Barryroe 1-16 Dripsey 1-13

Dripsey 1-16 Dromina 2-11

Éire Óg 0-16 Dripsey 1-10

New Bruff coach and former Munster centre Mike Lynch could hardly contain his admiration for a developing team, following a surprising but thoroughly deserved Ulster Bank League Division 1B victory over favourites Ballymena at Kilballyowen Park on Saturday.

Mixed emotions at Kilballyowen Park on Saturday. Dungannon took a giant step towards the summit of Division 1B while their Bruff hosts tumbled into the relegation zone and are left battling for survival.

It took a last-gasp try from centre John McCarthy for CBC to claw past a classy Crescent outfit at Musgrave Park yesterday, booking their place in the Munster Senior Cup semi-final.

The knockout stages of the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup arrive with four attractive quarter-final matches over the next two days.

Some rugby diehards have expressed concerns about the quality of back play in Munster schools rugby over the years.

Crescent College Comprehensive hope their recent junior success can translate into rewards at senior level when they face PBC Cork in today’s Avonmore Milk Munster Senior Schools Cup quarter-final at Musgrave Park (3pm).

ST COLMAN’S, FERMOY were easy winners against Abbey CBS in this Munster Colleges S‘B’FC semi-final (Corn An Uachtarán) in Ballyporeen yesterday.

CRESCENT COLLEGE Comprehensive won the Bowen Shield after a seven-year gap with an exciting victory over PBC in an epic contest at Temple Hill.

WHAT was meant to be another milestone in the Bruff rugby odyssey came unstuck last evening when Peter Malone’s out-of-sorts side slumped to a third defeat in a row.

GARRYOWEN gained vengeance for last year’s final defeat as they beat Bruff 19-9 in a keenly contested ODM Financial Munster Senior Cup decider at Thomond Park last night.

JOHN CORKERY inspired Aghabullogue to victory over wasteful Fermoy at a Mourneabbey yesterday in their Cork IFC fourth round clash.

BANDON withstood a late Dripsey comeback before eventually prevailing at Brinny on Saturday evening.

AGHABULLOGUE cruised into round four of the Cork IFC after brushing Ballyclough aside at Donoughmore yesterday.

CRESCENT COLLEGE Comprehensive are one game away from retaining the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup after recording a fully-merited 22-6 semi-final win over Glenstal Abbey at Clanwilliam Park.

Kildorrery got their Evening Echo Cork IFC ambitions back on track with a convincing second round replay win at Mourneabbey yesterday.

TWO goals in a minute early in the second-half powered Dripsey to a comfortable victory over Modeligo in the AIB Munster JHC quarter-final at the splendid Coachford venue yesterday.

Dripsey 1-14 Glen Rovers 1-12

All the latest teams news for this weekend's AIB Cup games.

Ballingeary 1-7 Aghabullogue 0-8

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Killenaule 2-12 Carrick Swans 0-14

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The Ardfert spring league will be starting soon so all members interested in playing should put their names on the board.

NEMO RANGERS won the permanent tsb Cork County IFC title for the second time in two years at floodlit Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

INNISCARRA and Bride Rovers are through to the permanent tsb Cork County IHC final thanks to victories over Aghabullogue and Youghal, respectively, over the weekend.

Jason Isaacs, the British actor who portrayed the nefarious Lucius Malfoy in Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, will be back on cinema screens this Christmas as another villain.