Ballygunner came out on top in this epic Munster club SHC quarter-final at Walsh Park after extra time.

A stunning Mayo performance put an out-of-sorts Kerry out of their misery in a thoroughly deserving All-Ireland semi-final replay win.

An explosive Kerry made light work of Cork’s challenge to claim the county’s fifth consecutive Munster SFC title in Fitzgerald Stadium.

Kerry’s dreadful early home league record continued in Tralee this evening when they were reeled in by a more purposeful Mayo effort.

Mid Kerry 3-12 Kilcummin 1-13: A devastating 10-minute second half spell sealed Mid Kerry’s victory over Kilcummin in this SFC first round tie in Killorglin yesterday.

Tallow 1-14 Ballyduff Upper 0-16: Fraher Field was subdued yesterday afternoon for the Waterford SHC semi-final between Tallow and Ballyduff Upper, which Tallow eventually won by the narrowest of margins.

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.

Midleton 0-20 Killeagh 2-8: The outcome was the one most predicted, but not with the ease expected from Midleton in this Cork senior hurling championship first-round game in Castlemartyr yesterday.

Galway 0-13 Leitrim 1-09: Galway held off a late Leitrim challenge to claim a second FBD League win at Mohill.

Ovens Boys NS 3-5 Ballygarvan Boys NS 1-4

Cork collected the McGrath Cup yesterday with a four-point win over Kerry in Mallow, a determined second-half display and a good John Hayes goal the key to their first silverware of 2014.

Sarsfields 5-12 Killeagh 2-09

Killeagh 2-11 Courcey Rovers 2-14

It bordered on travesty that this gripping All-Ireland Fresher hurling championship semi-final at Carriganore yesterday should end up with a loser.

ANOTHER stirring Newtownshandrum victory at balmy Fermoy on Saturday, simply business a usual, as the Avondhu kingpins eased past Killeagh to book a place in the next round of the Cork SHC.

THE final scoreline suggests a landslide, a one-sided game in which underdogs Bruree could barely keep the ball kicked out to St. Mary’s, but that would be too simplistic a description.

STRADBALLY remain in the hunt to retain their Waterford SFC title but only after a dramatic finish to Saturday’s semi-final at Dungarvan’s Fraher Field.

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.

PERHAPS a place in the final was more than Nenagh Ormond anticipated a few weeks ago, but Saturday’s last gasp defeat by Queens University in the AIB Division Three final at Anglesea Road was a bitter pill to swallow nonetheless.

DOUGLAS dual player Eoin Cadogan faces a busy weekend as both the Cork senior hurlers and footballers continue their pursuit of Allianz National League honours.

THE Kerry management are confident of having their goal-keeping position resolved before the end of the Allianz NFL, with coach Jack O’Connor indicating after yesterday’s game in Fitzgerald Stadium that they are unlikely to “spread the net” beyond the three players who have filled the position so far in the McGrath Cup following Diarmuid Murphy’s retirement.

A STRONG second-half was enough to see Nenagh CBS upset the odds and surge past Waterford’s De La Salle in an entertaining Harty Cup quarter-final in Clonmel yesterday.

TADHG KENNELLY has been named at centre-forward ahead of Tommy Walsh on the Kerry team for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final showdown against Meath at Croke Park.

AN EXHIBITION of point scoring by John O’Dwyer powered Ballincollig to a thrilling victory over Tracton in a marvellous Evening Echo Cork Premier IHC quarter-final tie at Pairc Uí Rinn yesterday.

FOR the first time since he began his illustrious career 14 years ago, Darragh O Sé has been excluded from the Kerry team to meet Cork in Sunday’s glamour Munster SFC semi-final clash with Cork at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney.

LIMERICK manager Justin McCarthy introduces James Ryan and Paul Browne for his side’s NHL clash against Cork at Páirc Uí Chaoimh tomorrow.

Cork 0-18 UCC 0-08

Mid Kerry 0-13 Laune Rangers 0-5

THERE was nothing surprising about the outcome of the first of the Kerry SFC quarter-finals in Tralee yesterday, just that it stretched the resources of a Kerins O’Rahilly’s side hampered by the absence of the injured Tommy Walsh more than expected.

Mid Kerry 1-14 Dr Crokes 0-8

TWO first-half Clare goals made all the difference in this exciting ladies football NFL Division Two final in Cusack Park yesterday. Donegal fought the good fight, but Clare’s goals made the difference.

WEXFORD clinched promotion — and a place in the NFL Division Three final — after a facile 2-16 to 0-15 victory over Louth at Wexford Park yesterday.