Ballinhassig 3-23 Tracton 0-18: Ballinhassig served notice of their championship credentials with a polished second half performance against South-east neighbours, Tracton, in round one of the Cork Premier IHC in Carrigaline on Saturday.

Valley Rovers 1-14 Ballinhassig 0-15: The graph remains on an upward curve for Valley Rovers. Despite looking vulnerable earlier in the season, they delivered yet again in the Cork Premier IHC semi-final.

Ballinhassig 4-17 Castlelyons 1-12: A polished second-half performance powered Ballinhassig to a comprehensive win over Castlelyons in the Cork Premier IHC quarter-final on Saturday evening.

Galway 0-23 Cork 0-14: After capturing their first All-Ireland Intermediate hurling title in 13 years, Saturday night was all about rest and recovery for the Galway hurlers ahead of a Sunday morning training session.

Galway clinched the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship tonight, piling more misery on Cork in the process.

Cork have made two changes to their starting team for Saturday’s All-Ireland intermediate hurling decider against Galway.

Cork 0-20 Limerick 0-18: The Cork intermediate team last night ensured at least one Munster hurling crown would reside on Leeside this summer – Ronan Dwane’s charges scoring a deserved two-point win over favourites Limerick.

Blackrock 2-11 St Finbarr’s 0-15: “We are delighted to bury the memory of Ballyhea,” said Blackrock coach, Eddie Murphy, following this Cork SHC second-round victory at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Cork 0-27 Waterford 1-16: Ronan Dwane’s Cork were impressive eight-point winners over Waterford in yesterday’s Munster intermediate hurling championship semi-final.

The returning Brian Murphy is one of three changes to the Cork side for Sunday’s Munster SHC semi-final with Waterford in Thurles.

Douglas 1-14 St Finbarr’s 0-9: The meeting of these city rivals at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday failed to live up to its pre-match billing as a tantalising first round Cork SHC derby. A contest that lacked any real intensity saw Douglas up the ante in the final quarter with a rush of scores to run out deserving winners.

Ballincollig 1-15 St Finbarr’s 1-12: Let’s put to one side for a second Ballincollig’s successful opening bout in their county title defence, that much we expected, for the more pressing items emerging from Páirc Uí Rinn were Patrick Kelly’s ongoing struggle with a calf injury and the straight red card shown to John Miskella.

UCC 3-19 GMIT 0-8: The sight of Conor Lehane, Alan Cadogan and Shane O’Donnell being clapped off the field midway through the second-half painted a most accurate picture of this stroll in the park for UCC.

Limerick 0-22 UCC 1-17: Waterford Crystal Cup SHC semi-final: Limerick ensured an early season repeat of the last two Munster SHC finals in next weekend’s Waterford Crystal Cup decider with this two point semi-final win over UCC.

Kerry 2-14 UCC 2-23

Cork 1-26 UCC 2-12: The heavy rain and wind didn’t make for a great spectacle, but there were some bright spots for Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy as his side retained the Canon O’Brien Cup by beating UCC at the Mardyke last night.

Bruff (Limerick) 2-13 Lixnaw (Kerry) 2-10

Millstreet 1-09 St Finbarr’s 1-08

Sarsfields 0-14 Carrigdhoun 0-11

Carrigdhoun 0-18 Carbery 1-12

Carrigdhoun 1-19 Duhallow 1-12

St Finbarr’s 1-13 Ballinhassig 0-15

Killeagh 1-14 Ballinhassig 0-14

Bride Rovers 1-14 Ballinhassig 0-11

St Finbarr’s 0-15 St Nicholas 2-8 (after extra-time)

Ballybrown (Limerick)3-10 Ballinhassig (Cork) 2-7

Ballinhassig (Cork) 1-17 Ballybrown (Limerick) 0-20 (AET)

Ballinhassig 1-19 Bandon 1-15

Kilmurry 0-09 Ballinhassig 1-03

Ballinhassig 1-10 Tracton 0-12 (AET)

Tracton 2-7 Ballinhassig 1-10

Ballinhassig 2-18 Inniscarra 0-9

Ballinhassig stormed into the last four of the Premier IHC on Saturday night after a terrific four-point victory over Ballyhea in Mallow.

It was slated as the game of the championship between two of the campaigns pre-tournament heavyweights but in the end you’d have to wonder was the hype misplaced.

This is a big year for Ballinhassig. Not alone will they endeavour to regain their senior hurling status but they will also play their first games in their new development at Ballinaboy.

A championship win over great city rivals Glen Rovers was a long time coming for St Finbarr’s, but worth the wait.

Leitrim and Westmeath must do it all again after a thrilling Ladies Football Division 3 final ended level at Parnell Park on Saturday.

Westmeath 2-8 Leitrim 1-11

Cork IT’s powerful second-half start laid the foundations for victory over Imokilly in round three of the divisions and colleges section of the Cork SHC at Riverstown last night.

Though they didn’t have it all their own way in the opening half, St Finbarr’s turned in an eye-catching second-half exhibition of point-taking to comfortably see off the challenge of Newmarket at Mallow on Saturday night.

UCC capped a superb week by claiming their third successive All-Ireland Freshers (1) hurling crown, to complement Saturday’s Fitzgibbon Cup triumph, in an absorbing decider against UL in Mallow yesterday.

CORK senior hurling selector Ger Cunningham remains on course to manage UCC to a third successive All-Ireland Freshers (1) hurling title but his players had to withstand a fierce challenge from Cork IT before triumphing after extra-time in a thrilling quarter-final tie at the Mardyke yesterday afternoon.

UCC 3-14 UL 0-12