These days, when the Cork county senior hurling championship final is called the ‘Little All-Ireland’ it’s done so with a healthy sense of self-depreciation as opposed to the self-delusion that existed in the past.

Ian Maguire will make his first senior football appearance for Cork in almost a year in Sunday’s McGrath Cup opener against Limerick in Mallow (2pm).

Tomás Ó Sé has described Sunday’s dramatic Munster club final finale as one of the cruellest “sucker-punches” he has ever endured as a player.

Glen Rovers 0-18 Midleton 1-12: The last time Glen Rovers reached consecutive Cork SHC finals was at the end of the 1980s, when a loss in ’88 to St Finbarr’s was followed in ’89 with victory over Sarsfields.

Glen Rovers have reached a second consecutive Cork SHC final but they will have to wait another week to find their opponents in the October 11th decider, with Erin’s Own and Sarsfields drawing in the second semi.

Glen Rovers 1-22, Newtownshandrum 2-12

Glen Rovers 3-16 Bride Rovers 3-10

Having incurred their first loss against Newtownshandrum on St Patrick’s Day, the 2013 county champions responded emphatically, ending up 2-18 to 0-13 winners.

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

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.

Glen Rovers 2-16 Bishopstown 1-08

Ever since assuming the role of general vice-president in 1993, Carmel Grealy is to be found in the same location at the Community Games year in, year out — sitting patiently behind the main desk at reception, lending a hand to whoever requires assistance.

Glen Rovers 3-15 Erin’s Own 0-18

Glen Rovers 3-18 St. Finbarr’s 2-15

Carrigtwohill 1-13 Glen Rovers 0-14

Courcey Rovers maintained their good start in the Cork senior hurling league as they lead the RedFM SHL after two games.

A late David Hickey goal capped a fine comeback as Bishopstown beat Carrigtwohill 3-6 to 3-5 in their opening RedFM Senior Hurling League game yesterday.

A DRAW would have been the popular result in this entertaining, hard-fought and closely contested Cork senior hurling final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

GLEN ROVERS’ painful 19-year absence from Cork county senior hurling final day will come to an end next Sunday.

A HIGH-SCORING thriller, this Cork County senior hurling quarter-final replay at sun-splashed Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday, as Glen Rovers edged out a young but immensely promising Midleton side.

IT rained goals on Sarsfields at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday and it nearly cost them big time.

CORK corner-forward Patrick Horgan showed some real class as Glen Rovers defeated Blackrock 3-11 to 0-15 in a top-class Evening Echo Cork SHC quarter-final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

A GOAL by Kieran O’Callaghan a minute into injury time earned Glen Rovers a draw in this Evening Echo Cork SHC first round tie at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday night.

It is not just the senior hurlers of Cork and Waterford that are preparing to do battle this week - the rival counties will also contest tonight's Munster Under-21 hurling final at Walsh Park (throw-in 7pm).

THE Waterford team to play Cork in the Munster U21 HC final tomorrow night in Walsh Park, shows two changes from the side that defeated Limerick in the semi-final.

GALWAY minor manager Mattie Murphy is hugely disappointed at the decision not to play the All-Ireland hurling semi-finals in Croke Park as curtain-raisers to the senior games.