Ballygunner 4-20 Passage 1-12: The memory of the late Pat Flynn was honoured in style by his Ballygunner clubmen as they claimed a thoroughly convincing third consecutive senior county title in front of a disappointing 3,811 Walsh Park crowd.

Sarsfields 0-28 Youghal 0-11: Winning manager Pat Ryan insisted after this trouncing of Youghal in Rostellan yesterday that there has been “no talk” of Sarsfields attempting once more to win back-to-back Cork senior hurling championship titles. But, on this evidence they will be strongly in contention, certainly ahead of a quarter-final clash with either Imokilly or Ballyhea.

Nobody saw this coming, holders Kerry totally overwhelming Cork in the second half at Páirc Uí Rinn last evening to win back-to-back Munster junior football titles for the first time since 2002-’03, and record the Kingdom’s first championship win at the venue since their minor success seven years ago.

Youghal 0-12 Killeagh 0-11: Drama in Ballynoe on Saturday evening, with Youghal edging this Cork SHC second round clash by the narrowest of margins, teenage sub Darragh O’Connell hitting the late, late point which defeated Killeagh in this absorbing local derby.

AIB All-Ireland Club SHC semi-final: Kilmallock (Limerick) 2-19 Portaferry (Down) 0-12: Expect one Limerick town to be empty on St. Patrick’s Day.

How much can you learn a week after New Year’s Eve?

Kilmallock 3-22 Sarsfields 3-20 (AET)

Ballygunner 1-10 Cratloe 3-07

Waterford 0-22 Galway 1-13

Waterford 1-14 Tipperary 0-16

St. Vincent’s 0-12 St. Michael’s 0-11

Bishopstown 4-07 Clonakilty 1-07

Midleton 3-17 Ballyhea 0-12

Mount Sion 0-16 Ballygunner 2-8

Kilmallock 4-24 Na Piarsaigh 4-13

Sarsfields 3-11 CIT 0-14

Cork IT 2-14 Erin’s Own 1-13

CIT 1-26 St Finbarr’s 1-12

Coláiste na nDéise cruised into the Dr Harty Cup final with victory in the all-Waterford affair which started bizarrely at Fraher Field, Dungarvan on Saturday.

New Waterford hurling manager Michael Ryan had mixed feelings after his side deservedly defeated UCC in the quarter-final of the Waterford Crystal Cup at Carriganore yesterday.

DRAMA in Walsh Park yesterday as visitors Na Piarsaigh of Limerick hammered three late goals past Waterford champions Ballygunner to book a place in the Munster club SHC final.

Ballydesmond 1-9 Glanmire 0-9

THOSE expecting fireworks in the City Division U21 hurling championship final at Ballinlough yesterday between neighbours and great rivals Na Piarsaigh and Glen Rovers were left bitterly disappointed.

IT WAS billed as the game of the round between two former champions, but this Harty Cup first-round clash at Cahir yesterday never got off the ground, as Thurles CBS eased their way to victory.

CHAMPIONS Ballygunner took a giant stride towards the retention of their Waterford SHC title with a six-point victory over arch-rivals Mount Sion in a hard-fought quarter-final at Walsh Park yesterday.

CONFUSION reigned at the end of yesterday’s Premier IHC clash between Tracton and Youghal, with the scoreboards in Páirc Uí Chaoimh reading 1-12 a-piece though many observers had Tracton on 1-13 at the final whistle.

THIS was hurling at its best, a thrilling encounter and for the Rebels a sensational victory.

MACROOM easily overcame Fermoy in the quarter-final of the Evening Echo Cork IFC at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

Aghabullogue 0-8 Fermoy 1-4

If you’re an absolutely diehard Limerick hurling supporter, one of the dwindling few who were at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday for this NHL round four match, or if you were a Limerick county board official, or a member of the under-pressure management team, you could take the view that this defeat is actually a two-point improvement on the result of last August’s 24-point All-Ireland semi-final hammering by the same opposition, and you could suggest that Limerick hurling is still heading in the right direction.

YESTERDAY’S encounter in Fraher Field, Dungarvan, came with more angles than a bagful of squares: Justin McCarthy, formerly of Waterford, back in the Déise with Limerick.

DON’T be fooled by the scoreline above, especially if you’re a Limerick hurling supporter.

SPIRITED performances by two young teams in this entertaining Waterford Crystal hurling tournament quarter-final in Kilmallock yesterday, the students eventually out-pointing a plucky Limerick side by three points, thus qualifying to meet UL on Sunday next.

Cork 4-17 Limerick 0-8

CRATLOE, competing in the Munster Club SHC for the first time, bowed out at the semi-final stage yesterday, losing a tight, tense, game to Ballygunner at Walsh Park.

CORK hurling manager Gerald McCarthy and his selectors have named a 24-man panel for Sunday’s Waterford Crystal League clash with WIT.

AN opportunist goal by centre-forward Brian Foley, after a goal-mouth mix-up just three minutes into the second-half, proved decisive as champions Adare overcame Kilmallock in a disappointing Limerick Live 95FM SHC semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

THE movement was often poor, much of the passing sloppy too, but Fermoy and Newmarket can still take a bow for an Evening Echo Cork Co U-21 FC semi-final performance in Mallow on Saturday that was full of passion and commitment, with a draw probably the right result in the end.

THE ABSENCE of inter-county players on both sides may have taken from the glamour of this “old firm’’ Waterford SHL final at Walsh Park on Saturday, but Mount Sion were still very deserving winners.

A POINT by Mark O’Meara three minutes into injury time earned Tipperary a narrow victory over Limerick in a hugely entertaining Munster U21HC semi-final at Thurles last night.