Bandon Grammar School produced a sensational comeback to win a pulsating Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup tie at Bandon RFC.

Eamonn Cregan has called on Limerick to “stop bloody hand-passing the ball out of defence” and operate a more direct style of hurling ahead of Saturday’s Division 1 quarter-final against Dublin.

Nenagh CBS 1-13 Ard Scoil Rís 0-5: Nenagh CBS served notice of their aspirations for Harty Cup success in the near future as they captured the Munster Post Primary Schools U15 ‘A’ Hurling title with an impressive victory over Ard Scoil Rís in Newport yesterday.

The SEAT Munster Schools Junior Cup final between Crescent Comprehensive and Christian Brothers College has been put back from St Patrick’s Day to the original date of March 19.

Munster Schools’ Senior Cup: Rockwell will be strong favourites in today’s Seat Munster Schools’ Senior Cup quarter-final against St Munchin’s at Clanwilliam (3pm), but will be well aware of the danger facing them.

Munster Under-19s 13 Australian Schools 16

After an impressive 14-8 win over Ireland at stormy Ravenhill on Saturday, the Australian Schools are confident of ending their Britain and Ireland tour with victory against Munster at Thomond Park today (5pm).

With hurling becoming ever more professional in terms of preparation, is there a danger those in normal full-time employment are being squeezed out? So wondered Limerick’s Niall Moran in advance of the All-Ireland SHC semi-final between his side and Clare in Croke Park.

Munster U19 13 Leinster U19 32

Munster 12 Leinster 34

Munster Schools 23 Connacht Schools 15

It is an issue that is currently dividing rugby folk across Munster and threatens to surface across Ireland but there are plenty of solutions to the issue of Munster Senior Schools Cup contenders recruiting players at the expense of rival schools, clubs and inter-provincial youth teams.

Limerick’s hat-trick hero Shane Dowling is keeping feet firmly on the ground after Saturday’s facile victory over Antrim.

There is a brand new trophy for the Avonmore Munster Schools’ Junior Cup winners this season, the silverware presented by Castletroy College, winners of the double in 2008.

An outstanding forward pack powered by one of the Ryan triplets in each of the three rows of the scrum was the decisive element in St Munchin’s impressive victory in yesterday’s Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup quarter-final at Dooradoyle.

FEW people are more aware of the qualities of burgeoning Na Piarsaigh and Limerick hurling star Shane Dowling than Niall Moran.

LIMERICK’S Na Piarsaigh GAA club is bucking a national trend.

LIMERICK bid to reach their first Munster MHC final since 2005 when they take on Waterford at Walsh Park this evening (7.30pm).

DEFENDING champions Árd Scoil Rís face a tricky opener in the first round of next season’s Munster Colleges Dr Harty Cup.

“FLYING IT!” That was the surprising reaction of Limerick selector TJ Ryan yesterday when asked how he was feeling after Sunday’s heartbreaking late-goal loss to Waterford in the Munster SHC semi-final.

PLUCKY Kerry put up a brave show against Clare in this Munster MHC opener at the Austin Stack Park, Tralee last evening before succumbing in the second-half to last year’s beaten All-Ireland finalists.

IN the end there was to be no hurling romance in Semple Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

NIALL MORAN recalls a November afternoon from 2008. He took an Árd Scoil Rís team to Tipperary Town that day for a Dean Ryan Cupsemi-final against Blackwater CS.

WATERFORD COUNTY BOARD officials contacted the GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) before this season’s league campaign about the clash this weekend between their footballers hosting Offaly in Dungarvan at the same their hurlers play Offaly in Tullamore, but received no reply about the prospect of organising a double-header.

TWO of the country’s brightest young hurling talents are set to put their senior intercounty championship debuts on hold due to their Leaving Cert commitments this summer.

HAVING bridged a 19 year gap last season, Crescent College are favourites to make it two-in-a-row when they meet Limerick neighbours Ard Scoil Rís in this afternoon’s (3pm) Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup final at Tom Clifford Park.

EVER since they lost last year’s All-Ireland Colleges SAHC final, Árd Scoil Rís have been fuelled by a desire to rectify their mistakes.

ROCKWELL COLLEGE bid to reach a third successive Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup final when they face Christian Brothers College Cork in Clanwilliam today (3pm).

IT HAS been a great few sporting days for Ard Scoil Rís.

2010 was a year to forget for Limerick hurling, the county convulsed by the controversy that saw its senior hurling team drastically diminished by cuts and withdrawals.

IT took three epic encounters and herculean performances before Ard Scoil Rís secured a historic first Dr Harty Cup title against Thurles CBS last March.

THE battle for glory in the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup cranks up again today, with three quarter-finals down for decision, the fourth going ahead tomorrow.

CORK manager Denis Walsh has introduced defensive newcomers Stephen McDonnell and Mark Ellis to his team for their Allianz Division 1 Hurling League match with Offaly at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday. Glen Rovers player McDonnell gets the nod at right corner-back while Millstreet hurler Ellis will line out at centre-back.

IT’S been a great sporting week for Ard Scoil Rís.

DEFENDING champions Árd Scoil Rís get a stab at retaining their Dr Harty Cup title after prevailing against St Flannan’s in a thrilling semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

A BAD-tempered start to this Harty Cup quarter-final in Tipperary Town yesterday, two players – John Fitzgibbon (Árd Scoil) and Seamus Kennedy (Thurles) — booked before even before throw-in.

MARK FOLEY could be on the verge of a sensational return to the Limerick senior hurling panel.

DEFENDING champions Ard Scoil Rís play Thurles CBS in the quarter-final of the Dr Harty Cup.

LEINSTER’S U18 schools side left Cork with a victory over Munster to their names last night, just as their predecessors did 111 years ago.

CRESCENT COMPREHENSIVE bid to turn the clock back almost two decades when they contest today’s Avonmore Munster Schools Junior Cup final at Musgrave Park.

PRESENTATION BROTHERS COLLEGE, Cork, and Rockwell College, Co Tipperary, two of the traditional strongholds of the game, clash in this afternoon’s (3pm) final of the Avonmore Munster Schools’ Senior Cup at Thomond Park.

ROCKWELL COLLEGE, one of the traditional powerhouses in the game for more than a century, and Castletroy College, who have burst on to the scene in sensational fashion over the past few years, clash in an intriguing Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup semi-final at Clanwilliam Park, Tipperary this afternoon (3pm).

ROCKWELL eased their way into the semi-final of the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup with a deserved if hard-fought victory over gritty Ard Scoil Rís at Clanwilliam yesterday.

THIS year’s Dr Harty Cup (Munster Colleges SAHC) has produced outstanding games and tomorrow’s semi-finals should continue that trend.