Wanderers and Lansdowne captains Michael Kevany and Ross McCarron join Ulster Bank’s Joanna Fitzpatrick at the Aviva Stadium.

HOLDERS Bruff reached another ODM Munster Senior Cup final with a 31-14 victory over Shannon at Coonagh on Saturday to set up a clash with tournament specialists Garryowen for the second year in succession.

ONCE regarded as the biggest prize in provincial club rugby, the ODM Munster Senior Cup has been hit by the inability of another club to fulfil a fixture.

NOTHING Bruff achieve these days ranks as a surprise and certainly UCD won’t land at Kilballyowen Park tomorrow with any expectations.

BRUFF produced a magical 80 minutes and wrote a new chapter in the storied history of the ODM Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park yesterday, denying tournament specialists Garryowen their 39th triumph with a display that combined brilliance and dogged determination.

AS Bruff yesterday celebrated 40 years of rugby with a memorable ODM Munster Senior Cup triumph, club captain Cathal O’Regan called on Munster coaches to take a look at some of the talented youngsters who contributed to the red letter day.

YOUNG MUNSTER turned the clock back two decades with a stirring ODM Munster Senior Cup triumph over gallant University College Cork at sunny Musgrave Park on Saturday.

WHILE Cork Constitution may not get the chance to defend their ODM Munster Senior Cup crown, the club will be satisfied they have received some vindication in their recent row with the Munster Branch.

CORK CONSTITUTION have succeeded in getting a court injunction against Young Munster playing UCC in tomorrow’s Munster Senior Cup final.

TOMORROW’S ODM Munster Senior Cup semi-final clash between champions Cork Constitution and Young Munster was in serious doubt last evening as the Cork club met to discuss whether or not to fulfil the fixture, fixed for Musgrave Park.

MARCUS HORAN is ready to resurrect his career after a recent health scare, and will take the first steps with Shannon in Saturday’s ODM Munster Senior Cup semi-final clash with UCC at Clifford Park.

NIALL O’DRISCOLL returned to haunt his former club as Dolphin continued their blistering start to the season by recording an 18-13 victory over Garryowen at Dooradoyle on Saturday.

DOLPHIN will be looking to maintain their blistering start to the season when they visit Dooradoyle to take on Garryowen in the tie of the ODM Munster Senior Cup first round today (2.30pm).

CORK CONSTITUTION and Old Crescent demonstrated at Clifford Park yesterday that the ODM Munster Senior Cup is still very much alive.

CORK Constitution are ideally poised to bridge a 20-year gap when they take on Old Crescent in the final of the ODM Munster Senior Cup at Clifford Park on Sunday (kick-off 2pm).

CORK CONSTITUTION coach Brian Walsh won’t find it difficult to motivate his troops before today’s ODM Munster Senior Cup semi-final with old rivals Garryowen at Musgrave Park (2.30pm).

SUNDAY’S WELL paid the price for a lacklustre first-half performance and crashed out of the ODM Munster Senior Cup at windswept Rosbrien on Saturday.

FORMER Munster and Ireland international Mick Galwey has stepped down as Shannon head coach after a successful four-year reign at the Limerick club.

THE gulf between second and third division teams in the AIB League was highlighted at Temple Hill, Cork, last night, as Highfield deservedly advanced to the final of the ODM Munster Senior Cup.

Garryowen 18 Cork Constitution 13

TWO of the country’s oldest and greatest clubs, Garryowen and Cork Constitution, clash once again this afternoon in the final of the ODM Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park.

CORK CON once more took their eye off the ball when in a winning position at Temple Hill on Saturday.

A hat-trick of second half tries from Munster winger Mossy Lawlor helped Shannon to a 41-10 ODM Munster Senior Cup second round win over Midleton this afternoon.