Nemo Rangers breezed past a tame Douglas challenge to set up a Cork SFC final date with Duhallow on Sunday, October 27.

Douglas football manager Mick Evans has rubbished the suggestion the club suffers from an inferiority complex when lining out against Nemo Rangers.

From John Hayes' ice-cool finish for the opening goal to Stephen Sherlock's superb score-taking, and all the drama of extra-time, it was a classic club championship encounter.

St Finbarr’s made it out of Bandon yesterday with their defence of the Cork SFC still intact, but not without a stern test from Carbery Rangers.

The stakes are unseasonably high as Carbery Rangers and Castlehaven clash in the Cork SFC second round in Skibbereen tonight (7pm).

The West Cork derby meeting of Carbery Rangers and Castlehaven is the stand-out tie in the second round of the Cork SFC following the draws at tonight’s county board meeting at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

UCC emerged from round 2 of the Cork SFC Colleges/Divisions section with a six-point win at Ballinlough today.

Can star-studded Douglas finally fulfill potential?

Can star-studded Douglas finally fulfill potential?

Champions St Finbarr’s opened their Cork SFC defence with an emphatic victory over Clyda Rovers at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday with new manager Paul O’Keeffe, following in the winning footsteps of former boss Ray Keane, well happy with his players for a job well done.

Superb, controlled football from a rampant Nemo side who turned in their best performance of the season to tear Valley Rovers to pieces in this one-sided Cork SFC opening round tie in Pairc Ui Rinn Saturday night.

Douglas won by a single point in yesterday’s low-key Cork SFC first round at Páirc Uí Rinn. A repeat of the 2018 tie that went the way of Bishopstown, but this city derby never rose to any great heights and while the winners were the better team, they failed to capitalise with some really bad wides.

That Kiskeam walked off the Glantane pitch last night to a huge applause said it all.

So that’s Friday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

The club section of the Cork SFC begins tonight as the first of eight games taking place this weekend sees Mallow face Kiskeam in Glantane.

You could argue the Cork SFC first round draws haven’t been too kind to Clyda Rovers in recent times.

A groin tear means that Nemo Rangers goalkeeper Micheál Martin is battling the clock to be right for their Cork SFC opener on Saturday.

County champions St Finbarr’s consolidated top spot in the Rochestown Park Hotel Division 1 football league following another impressive display.

Former Cork junior football manager Paul McCarthy has labelled the county’s relegation to Division 3 “embarrassing” and “unacceptable”.

A Cork GAA sub-committee has proposed a new championship model which would see clubs play two championship games each summer without their inter-county players.

A selection of Cork hurlers are looking at four games in 10 days if the county progresses to the Allianz League final.

The GAA will have to look at starting the Allianz Hurling League before Christmas to avoid fixtures pile-ups like the one caused by last Sunday’s string of postponements, Waterford County Board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan has suggested.

Ronan McCarthy has included four league debutants for Cork's Division 2 opener against Fermanagh.

The last man to lead Duhallow to a Cork senior football title has robustly defended the involvement of divisional teams in the county championship.

Here's your round-up of club action...

The Cork footballers will enjoy a seven-week run-in to their Munster SFC semi-final on June 3.

Nemo Rangers and St Finbarr’s will have to do it all again after the latter hauled back a seven-point second-half deficit in the Cork SFC decider.

Pádraig Kearns knew what he was letting himself in for. Mind you, knowing what the task entails doesn’t make the job any easier.

The dynamic of their relationship has changed. The pendulum has moved back up the N71.

Cork IT 2-13 Douglas 2-12

CORK’s inter-county contingent appear to have emerged unscathed from a weekend of Cork SFC action, which saw a return from injury for midfielder Aidan Walsh.

One massive performance and victory against Tipp will guarantee Peadar Healy’s charges a place in the last 12 of the All-Ireland series.

Avondhu 3-20

Hope. Lots of hope. Páirc Uí Rinn was awash with it on Monday evening last.

Glen Rovers’ quest for a third Cork SHC title in a row will begin against Bride Rovers in the 2017 preliminary round.