi-final meeting with Our Lady’s Templemore at Ardfinnan (1.30 p.m.).

WITH the Harty Cup and the Corn Uí Mhuirí put on hold for a couple of weeks, attention turns to the Dean Ryan Cup tomorrow with two quarter-finals down for decision.

THE Munster Colleges Dean Ryan Cup (Under-16 1/2 hurling) begins today, but when normally, youngsters would usually struggle on heavy, waterlogged pitches with long grass on a soft sod, recent weather conditions are conducive to top-class, top-of-the-ground hurling.