CORK’S aspirations of winning this year’s Munster minor hurling championship remain intact, but Saturday night’s victory over Kerry at Páirc Uí Chaoimh was not without anxiety.

A CLOSE call for Limerick in Kilmallock yesterday evening in this Munster MHC quarter-final, a very close call, because two late reaction rocket-shots from Kerry corner-forward Shane Dunne went just a couple of inches wide.

A momentous triumph for Kerry hurling yesterday, as Kerry Colleges tasted a first win in the Dr Harty Cup in Bishopstown with a thoroughly deserved victory over Waterford Colleges.