Cork Constitution survived a stirring Young Munster second-half fightback to retain the Munster Senior Cup at Musgrave Park last night.

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A bonus-try victory by the comfortable scoreline of 33-7 over close neighbours Shannon in a taut Limerick AIL derby at Tom Clifford Park last night ensures that Young Munster will again be involved in Division One rugby next season.

Liverpool players have been told to filter out the noise of history at the Stadio Olympico tonight and focus only on fighting for their dream of reaching the Champions League final on what could be a landmark night in the Jurgen Klopp era.

Sarsfields 1-19 Ballyhea 1-13: There may have been some confusion about the final scoreline in Fermoy yesterday in this first round Cork SHC game with the full-time scoreboard reading 1-18 to 1-14.

Cork Constitution cruised past Nenagh Ormond in their Munster Senior Cup quarter-final clash in Ballintemple, scoring 8 tries in a 57-10 demolition of the Division 2A side.

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Ulster Bank All-Ireland League Division 1A

Sarsfields 0-16 Erins Own 1-13: What should have been the championship’s marquee fixture, one to give Cork hurling an esteem boost, instead turned out to be a mediocre affair with holders Sarsfields just about hanging onto their title – at least for another six days.

LANSDOWNE 23 YOUNG MUNSTER 19: Lansdowne came through a huge test of their Ulster Bank League title credentials as they edged out Young Munster 23-19 in an absorbing Division 1A semi-final that went to extra-time on Saturday.

Ballincollig’s Patrick Kelly and Daniel Kearney of Sarsfields were the big winners at last night’s Reardens Cork GAA club All Star awards.

Kilmallock 3-22 Sarsfields 3-20 (AET)

The third annual Reardens Club All Star awards take place next Monday at 7.30pm, with 45 hurlers and 45 footballers in contention to be recognised for their excellence in the senior championships this season.

Sars pair Alan Kennedy and Daniel Kearney recount the nightmare county final of 2009, that feeling of emptiness at having been so ruthlessly exposed, at having failed to show up.

Considering it is a hurling-only club, it’s interesting that oval balls have an influence at Sarsfields.

Despite last season ending on a cliffhanger that could hardly have been more dramatic, the Ulster Bank League will be decidedly differently this year.

Cork SHC quarter-final: Sarsfields 3-20 St Finbarr’s 1-16

Sarsfields 0-14 Carrigdhoun 0-11

Former Liverpool captain Ronnie Whelan believes the current crop of Reds are finishing the season stronger than their rivals and that gives them the best chance of winning the title.

Former Liverpool captain Ronnie Whelan believes the current crop of Reds are finishing the season stronger than their rivals and that gives them the best chance of winning the title.

St Francis College, Rochestown (Cork)2-8Rice College, Westport (Mayo)1-5

Midleton 2-15 Sarsfields 2-13

Sarsfields 0-25 Ballymartle 1-12

For Sarsfields, tomorrow’s SHC quarter-final with Killeagh in Páirc Uí Chaoimh (2.30pm) comes just six days after last Sunday evening’s victory over UCC.

Sarsfields will be hoping that beating Ballinhassig in the Cork SHC first round is an omen, as they achieved that in 2008 before ending a 51-year wait for a county title.

Padraic Maher is one of the best hurlers in the country at the moment and has the medal haul to prove it.

Thurles Sarsfields (Tipp) 2-20 Sarsfields (Cork) 2-15

Thurles Sarsfields ran out 2-20 to 2-15 winners over Cork champions Sarsfields in this afternoon's AIB Munster Club SHC semi-final clash at Semple Stadium.

This showpiece of Cork senior hurling struggled to come to life as a contest in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

It is a fourth final in five years for Sarsfields, and a first-ever for Bishopstown, with the Riverstown club favourites with the bookmakers to win the Seán Óg Murphy Cup for the third time since 2008.

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IT MIGHT not have been the prize they targeted at the beginning of the season, but winning the Cork County Red FM senior hurling league (Denis Conroy Cup) at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday gives Sarsfields plenty of optimism for next year.

Newtownshandrum 1-14 Sarsfields 0-14

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IT WAS one of those crisp evenings we’ve had all this week: clear skies, not a hint of moisture in the air and temperatures in the red zone.

DE LA SALLE by a point.

Sarsfields (Cork) 2-15 De La Salle (Waterford) 0-22, (after extra-time)

BARELY had Sars captain Alan Kennedy lowered the Sean Óg Murphy cup from over his head in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday afternoon, but he was already thinking ahead to November 14 and the Munster club championship date with whoever is crowned champions of Waterford.

SARSFIELDS are county champions for the second time in three seasons because they had a bit more scoring potential up front than Glen Rovers.