Na Piarsaigh 3-15 Newtownshandrum 0-14

Cork SHC: Na Piarsaigh 1-22 Killeagh 2-15

Cork SHC

Blackrock 3-14 Na Piarsaigh 1-16

Na Piarsaigh 0-20 Sarsfields 2-09

Na Piarsaigh 2-16 Glen Rovers 0-17

Na Piarsaigh 2-19 Erin’s Own 2-16 (after extra time)

Na Piarsaigh 2-17 Kiskeam 2-10 (AET)

St Michael’s 2-09 Na Piarsaigh 0-11

On a weekend when the provinces showed their class in the Heineken Cup, Munster, Ulster and Leinster also had big wins in the British and Irish Cup.

Roger Wilson will make his return from injury today as Ulster Ravens kick off their British & Irish Cup campaign against Bridgend Ravens in Deramore Park. Wilson will line out in his familiar number 8 position while former Ireland U20 captain Niall Annett starts at hooker.

Munster A 15 Connacht Eagles 19

Ballymartle 1-17 Na Piarsaigh 0-17

Na Piarsaigh 1-15 Newtownshandrum 1-11

An injury-time point by Ben O’Connor earned Newtownshandrum a deserved draw in this entertaining fourth round tie at Mallow on Saturday night.

Cork 1-19 Waterford 0-19

Seán Óg Ó hAilpín will make his first championship start in almost two years on Sunday as Jimmy-Barry Murphy hands out yet another first SHC start in the form of Daniel Kearney.

Nemo Rangers re-ignited their Cork SFC hopes, overcoming Na Piarsaigh at Páirc Uí Rinn last night, but it was not as straightforward as might have been anticipated.

This was the first shock of the 2012 Cork SHC, underdogs Douglas downing the hot favourites Na Piarsaigh in Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday.

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.

There’s a film, Gone In 60 Seconds, about a master car-thief whose forte is to ‘lift’ any car in a minute or less.

Kilkenny 3-21 Cork 0-16

Ballinhassig’s Martin Coleman was last night named as Dónal Óg Cusack’s replacement for Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League final against Kilkenny at Semple Stadium.

Move over, make a bit of room for us there lads — that was the message delivered to Kilkenny and Tipperary from Semple Stadium yesterday as Cork came with a powerful finish to qualify for their second Allianz Hurling League final in three years (lost the 2010 final to Galway).

Cork 1-25 Tipperary 2-15

Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy has made four changes for Sunday’s Allianz Division 1 HL semi-final against Tipperary in Semple Stadium from the starting 15 that drew when the sides met at the Thurles venue recently.

Tipperary 1-23 Cork 1-23

Cork 1-17 Kilkenny 1-15

Stephen McDonnell and Eoin Cadogan have been brought back into the Cork defence by manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy for Sunday’s Division 1A hurling league tie against Kilkenny in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, as his team attempts to bounce back from last Sunday’s defeat to Galway.

Galway 2-17 Cork 2-13

Damien Cahalane will make his senior league debut for Cork in Sunday’s Division 1 clash with Galway in Páirc Uí Chaoimh as manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy makes four changes from the team that defeated Dublin in Croke Park last Sunday.

Cork 2-18 Dublin 2-17

Eoin Cadogan will return from injury to make his first appearance of the year on Sunday for Jimmy Barry-Murphy’s Cork hurling side after being named at left half-back in the side to face Dublin in the Allianz Hurling League Division 1A clash in Croke Park.

Cork 3-17 Waterford 0-18

Cork senior hurling selector Seanie McGrath says Seán Óg Ó hAilpín has “trained superbly” since returning to the Rebels squad and will be expected to help his rookie midfield partner, Darren Sweetnam, through tomorrow’s Allianz HL opener against Waterford.

The powerbases of hurling in Leinster and Munster was reflected in the starting sides chosen by the respective managers Joe Dooley and Liam Sheedy for this Martin Donnelly Interprovincial Championship hurling semi-final in Nowlan Park yesterday.

The Waterford Crystal Tournament is meant to be an early-season warm-up competition, an opportunity for teams to shake loose the winter cobwebs.

Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea has become embroiled in a row between his county board and club Mayo Dublin, the Mayo GAA Supporters’ Club in the capital.

A second string Tipperary side eased to victory against a strong Munster selection in a charity game at Nenagh on Saturday which raised over €7,000 for Breast Cancer Ireland.

Cork boss Conor Counihan has made six changes for next Sunday’s McGrath Cup final against Tipperary in Clonmel from the side that overturned CIT in last weekend’s semi-final.

Galway 2-23 Cork 1-14

RONAN CURRAN will make his first championship start of the year for the Cork senior hurlers in Saturday’s All-Ireland SHC qualifier against Galway in Semple Stadium.

DENIS WALSH has made two changes to the Cork team that annihilated Laois last week for Saturday’s All-Ireland second round qualifier against Offaly at Páirc Uí Chaoimh with Jerry O’Connor coming in for Tom Kenny at midfield while Cian McCarthy replaces Bill Cooper at centre-forward.

NOT so much a contest as a despairing painful cry for help.