John Meyler has warned of the enormous toll being taken on the GAA’s inter-county players after concerns expressed in Cork over the risk of “life-altering” injuries to elite footballers and hurlers.

There are 20 dual players in Mick Evans’ Douglas senior football panel.

Na Piarsaigh hurler Ronan Lynch is a notable omission from Limerick’s championship panel.

John Fintan Daly jnr and Matthew Dilworth produced brilliant attacking performances as Knocknagree bridged a 26-year gap, landing the Cork JAFC title, overcoming Erin’s Own in the final yesterday.

Ned English’s move to O’Donovan Rossa heads the list of managerial changes among teams in the Cork senior football championship.

Teachers spoke in support of ongoing opposition to elements of junior cycle reforms at conferences in Kerry and Wexford yesterday.

There cannot have been too much dispute among the Rebel Óg Monthly Awards judging panel when it came to deciding the final winners of the year.

Look at the Corn Uí Mhuirí roll of honour and the powerhouses of Munster Colleges football leap off the page.

The chairman of Rebel Óg, the fledgling organisation that caters for underage GAA in Cork, is confident they will eradicate the “teething problems” from its first year of operations.

TOMORROW afternoon in Dr Crokes club grounds in Killarney they will don opposing bainisteoir bibs on the sideline for the Corn Ui Mhuirí decider, yet it was on the field that John Flannery and Aidan Moynihan first crossed paths.

SCHOOL principals need to stand next to teachers in opposing the recruitment ban which has left posts of responsibility unfilled in schools, according to delegates at the ASTI annual conference.

SPORTS competitions for second-level schools look set to be abandoned because of education cuts to substitution budgets, despite a partial U-turn on the issue by Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe before Christmas.

WHEN THEY lay down their armour, you’ll find Paul Galvin and Seamus Moynihan in company.

First up tonight, DART Killester face ROMA St Vincent’s in a crucial tie at the top of the Northern Conference in the Nivea for Men SuperLeague at 9pm.

Tralee CBS 2-10 Coláiste Chroíst Ri 1-6

THE draws for the knock-out stages of the Credit Union Munster Colleges SFC and SHC have thrown up some mouth-watering quarter-final ties.

Brendan Larkin

DEFENDING champions Colaiste Chriost Rí need just a point from tomorrow’s meeting with Dingle CBS to advance to the knock-out stages of the Corn Uí Mhuirí.

WINNING the provincial title is the main objective for most team coaches, anything from there on is regarded as a bonus.

THE fact that it's a Cork versus Kerry showdown gives an added edge to tomorrow's Irish Examiner Corn Uí Mhuirí final between Coláiste na Sceilge and Coláiste Chríost Rí in Knocknagree.

INTERMEDIATE School Killorglin and Coláiste Chríost Rí will be at full strength for Sunday’s Irish Examiner Corn Uí Mhuirí semi-final at Carrigadrohid (2.30pm).

THE Irish Examiner Dr Harty Cup and Corn Uí Mhuirí quarter-final draws made in Mallow on Saturday were kind to both champions.

WHO will succeed Aghada as winners of the Munster Club Senior Football League title?

ST. FACHTNAS will be without David Limrick for tomorrow’s Irish Examiner Corn Uí Mhuirí opening round against Críost Rí at Newcestown (2.30pm).

DEFENDING champions Coláiste na Sceilge will be at full strength for tomorrow’s Irish Examiner Corn Uí Mhuirí clash with St Fachtna’s at Fitzgerald Stadium (1pm).