TALK about a deceptive scoreline.

ANYONE in the crowd of more than 3,000 in Fermoy yesterday expecting fireworks was sorely disappointed.

Bride Rovers 2-13 St. Finbarr’s 0-9

NEW-LOOK Newtownshandrum, same old style, same old result in the Cork SHC opening round.

BRIDE ROVERS won the battle of the Rovers for Evening Echo Cork County SHC survival at Pairc Ui Rinn last night, the East Cork outfit beating city side Glen Rovers 3-15 to 1-13 to advance to the next round.

Irish crew, Austin MacHale/Brian Murphy (Ford Focus WRC) finished second in the Scottish Rally, some, two minutes and 10.6 seconds behind the Ford Focus of Mark Higgins/Bryan Thomas.

Driving a Ford Focus, Brendan Crealey was the top Irish driver in the Roush Manx National Rally on the Isle of Man. This afternoon, Crealey came home in fifth place almost six minutes behind the rally winner, Mark Higgins.

Cork 5-9 Antrim 2-11

Cork 1-21 Limerick 1-10

CAVAN manager Eamon Coleman has given a vote of confidence to the team which drew with Down in the opening round of the Ulster championship for Sunday’s replay in Kingspan Breffni Park.

Always having more pace than his rivals, Derryman Kevin Lynch parented by Francis O’Regan (Subaru WRC) won the Midleton-based Moonraker Rally, round four of the McCauley Trailers Irish Forest Rally Championship.

Ireland 48 (2-9-9) Australia 45 (1-10-9)

Bride Rovers 1-15 Inniscarra 1-5

Finland’s, Tapio Laukkanen was never headed throughout today’s six stages of the second and final day of the Trackrod Rally in Yorkshire.

The top drivers in the Scottish Rally were dogged with punctures as Jonny Milner, in his Toyota Corolla WRC took a dramatic last stage victory over the Subaru of Tapio Laukkanen.