Scenario A. A Kilkenny team versus an Offaly team in the Leinster club hurling final in Portlaoise tomorrow. It may not result in a win for the Offaly crowd but the chances are it’ll be close.

Another week, another huge haul from TJ Reid and, predictably, another big victory for star-studded Ballyhale Shamrocks.

Raharney 1-8 Kilcormac-Killoughey 1-13

Limerick GAA chiefs revealed they took the county senior hurling management to task following a below-par performance in Division 1B of the Allianz Hurling League.

Galway footballers have suffered a massive blow with the news that Michael Meehan will not feature in this year’s championship.

Kilcormac-Killoughey, Oulart the Ballagh and Mount Leinster Rangers booked semi-final berths in the AIB Leinster Club SHC, while their were county title wins for Midleton and St Gabriel's in Cork and London respectively.

Kilcormac-Killoughey 1-21 Birr 1-14

Last years beaten All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling finalists Kilcormac-Killoughey captured back-to-back Offaly SHC titles at O'Connor Park this afternoon, while Na Piarsaigh, Kilmessan, Celbridge and Calry St. Joseph's also earned county silverware.

Kilcormac-Killoughey are odds on favourites to retain the Seán Robbins Cup in Offaly after Coolderry, winners of the Offaly and Leinster championships in 2011, crashed out of the championship at the quarter-final stage for the second year in succession on Saturday evening.

St Thomas (Galway) 1-11 v Kilcormac-Killoughey (Offaly) 1-09

St Thomas (Galway) 1-11 Kilcormac-Killoughey (Offaly) 1-9

MARCH 16-22

In a unique position to assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of the two finalists in the All-Ireland club senior hurling final in Croke Park this Sunday are PJ O’Mullan and Seamus Quinn.

Kilcormac-Killoughey have been dealt a major blow ahead of next Sunday's AIB All-Ireland Club SHC final against St. Thomas, after forward Dan Currams picked up an injury in a challenge game yesterday.

Skill and discipline are the main ingredients in any successful side but top class work-rate and effort are also vital components.

Thurles Sarsfield 1-14 Kilcormac-Killoughey 1-20

Kilcormac/Killoughey 1-12 Oulart-the-Ballagh 0-11

Oulart-the Ballagh (Wexford) 0-11 Kilcormac/Killoughey (Offaly) 1-12

This isn’t a run of the mill story of a GAA club and a final.

Oulart-Ballagh 1-11 Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-10

Offaly club Kilcormac/Killoughey are through to the AIB Leinster Club SHC final at their very first attempt, qualifying courtesy of today's 2-12 to 0-14 victory over Rathdowney/Errill.

Retired Wexford stalwart Darren Stamp helped Oulart-the Ballagh edge out Kilmacud Crokes in a tense AIB Leinster Club SHC quarter-final tie at Parnell Park.

Kilcormac/Killoughey 2-16 St Rynagh’s 2-12

Sarsfields prevailed in a closely-fought Cork Club SHC final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh this afternoon, beating Bishopstown 1-15 to 1-13 to take the title for the third time in five years.

St Rynagh’s and Kilcormac/Killoughey will clash in an Offaly SHC final for the first time after they registered penultimate round victories over Shinrone and Birr, respectively, in Tullamore yesterday.

Offaly manager Ollie Baker has named his side to face his native Clare in Sunday's Allianz Hurling League Division 1B encounter at O'Connor Park (throw-in 2.30pm).

FOUR-time All-Ireland club champions Birr served notice of their intent when overwhelming reigning kingpins Coolderry by 1-16 to 0-10 in a one-sided fourth round encounter at Shinrone on Saturday.

SURELY in a hurling community as small as Offaly, where national success was unheard of until 1981, the current success of all-conquering Birr enjoys countywide support?

By Jim O’Sullivan AGAINST different opposition, Kilcormac/Killoughey might at least have been competitive over a longer period in yesterday’s Offaly county hurling final in St Brendan’s Park.

Last year's beaten finalists Galway qualified for the All-Ireland Vocational schools senior hurling final with a decisive victory over a disappointing Offaly side at Loughrea yesterday evening.