THIS was one of those rare occasions when a draw was the perfect outcome to a marvellous game of hurling in the Cork premier intermediate championship at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

YOU knew it was death or glory when helmets were flung at the sideline with ten minutes left in yesterday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final at headquarters.

Henry Shefflin’s nine point-haul guided Kilkenny through to an All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Galway, after Limerick briefly threatened a comeback in front of a Croke Park attendance of 44,438.

Waterford 2-24 Dublin 0-13

Kilkenny 4-16 Galway 1-21

Mount Sion 4-13 Kilmaley 0-9

Wexford 2-12 Offaly 1-11

LIAM DUNNE'S sending off near the end of Sunday's Leinster hurling final was harsh, Wexford manager Tony Dempsey insisted yesterday.