I left home at 11am yesterday morning, in heavy rain, heading for Cork and the thought hit me — what were the Munster Council thinking when they fixed this game for a place that is neither here nor there for either Thurles Sars or for De La Salle?

Of the two teams in tomorrow’s Munster club final the club most hurling people would be most aware of is Thurles Sarsfields.

The first title John Mullane ever won with De La Salle was a Waterford senior hurling championship medal, in 2008.

Newmarket-On-Fergus 0-10 De La Salle 1-10

Thurles will face Waterford champions De La Salle in the provincial decider on Sunday, November 25.

De La Salle 1-21 Dungarvan 0-12

De La Salle 0-18 Mount Sion 2-8

Waterford senior hurling champions Ballygunner have secured a place in the last eight of the 2012 competition with victory over Lismore at Fraher Field on Saturday.

The tie of the Waterford championship weekend lived up to expectations with Dungarvan and Abbeyside finishing level after a thrilling spectacle at Fraher Field on Saturday evening.

Waterford put a stormy week behind them to eke out a two-point win away to Galway yesterday, a gritty victory which owed much to Shane Walsh’s match-turning goal.

LIMERICK will contest the Munster IHC final on July 6 against either Cork or Clare after beating Waterford in yesterday’s semi-final in Semple Stadium.

THERE may be a tendency in the GAA to liberally bestow classic status on games, but the rush to throw garlands on this All-Ireland Club SHC semi-final is wholly justified.

Clarinbridge (Galway) 3-22 De La Salle (Waterford) 1-27

De La Salle have impressed observers with their physical strength and conditioning as they’ve annexed the Waterford and Munster hurling titles. The man responsible worked with a professional rugby outfit in New Zealand. Michael Moynihan reports.

IN Thurles Sarsfields’ march to Sunday’s Munster club SHC final against De La Salle (Waterford), one player has been ultra-consistent — midfielder Michael Gleeson, lately added to the Tipperary hurling panel.

DE LA SALLE by a point.

Sarsfields (Cork) 2-15 De La Salle (Waterford) 0-22, (after extra-time)

DE LA Salle stormed to a second Waterford senior hurling title yesterday, reversing their group stages defeat at the hands of Ballygunner as they ran out easy winners in Walsh Park.

De La Salle 1-21 Cushendall 1-19, Parnell Park (after extra-time)

THE good times roll on for De La Salle. The Waterford and Munster senior champions collected the county U21 HC title at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, yesterday.

Tralee CBS 5-7 DLS Waterford 1-7