Limerick U21 manager Pat Donnelly was correct to say this performance won’t be sufficient to overcome Tipperary in the Munster semi-final on June 21.

International Women’s Day is always an occasion for celebrating powerful women. Sarah Carey certainly qualifies for that today, and not just for her brilliant camogie skills.

While the proposed changes to the county junior hurling championship were the source of much debate at last night’s Cork County Board meeting, a decision was put back until the next gathering.

A busy week for Alan Cadogan. Last Sunday he got the winning goal for Cork in the Munster senior hurling league, while Thursday he’s in Fitzgibbon Cup action for UCC against UCD. Good thing the Cork and UCC managers get on well, then.

Brothers Edmond and Séamus Sexton advanced to the Munster senior championship semi-finals in a weekend that saw all four Munster quarter-finals decided.

Killian Kingston won the Mother Hegarty Cup final at Lyre where he beat defending champion Edmond Sexton in the last throw.

David Murphy is Munster senior bowling champion, after a brilliant second-half display against Gary Daly, on the historic Masseytown Road, in Macroom, yesterday.

Waterford crashed out of the Munster senior and U21 championships in the space of four days, yet the 14 Déise players involved in both defeats were keen to reload immediately for Sunday’s All Ireland quarter-final, according to selector Fintan O’Connor.

There were only “two or three hours” over the weekend when ground staff were not preparing Semple Stadium for the five games it hosted.

Catriona O’Farrell bowled impressively at Templemartin to secure her place in the Munster senior final with almost a bowl of odds on Emma Fitzpatrick.

Martin Toal had an unexpectedly easy win over Conor McGuigan in the quarter-final of the Ulster senior championship at Port Mór-Blackwatertown.

Patrick Horgan regards the current Cork forward unit as the most dangerous Rebel compilation in recent history.

Martin Coppinger is back on track to regain the Munster senior title after securing the top spot in Pool D with an emphatic win over Christy Mullins on the Creamery Road in Bantry.

On a week when Paul O’Connell worked wonders for the reputation of grizzled second-row forwards, another great presence in Munster rugby passed away peacefully after a long period of illness.

Damien Varley, one of the most committed and popular Munster players over the past eight years, has announced his retirement. 

Road bowling: Mick Barry, the greatest road bowl player of all time, died on Saturday just a few weeks short of his 96th birthday.

Clare GAA chiefs have confirmed they will lobby the provincial council to bring Munster senior championship hurling to Cusack Park upon completion of a €2.3m redevelopment of the Ennis venue.

Séamus Sexton and Willie O’Donovan will contest what promises to be an exceptional Munster intermediate final at Jagoes Mills on Sunday.

Shane Dowling sympathises with supporters who will miss out on tickets for Sunday week’s Munster final.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh will be confirmed as the venue for the Munster senior hurling final early next week, a source close to the Cork County Board revealed last night.

Martin Coppinger had a comfortable two bowls of odds win over James Buckley at Waterfall in the final pool score of the Munster senior championship on Sunday.

Martin Coppinger and David Murphy will meet in the Munster senior semi-final at Ballygurteen on Sunday, July 21 in the biggest score of 2013.

PJ Cooney will contest the Munster intermediate championship final in two weeks following his semi-final win over David Hubbard at Carraig na bhFear on Friday.

Limerick 1-18 Tipperary 1-15

Aidan Murphy beat Brian Wilmot in the last shot at Newcestown to stay toe-to-toe with Martin Coppinger in Pool B of the Munster senior championship.

I had to think long and hard about selecting my sportsperson of the year and while Rory McIlroy and Katie Taylor would be top of the list for most people, it was the latter’s gold medal performance at the Olympics that inspired my choice.

Terry Sexton completed an amazing three-in-a-row for East Cork when he beat Jerry Murphy in the Munster Junior B final at Waterfall on Sunday.

Tomorrow’s Munster senior bowling final in Dunmanway is a Bantry derby between 2010 champion Martin Coppinger and Christy Mullins, who also contested last year’s final.

Christy Mullins reached his second successive Munster senior final when he dethroned Munster and European champion David Murphy in the last shot at Shannonvale on Sunday.

Martin Coppinger kept his Munster senior championship hopes alive when he beat James O’Donovan by five metres at Bauravilla on Sunday.

MUNSTER chairman Seán Walsh last night blasted Limerick champions Na Piarsaigh over their refusal to toss a coin to decide a venue for their provincial senior hurling championship club final against Crusheen of Clare.

DAVID MURPHY and Christy Mullins contest a novel Munster senior bowling final at Grange, Clonakilty on Sunday (3pm).

DAVID MURPHY and Christy Mullins will contest a novel Munster senior final on Sunday, July 17.

DONAL RIORDAN turned the Munster Intermediate semi-final on its head with two astonishing bowls against Michael Bohane at Grange.

THE race for the Munster Junior A title intensified at the weekend with wins in the preliminary rounds by John O’Rourke and PJ Cooney.

PAT BUTLER finished with three sensational bowls at Bauravilla on Sunday to win the Mick Crowley Cup final from Eamon Bowen Jnr and Gary Daly.

THE Garryduff trophy cabinet is bulging under some strain this morning after Cork Church of Ireland amazingly claimed victory in four men’s cup finals in less than 48 hours.

THE Munster Council should assume complete control of its championship fixtures schedule to ensure the glamour provincial senior hurling final is not played again on a Saturday evening.

ANTHONY GOULD finished with two exceptional bowls to take the first big championship of 2011 when he beat David Hubbard in the last shot of their Munster Premier Intermediate tie at Ballinacurra, Upton on Sunday.