Hockey: Cork Harlequins are a step away from being back in the big time after ousting Pegasus 2-1 in the Irish Senior Cup quarter-finals on Saturday.

David Murphy opened with six brilliant bowls at Bauravilla to send him on his way to an emphatic win over Martin Coppinger in the Mick Crowley Cup.

Seamus Sexton beat Pat Butler by a bowl in a brilliant Munster intermediate championship quarter-final at Timoleague.

THIS weekend is a relatively quiet one on the Munster Junior front, although there are still a number of intriguing games in the Junior Cup, with six second round matches and one outstanding first found game down for decision.

AS Cappamore and Charleville ready themselves for battle in Sunday’s Munster Club JHC final, there is one uncanny parallel between them, as outlined by Cappamore player/coach Seamus Coffey.

THE final of the Munster Junior Clubs Challenge Shield is the showpiece event on the Munster Junior rugby scene this weekend while the four Cup semi-finalists in the Junior Clubs Cup all face difficult away trips in the All-Ireland Cup.

IT looks set to be a big season in the Munster Junior rugby scene, especially with the league winners guaranteed a place in next year’s All-Ireland League.

IT looks set to be a big season in the Munster Junior rugby scene, especially with the league winners guaranteed a place in next year’s All-Ireland League.

JAMES O’DONOVAN made a spectacular return from injury to beat Edmund Sexton by over twobowls of odds at Whitechurch on Saturday.

CORK selector Jim Nolan has the perfect antidote to any complacency ahead of the Munster SFC final against Limerick on July 5.

JER O’DONOGHUE (Leevale) once again highlighted his liking for the Nenagh Indoor Arena with another sparkling performance in the 60m at the Munster indoor championships yesterday, clipping six hundredths of a second off the time he ran at the AAI Games a week earlier.