It is fitting the decade should close with two of its most consistent teams, from a Cork SFC viewpoint that is, meeting in the county decider.

Nothing new to report here - Douglas remain incapable of bettering Nemo Rangers in the championship, while the latter upheld a very fine semi-final record.

Nemo Rangers breezed past a tame Douglas challenge to set up a Cork SFC final date with Duhallow on Sunday, October 27.

Nemo Rangers upped the ante big time in the second half to send champions St Finbarr’s packing in appalling weather conditions at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday. The incessant rain made this Cork SFC quarter-final a real slog before the 2017 champions got the formula right after a sluggish enough opening half.

Colm Cooper thought Croke Park would suit Nemo just fine. But there was lead in the boots from the off.

Saturday will be Nemo Rangers’ 12th All-Ireland club final appearance. Their record to date: Won seven, lost four.

Larry Kavanagh would have bought brother Joe a scoop on Sunday night in appreciation of the latter’s essential contributions to Nemo Rangers’ 16th Munster Club SFC title success.

“Unusual,” is Dr Crokes selector Harry O’Neill’s reply when quizzed on the coin toss used to decide the venue for Sunday’s Munster club final against Nemo Rangers.

They didn’t need to win a first county senior title for Harry Gleeson to be told his Adare footballers were in bonus territory. He’s had those words ringing in his ears since the middle of last summer.

First of all, football was secondary in terms of significance as the teams huddled before the replay of the Cork SFC final on Sunday.

Nemo Rangers 4-12 St Finbarr’s 3-13: Cork football title No 20 has a nice, tidy ring to it, but the devil is in the detail.

You would imagine, tactically, Nemo Rangers’ management will detail Alan Cronin to man-mark St Finbarr’s Stephen Sherlock from the off next Sunday in the replay of the Cork SFC final.

Where to begin? Commend Nemo for their inspired opening, castigate them for not seeing the job through. Ask what exactly the Barr’s were at in the opening half or how on earth they managed to retrieve a seemingly lost position in the second.

Nemo Rangers and St Finbarr’s will have to do it all again after the latter hauled back a seven-point second-half deficit in the Cork SFC decider.

Nemo Rangers 3-14 Duhallow 1-10

Cork’s progression to the All-Ireland U21 final, on Saturday, April 30, looks set to disrupt local football championship fixtures.

Nemo Rangers (Cork) 0-9 Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary) 1-7: “Unbelievable,” said Kevin Harney, mere seconds after writing his name into the annals of sporting history as the first Tipperary club footballer to hold aloft the Munster senior crown.

SFC quarter-final: Nemo Rangers 1-13 O’Donovan Rossa 1-8

Nemo Rangers 4-11 Ilen Rovers 1-9

Nemo Rangers 1-12 Ballincollig 1-04

Castletownbere 1-10 Nemo Rangers 0-09

Nemo Rangers 3-11 Bishopstown 0-03

In the end, it was something of a canter for Nemo Rangers as they claimed a 12th Cork County U21AFC title against Bantry Blues at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday night.

Coláiste Chríost Rí 2-10 Coláiste An Spioraid Naoimh 0-7