LAST June they played out a wondrous game of hurling in Páirc Uí Chaoimh that reached the dizzying scoring heights of 5-17 apiece and that is the backdrop which tonight this year’s Cork and Tipperary minor hurlers meet in the ESB Munster MHC quarter-final in the same venue at 6.30pm.

A momentous triumph for Kerry hurling yesterday, as Kerry Colleges tasted a first win in the Dr Harty Cup in Bishopstown with a thoroughly deserved victory over Waterford Colleges.

JUST over six weeks ago, Clare beat Waterford in the first round of the Munster MHC, a single point the difference down in Dungarvan.

AFTER losing to Abrakebabra Tigers in the NIVEA for Men SuperLeague on Saturday night, Limerick Lions cemented their play-off hopes with a comforting 95-71 victory over UCD at UL Arena yesterday.

First up in basketball this weekend is National Cup action when UCC Demons take on local rivals Neptune in a backyard brawl at the Mardyke Arena in Cork on Friday night to determine which team advances through the knockout stages.

TWO weeks after their humiliating 31-point drubbing in Tralee, Abrakebabra Tigers travel to Cork tonight in search of revenge from defending Superleague champions, UCC Demons.

A rapist who previously served seven years of a 10-year term has been remanded in custody for sentence for sexually assaulting a young woman in the early hours of Millenium Eve.