Never mind this September. Who’ll be football top dogs at the end of 2018? And does John Evans know something the rest of us don’t?

Cork 1-12 Kerry 1-09: Last September’s All-Ireland minor football final win, from which seven players featured yesterday evening, restored power to the Kingdom circuit lines and roused a large travelling contingent onto the N40 in expectation of a first Munster U21 championship win since 2012.

Cork 5-8 Limerick 2-12

Cork midfielder Ian Maguire has overcome a back injury and is selected for tomorrow’s Munster U21 football quarter-final against Limerick.

CADBURY'S ALL-IRELAND U21FC SEMI-FINAL:

Cork 1-18 Tipperary 3-08

When David Power led the Tipperary minors to victory over Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh in 2009, the joyful visiting fans staged an impromptu pitch invasion, such was the rarity of the achievement.

Cadbury’s Munster U21FC final

Cork SFC (Divisions/Colleges) preliminary round

Cork 3-15 Limerick 0-08

Cork U21 manager Séan Hayes praised the attitude of his players during the second half of this Munster quarter-final triumph in Tralee last night.

By Tony Leen, Tralee

While it is a side lacking in any senior experience, there are still some familiar surnames in the Kerry side to play Cork in the Cadbury Munster U21FC quarter-final in Austin Stack Park tomorrow night (7.30pm).

Eamonn Fitzmaurice has dismissed suggestions last Sunday’s defeat to Mayo was another example of a Kerry second-half fadeout.

There are no recriminations but a Cork forward’s standard of living has improved a good deal of late.

SIGERSON CUP QUARTER-FINAL:

The GAA’s Higher Education Committee have been forced to put in place stand-by venues for three of the Sigerson Cup quarter-finals scheduled for today.

Of the 40 players who saw game-time in the 2012 Fitzgibbon Cup final between UCC and Cork IT, 13 are now part of Jimmy Barry-Murphy’s Cork senior hurling squad.

Cork 0-16 Kildare 1-12

An excellent second-half performance from Cork gave them a second Allianz Football League Division 1 win as Kildare were beaten at Páirc Uí Rinn today.

Cork IT 2-12 IT Carlow 0-08

Kerry 2-12 Cork IT 0-13

Kerry, Cork, Cork IT and UL got off to winning starts as they claimed quarter-final wins in the McGrath Cup today.

Mark Sugrue (Cork)

Michael Shields has been appointed captain of the Cork footballers.

Cork 0-13 Kildare 1-07

Bishopstown 4-11 CIT 1-09

Cork 1-18 Waterford 0-9

Since 2005, any year ending in an odd number has seen Cork claim the Munster and All-Ireland junior football titles.

Clare 0-9 Cork 0-18

Cork IT 0-18 UCC 0-11

Cork 5-17 Limerick 2-08

UCC 0-15 CIT 0-15 (aet)

Galway 1-14 Cork 1-11

Galway 1-14 Cork 1-11

Wing back Brian O'Driscoll will start for Cork in tomorrow's Cadbury All-Ireland Under-21 Football semi-final against Cavan at O'Connor Park in Tullamore (throw-in 3.45pm).

Limerick 0-11 Cork 2-14

Kilmurry 1-15 Iveleary 1-11

Cork minor Cathal Vaughan scored 1-7 as Iveleary claimed the Cork County U21BFC title in seeing off Kildorrery at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday.

Tipperary’s ambitions of retaining their All-Ireland MFC crown remain intact after they staved off the determined challenge of Cork in an engaging Munster semi-final clash in Páirc Uí Chaoimh last night.

Cork minor manager Ephie Fitzgerald has made one change for tomorrow’s Electric Ireland Munster MFC semi-final against Tipperary in Páirc Uí Chaoimh from the team that defeated Limerick in the first round.

Conor Horgan was the hat-trick hero as Cork moved effortlessly into the Munster MFC semi-finals with this comprehensive first round success over Limerick in the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday night.

Stevie McDonnell last night announced his retirement from inter-county football.

They have lived in the shadows of other Kerry football schools in previous seasons, but yesterday was a golden afternoon for Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne as they claimed their first Corn Uí Mhuirí title.