UCC secured comfortable progression to a fifth Sigerson Cup final in six years at the Mardyke this afternoon.

UCC 0-13 IT Sligo 0-8

Sigerson Cup First Round

The potent attacking arsenal available to UCC was rolled out for all to see as they overcame the shock of an early Cork IT goal to rout their Cork rivals in the Sigerson Cup at the Mardyke today.

UCC have the possibility of making history tomorrow night when they face Waterford in the McGrath Cup final (Fraher Field, 6pm), but it’s arguably a distraction they could have done without.

McGrath Cup semi-final

Limerick 3-09 UCC 4-16: Life after John Galvin got off to an uncomfortable start for Limerick in this low-key McGrath Cup quarter-final in Mick Neville Park in Rathkeale.

Mid Kerry 1-12 Shannon Rangers 0-7

Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice believes a win over Mayo tomorrow would throw his side right back into contention for the Allianz Football League Division 1 title.

UCC 0-10 UUJ 0-09

Resilience, belief but most of all heart — 13-man UCC ticking all three boxes in defying their underdog status and securing a place in this evening’s Sigerson Cup decider.

SIGERSON CUP QUARTER-FINAL:

Kerry 0-14 Derry 0-16

Kerry make two changes from the team that lost to Dublin for tomorrow’s Division 1 round two clash with Derry in Killarney.

UCC 1-14 Trinity College 1-07

Dublin 2-8 Kerry 1-10

Blue Demons (Cork) 62 St Mary’s, Castleisland (Kerry) 47

Kerry’s team for tomorrow’s McGrath Cup final against Tipperary at Seán Treacy Park in Tipperary town shows four changes from the side that defeated Limerick in last week’s semi-final.

Kerry 3-17 Limerick 1-11

Only a few months into his tenure as Kerry manager and Eamonn Fitzmaurice is ready to quit. No, not his new job, which he’s thoroughly enjoying, his playing career.

Kerry 4-22 IT Tralee 0-10

Damien Cahalane is the most notable inclusion in the Cork football side for Sunday’s McGrath Cup game with Cork IT.

Cork 2-12 Kerry 1-14 (aet)

Kerry boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice has made two changes for Wednesday’s Munster U21FC semi-final against Waterford in Austin Stack Park from the side that defeated Tipperary in the quarter-final.

They may have finished the game with 13 men but Kerry still produced a controlled performance to arrest their recent run of underage defeats to Tipperary in last night’s Cadbury’s Munster U21FC quarter-final in Semple Stadium.

New Kerry boss Éamonn Fitzmaurice has named his side to face Tipperary in the Cadbury’s Munster U21 FC quarter-final on Wednesday evening (Semple Stadium, Thurles, 7.30pm).

A REMARKABLE football year for University College Cork could have an ending to match on December 4.

IT took over 80 minutes of absorbing action before the contest was settled in Cloughduv yesterday with UCC’s greater energy and ball retention skills proving decisive in this Munster Club SFC quarter-final.

KERRY boss Pat O’Driscoll wasn’t in the mood to offer excuses after this footballing lesson at GAA headquarters. Instead he heaped the praise on Tyrone.

ROSCOMMON boss Fergal O’Donnell has opted to keep faith with the team that sprung a major surprise in the recent Connacht decider against Sligo for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Cork at Croke Park.

CORK boss Brian Cuthbert has made three changes to his starting 15 for next Sunday’s Munster MFC final against Kerry in FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney.

CORK boss Brian Cuthbert has made six changes for tomorrow night’s Munster MFC semi-final against Tipperary in Semple Stadium at 7pm from the team that scraped to victory over Clare in their quarter-final in Ennis four weeks ago.

KERRY had their expected victory over Tipperary in the opening round of the ESB Munster MFC in Tralee last night but it was a close-run thing in the finish as Tipperary banged in two late goals to leave the home side hanging on with just two points to spare.

A SPLENDID first-half try by winger Jack Frawley, converted from the touch-line by Diarmuid Dee, gave Crescent a 7-0 victory over Rockwell in the quarter-final of the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup at Dooradoyle yesterday.

KERRY are the latest county to ratify the process of appointing a full-time GAA secretary. A proposal at this week’s county board meeting means each of the six Munster counties has now gone the road of appointing a full-time salaried official to administrate affairs.

LOUTH attacker Aaron Hoey has been ruled out of his county’s Leinster SFC opener against Carlow at Parnell Park next Sunday after tearing a hamstring in training over the weekend.