The GAA are bracing themselves for the worst attendances at provincial football finals in well over a decade.

The mood of pessimism surrounding Cork football at present will suit Ronan McCarthy and his players going into Saturday’s Munster SFC final, according to Kerry manager Peter Keane.

Colm O’Neill has given Cork a fighting chance of beating Kerry in the Munster final, provided they have the courage to ‘‘go after Kerry and go for the jugular”.

Cork have opted to go with an unchanged side for Saturday evening’s Munster SFC final against Kerry in Páirc Uí Chaoimh (7pm).

Cork manager Ephie Fitzgerald has drafted dual star Hannah Looney into his starting line-up for Sunday’s TG4 Munster Ladies Senior Football Championship Final against Waterford at Fraher Field, Dungarvan (6.30pm).

Cork totally outclassed Tipperary to end the county’s 11-year wait for a Munster U21 hurling crown.

GAA fans who park illegally or dangerously while attending the under 21 Munster hurling final clash in Cork's Pairc Ui Chaoimh tonight will face fines and penalty points.

Munster GAA chiefs have warned fans against bringing flares to Sunday’s Munster senior hurling final in Thurles.

By Mortimer Murphy

Munster JFC final

Of the many great crimes that befell the last century, Ultravox’s Vienna being kept off the top of the UK single charts by Joe Dolce’s Shaddaup You Face in 1981 stands most unashamedly among them.

Cork manager Kieran Kingston must be very pleased with this Munster Championship win. The final was a different game to the earlier wins by the Rebels.

Pubs in Killarney have been granted a special exemption to open early tomorrow to cater for the crowds arriving for the Cork-Kerry Munster Football Final.

Tipp make just one expected change from their semi-final win over Limerick.

As Cork and Kerry prepare to square off again in tomorrow's Munster Senior Football final replay, John Fogarty looks back at the last five times these bitter rivals needed two matches to separate them.

Can Cork pull off another massive performance in Killarney to deny Kerry the Munster title?

“Maybe heading down to Killarney I was a bit more comfortable with it than some of the younger lads - I think experience was a big plus for us against Kerry.”

Kerry 2-13 Cork 2-4: Even Kerry captain Cáit Lynch was surprised at the Kingdom’s nine-point victory over All-Ireland champions Cork in Saturday’s Munster SFC Championship final in Mallow, but there’s no question they deserved their 16th provincial title.

Cork 0-20 Limerick 0-18: The Cork intermediate team last night ensured at least one Munster hurling crown would reside on Leeside this summer – Ronan Dwane’s charges scoring a deserved two-point win over favourites Limerick.

The Tour De France begins this weekend in Utrecht while elsewhere around in the globe and in Ireland it's crunch time, with an epic four finals to look forward to in our weekend of sporting action.