Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 1-11 De La Salle, Macroom 1-3: Holders Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne are still alive in this season’s Corn Ui Mhuiri, after proving far too strong for De La Salle, Macroom at Lewis Road, Killarney, despite playing almost the entire second half with 14 players.

Pobalscoil Sliabh Luachra, Rathmore 4-12 Pobalscoil Chorcha Dhuibhne 2-9: Sliabh Luachra Rathmore caused a major upset in the opening round of this season’s Munster Colleges, Corn Ui Mhuiri Group C, with a comprehensive win over the Corn Uí Mhuirí winners of the last four years, Corca Dhuibhne.

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne will begin the quest to make Corn Uí Mhuirí history today, but their opponents will be writing a new chapter of their own.

It is the time of year when several clubs will be battling it out for silverware. Meanwhile, the province’s top Junior club, Clonmel, saw their hopes of going up to the Ulster Bank League suffer an serious blow by last weekend’s defeat to Dundalk.

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 1-10 St Francis College, Rochestown 0-10

The fixing of the Corn Uí Mhuirí final replay between Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne and St Francis College, Rochestown, for Rathmore at 1.30pm on Sunday would appear to have drawn more favour with the Cork school.

If exchanges on the pitch were fiercely contested, they were no less competitive when management got around to discussing the replay of the Corn Uí Mhuirí final next Sunday.

Munster Post Primary SAFC semi-final: Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 0-12 Clonakilty CC 0-6.

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 2-10 Tralee CBS 1-3

Pobalscoil Chorca Duibhne 0-14 Coláiste Chríost Rí 1-3

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 1-8 St Patrick’s, Maghera 1-6

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 3-14 De La Salle 3-09

Kerry 1-8 Cork 1-7

TODAY

Though originally from Cloughduv in Cork, Mike Leahy is now undeniably a St Brendan’s man, having taught in the Killarney college for 30 years.

SATURDAY

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne moved one step closer to an unprecedented clean sweep of Munster and Kerry colleges’ football titles yesterday.

Eddie Courtney kept his composure to land an injury-time winner from a 40m free and propel St Michael’s to a deserved victory over PobalscoilChorca Dhuibhne in the All-Ireland Colleges’ Senior A football championship semi-final at O’Moore Park on Saturday.

THE Munster Junior Cup dominates the fixture list this weekend, but the biggest match is arguably taking place in the top flight. Second-placed Richmond, who currently trail Cashel by seven points, play their game in hand at home to Waterpark.

PATRICK MAHER (Davis College, Mallow), who has the national junior 400m hurdles record and qualification for the world junior championships under his belt, will bid for a double in the 400m hurdles and 400m flat at the Munster Schools Championships at the CIT Track in Bishopstown on Saturday.

THE battle for promotion is the highlight of this weekend’s Munster junior rugby fixture list as Clanwilliam and Galbally bid to join Old Christians in the top flight next season. The battle for relegation is every bit as interesting, with three sides trying to avoid the drop.

THERE are several mouth watering clashes in the Munster Junior Cup while a couple of games that will have a big bearing on the relegation places in the top two divisions will also take place.

IT COULD prove a decisive week in the Munster Junior League as two of the top three contenders clash in what is arguably the game of the season so far.

IT is back to league action in the Munster Junior Leagues as all three divisions approach the tail-end of the season, and every point will be battled for as teams bid for glory or aim to avoid the dreaded drop.

The Munster rugby phenomenon has stretched to every corner of the province – and beyond. Diarmuid O’Flynn visited the Corca Dhuibhne club, west of Dingle, and found them in celebratory mood.

A SURVEY of parents and students about a Kerry school’s all-Irish policy due to have been carried out in the last month has still not started, it emerged yesterday.

THREE more finals will be decided this weekend, the second last of the season, with the last of the provincial competitions being decided at Thomond Park when Garryowen face Thurles for the second successive week in the final of the Munster Junior Two League.

All-Ireland winners Mayo have been rewarded for another awesome year on the football field with 11 nominations for the Ladies All Star awards.