Paul Kerrigan is delighted Conor Counihan is staying on as Cork manager but said the players would have understood had he opted to leave the position.

Graham Canty is back to full fitness and will captain Cork when they meet Kildare in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals on Sunday afternoon.

All-Ireland winning captain from 2010 Graham Canty has been restored to the Cork starting line-up for Sunday’s quarter-final with Kildare.

Sunday’s Munster final win will be Cork’s only Championship game in eight weeks but Donncha O’Connor isn’t concerned.

Conor Counihan’s poker face is impervious to scrutiny but thanks to Billy Morgan this weekend we got some insight into his mindset.

Cork 3-16 Clare 0-13

Cork manager Conor Counihan has gone with an unchanged team for Sunday's Munster SFC semi-final against Kerry at Páirc Uí Chaoimh (throw-in 2pm).

When these teams met in the opening round of last year’s Cork SFC, they had to contend with dreadful conditions as Douglas emerged with a one-point win.

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Graham Canty will return to the centre-back position to captain Cork in their Allianz League Division 1 final against Mayo on Sunday.

Cork manager Conor Counihan has revealed his starting 15 for Sunday's Allianz Football League Division 1 semi-final against Down.

It’s just as well Cork didn’t win this one — for Conor Counihan would have been at a loss to justify it.

Kerry 0-13 Cork 0-11

NFL Div 1: Donegal 1-7 Cork 0-6

Leinster Council chairman Martin Skelly feels that weaker counties — and in particular Kilkenny — should be given special dispensation to assemble squads outside of the GAA’s designated inter-county off-season.

Conditions for the final day of the ASM Marine Frostbite League at Kinsale Yacht Club on Sunday morning did not look promising initially but by race time the south-westerly breeze had strengthened to a welcome force three.

Despite early indications that a repeat of the previous two weeks’ unseasonal lack of wind would once again threaten to interrupt the league programme, the ASM Frostbite Series continued on Sunday at Kinsale Yacht Club.

Colm Bonnar has seen both sides of the January tug o’ war.

NEMO RANGERS’ goal in the 17th minute proved all-important in deciding this Cork SFC fourth round tie at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

IT’S far from his perch that things have looked shaky but Cork goalkeeper Alan Quirke can see some humour in their amount of forwards on the treatment table.

Nicholas Murphy will start at full-forward for Cork when they take on Connacht champions Mayo at Croke Park on Sunday (throw-in 4pm).

MEA CULPA.

Cork 2-20 Down 0-14

Cork manager Conor Counihan has made one enforced change to his team for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC fourth round qualifier against Down at Croke Park (throw-in 6pm).

MAYBE it was a double bluff by Kerry. After all they invented all that stuff.

WHEN a player and a team have been there and done that, sometimes they need an angle to really get themselves up for a big match. Usually for Kerry, Croke Park in August is the catalyst for a mental and physical shifting up through the gears.

Cork manager Conor Counihan has announced his team for Sunday's Munster SFC final against Kerry in Killarney (throw-in 2pm).

Cork 5-17 Waterford 2-8

Cork manager Conor Counihan has made six changes in personnel for Sunday's Munster SFC semi-final against Waterford at Páirc Uí Chaoimh (throw-in 3.30pm).

CORK boss Conor Counihan has made six changes for Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final against Waterford from the team that defeated Clare in last month’s quarter-final.

CORK finalised their preparations for Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final against Waterford with a highly competitive inter-squad A v B game at the official opening of Kilmichael GAA’s magnificent complex in Annahalla.

Douglas 0-7 Na Piarsaigh 1-3

WHILE the Cork team that beat Limerick in the McGrath Cup on Sunday was bolstered with the addition of a few All-Ireland medal-winners, it was still a fairly inexperienced side.

GREATER composure in front of goal ensured Cork set up a first meeting of the season with Kerry as they accounted for their hosts in the McGrath Cup at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

KERRY’s Paul Galvin could be ready for a return to Sigerson Cup action — at the ripe old age of 30!

MICHAEL SHIELDS has been ruled out of Ireland’s plans for Saturday’s International Rules first test against Australia at the Gaelic Grounds due to his involvement in Sunday’s Cork SFC final.

THEY have been one of the central tenets of Dublin’s progress this summer.

Conor Counihan has named an unchanged side for Cork's Munster Football Semi-Final replay against Kerry at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday, (throw-in 2pm).

FOOTBALLER of the year Paul Galvin has missed out on a place in the Kerry starting 15 for Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final against Cork in Fitzgerald Stadium due to an ankle injury.

Dual player Eoin Cadogan could be about to feature in two high octane Munster Championship matches in the space of seven days, after making himself available for Cork's Munster SFC semi-final against Kerry on Sunday.

THE summer will certainly bring more severe tests, but Cork can reflect with satisfaction on their spring affairs after strolling through yesterday’s Allianz NFL Division 1 final in Croke Park.

Cork manager Conor Counihan has made wholesale changes to his team for Sunday's Allianz NFL Division 1 final against Mayo at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

JAMIE O’SULLIVAN of Bishopstown has been named at left half back on the Cork team to play Mayo in the Allianz National Football League final at Croke Park on Sunday.

Cork senior football manager Conor Counihan has put out his strongest possible side to face Mayo in the Allianz National Football League Final in Croke Park on Sunday.