Should either UCC team score a quarter-final victory this weekend, then the disquiet which greeted the hurlers’ surprise win over Midleton last Sunday will swell considerably.

Cork 1-24, Waterford 0-8: Cork eased into the semi-finals of the Munster MHC with this 19-point rout of Waterford The Déise, who entered the contest off the back of a heavy defeat to Clare, were aided by a slight breeze in the opening period and yet found themselves seven in arrears at the break, 0-11 to 0-4. 

UCC 5-13 Ulster University 2-4: With an 18-point winning margin, this Fitzgibbon Cup Group D clash might appear to have gone as expected. But it was never a cakewalk for UCC at the Mardyke yesterday.

Since 2009, the Munster Club JHC has been the preserve of Cork and Waterford sides and that duopoly will remain in force this year as Mayfield and Ballyduff Lower clash in tomorrow’s final in Mallow (1.30pm).

Waterford 5-25 Antrim 1-8: Concrete solutions may have been thin on the ground, but at least there was general agreement Saturday’s futile exercise in Thurles did no-one any favours. 

Dungourney (Cork) 1-17 Fenor (Waterford) 0-8: A classy second-half goal from Dungourney corner-forward Jack Griffin was the spark the East Cork club needed to claim control of this Munster junior club hurling final yesterday in Mallow.

Waterford 1-21 Cork 1-11: Shane Bennett didn’t travel on the team bus to Páirc Uí Rinn, his father Pat transporting him across the border.

Cork U21 star Anthony Spillane admits that the county carry an extra weight of expectation at underage level, based on tradition.

Clare enjoyed a facile victory over a very poor Waterford side in the quarter-final of the Munster U-21 football championship at Miltown Malbay last evening.

Fitzgibbon Cup Group B - UCC 1-14 UL 1-14: This certainly didn’t feature in the script, Jason Forde’s injury-time point bringing the curtain down on UCC’s Fitzgibbon Cup involvement. 

UCC 3-19 GMIT 0-8: The sight of Conor Lehane, Alan Cadogan and Shane O’Donnell being clapped off the field midway through the second-half painted a most accurate picture of this stroll in the park for UCC.

Modeligo coach Pa Kearney has warned his players to beware the experience of Fullen Gaels in tomorrow’s AIB All-Ireland Club JHC quarter-final clash in Birmingham.

Castlemartyr 0-14 Modeligo 5-12

Modeligo manager Pa Kearney acknowledged the green flags raised by his side in yesterday’s Munster JHC win over Castlemartyr were crucial to their win.

The hurlers of Modeligo play a Munster junior hurling final this Sunday, a tasty end to a long season.

Cork 3-18 Waterford 0-16

Waterford’s team announcement for tomorrow’s Munster SHC quarter-final with Cork was enthusiastically greeted by one modest junior club in particular.

St Francis College, Rochestown 5-18 Blackwater CS 1-13

Midleton CBS 2-17 Blackwater CS 0-15

As expected, Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy and his selectors have named an unchanged team from the starting 15 that triumphed over reigning champions Kilkenny in the All-Ireland SHC quarter-final for Sunday’s semi-final meeting with Dublin

While the drawn Munster minor final nine days ago took place in the Gaelic Grounds, Waterford manager Seán Power never expected his side to have home advantage for tonight’s replay with Limerick (Semple Stadium, 7.30pm).

Michael Hurley has been named at in attack in the only change to the Cork side for this evening’s Electric Ireland Munster MFC semi-final with Tipperary in Semple Stadium (7.30).

Theoretically, the postponement of a game can be seen as a help as it allows both sides more time to prepare.

The Waterford management have made three changes in personnel, as well as a number of positional switches, for tonight’s Electric Ireland Munster MHC semi-final play-off with Clare at Fraher Field in Dungarvan (throw-in 7pm).

Reigning Munster and All-Ireland champions Tipperary can call upon just three starters from last year’s All-Ireland final replay win over Dublin as they begin their Munster MHC campaign with a quarter-final against Waterford at Walsh Park tonight (throw-in 7pm).

Although there was never a doubt about a decisive Kerry victory in last night’s Munster MFC losers group game at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, the quality of the Kingdom display raises serious questions about their ability to win the provincial title.

For only the fourth time in the history of the competition, the Dr Harty Cup resides in Waterford after Dungarvan combination Coláiste na nDéise swept to glory in sparkling fashion at Cashel.

EXILED Westmeath star Denis Glennon is expected to rejoin the county football squad next week.

A WATERFORD GAA club will submit a motion to Congress calling on Croke Park to host two non-GAA events on an annual basis from 2011 onwards in an effort to alleviate the financial burdens at grassroots level.

TWO goals in a minute early in the second-half powered Dripsey to a comfortable victory over Modeligo in the AIB Munster JHC quarter-final at the splendid Coachford venue yesterday.