Cork Harlequins found national glory out of reach for the second season running as Loreto’s corner efficiency saw the Dubliners come from behind to land the EY Champions Trophy.

Munster Schools Senior Cup

Adare 3-16 Na Piarsaigh 2-19 Limerick SHC

Crescent College Comprehensive 21 Ardscoil Rís 7

Ardscoil Ris 2-13 Scoil na Trionóide Doon 0-04

Creggan Kickhams (Antrim) 2-10 Fullen Gaels (Manchester) 1-08

Munster Under-19s 13 Australian Schools 16

After an impressive 14-8 win over Ireland at stormy Ravenhill on Saturday, the Australian Schools are confident of ending their Britain and Ireland tour with victory against Munster at Thomond Park today (5pm).

Árdscoil Rís 2-15 St Colman’s 2-12

FORMER GAA President Joe McDonagh will chair a committee of former Fitzgibbon Cup players and managers that will select a ‘Team Of The Century’ from a shortlist of 75 third-level hurling stars, as part of the competition’s centenary celebrations this year.

IT WAS a memorable afternoon for Charleville yesterday as they qualified for their first ever Munster JHC club final. They will face Limerick champions Cappamore after eventually wearing down Tipperary’s Rockwell Rovers who were in contention up to the three-quarter mark.

THEIR Premier IHC ambitions may have ground to a halt at the semi-final stage this year but St Catherine’s concluded their 2011 hurling season on a positive note when they claimed the Cork U21BHC title in Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday afternoon.

IRELAND fell to a solo penalty corner strike for the second successive 1-0 win for Spain as Lola Riera’s 45th minute drag-flick did the damage in Belfield last night.

ARD SCOIL RÍS remain on target for a third Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup since 2003 after they edged home by two penalties to one against Castletroy in yesterday’s semi-final at Dooradoyle.

IT HAS been a great few sporting days for Ard Scoil Rís.

JOINT tournament favourites Ard Scoil Rís and Crescent Comprehensive are in action this afternoon as the Avonmore Munster Schools Junior Cup quarter-finals get underway.

IT’S been a great sporting week for Ard Scoil Rís.

ÁINE CONNERY looks set to be given the chance to resurrect her Irish international hockey career, after she was confirmed as a participant in the team’s central preparation programme (CPP) yesterday.

SCOTLAND struck late in each half to compound Ireland’s woes at the World Cup qualifiers in Santiago, Chile as a lack of killer instinct either end put paid to any remote chance of reaching the second biggest competition in the game.

IRELAND coach Gene Muller believed only three of his squad of 16 performed to standard as his side were thrashed 3-0 by Malaysia in Santiago yesterday, virtually ending their World Cup dreams at the first hurdle.

AUDREY O’FLYNN faces into the biggest test of her fledgling international career next month after she was yesterday named in Gene Muller’s 18-strong Ireland squad for the World Cup Qualifiers in Chile.

ROSS CARR last night named his starting line-up for tomorrow’s Ulster SFC clash with Fermanagh in Enniskillen.

TEN UCC students will be honoured for their sporting achievements tonight as the Cork university celebrates one of their most successful sporting years in modern times.

UCC finally carried off the silverware that their resurgence in recent years has warranted, denying Bandon another famous scalp in the women’s Munster Senior Cup final at Garryduff yesterday.

CENTRE Declan Hayes supplied two breakaway tries to send Cistercian College Roscrea to a 19-5 win over Pres Bray and into the Leinster Schools Section B Fr Godfrey Cup final at Naas yesterday.

NEW YORK manager Louis Holland dismissed fears that injury could force two key players to miss tomorrow’s Connacht SFC opener against Roscommon at Gaelic Park.

Barry Coughlan

UCC 3-11 NUIG1-1

Mount Mercy College 2 Ashton School 0