DONAL O’GRADY looks set to take over the job of Cork hurling coach, in succession to Bertie Og Murphy who resigned following the controversy which precipitated the recent players’ strike.

IT should come as no surprise that hurling in three of Cork’s premier colleges — North Monastery CBS, St Finbarr’s Farranferris and Colaiste Chriost Ri — has hit rock-bottom and all three lost their opening games in the round robin series of the Irish Examiner sponsored Dr Harty Cup this week.