Castlehaven 1-14 Ballincollig 1-11 (Cork SFC quarter-final): Expectations were high ahead of this meeting of the last two Cork SFC champions, but Castlehaven and Ballincollig went a long way towards delivering in Dunmanway on Saturday night.

Ballincollig 0-13 Valley Rovers 0-8

Dublin 1-15 Cork 2-7: After a week in which Dublin’s home comforts of Croke Park were atop the pre-Championship agenda, Jim Gavin’s men made a successful 600km round-trip to the hilly amphitheatre of Cill na Martra yesterday.

A fortnight after that League final hammering, Cork get back on the horse by facing the Dubs all over again at the Cill Na Martra grounds in mid-Cork on Sunday afternoon.

TIPPERARY 1-15 CORK 3-8: Another giant step forward in the development of Tipperary football as Tommy Toomey’s young charges foiled Cork’s five-in-a-row bid to secure the county’s second Munster U21 title.

It is only when you look at the list of players unavailable for Mayo in Páirc Uí Rinn tomorrow you realise they should be alright in the long-term.

Allianz Football League leaders Cork have included all three O’Driscoll brothers for Sunday’s table-topping clash with Mayo.

Tommy Walsh will make his first start for Kerry since the 2009 All-Ireland SFC final when he lines out at midfield against Derry at Celtic Park on Sunday (2pm).

Season two of Brian Cuthbert’s regeneration project with Cork’s footballers, and the playbook gets more voluminous by the week.

The poor relation as far as third-level football on Leeside is concerned? Liam Hodnett isn’t biting.

AIB MUNSTER CLUB SFC SEMI-FINAL:

By the time you read this, Ballincollig’s Noel Galvin will be back in Cork, preparing for his club’s Munster Club SFC semi-final with Austin Stacks in Tralee on Sunday (2pm).

Ballincollig’s Patrick Kelly and Daniel Kearney of Sarsfields were the big winners at last night’s Reardens Cork GAA club All Star awards.

The third annual Reardens Club All Star awards take place next Monday at 7.30pm, with 45 hurlers and 45 footballers in contention to be recognised for their excellence in the senior championships this season.

Ballincollig 1-13 Carbery Rangers 1-10

Until recently, it was easy enough to package these two teams in neatly-labelled boxes.

When he was putting in top-class performances on a regular basis for Aston Villa and Ireland, Paul McGrath’s inability to train tended to attract wide-eyed wonder.

Cork SFC semi-final

Cork SFC quarter-final

Ballincollig 3-15 Carbery 1-11

By Peter O’Dwyer

Cork 0-21 Sligo 1-11

Cork’s dual playing triumvirate have been promoted to the team for Sunday’s Munster final against Kerry.

Kildare manager Jason Ryan retains faith in the black-card rule, but insists consistency of its application remains the most important factor.

Ballincollig 1-09 St Finbarr’s 1-08

Cork 2-14 Tyrone 0-20

Debutant goalkeeper David Hanrahan is one of eight changes on the Cork football side for Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 clash with Tyrone at Páirc Uí Rinn next weekend.

Brian Cuthbert believes Cork’s opening half-hour against Derry is the “template” for the way he wants the Rebels to play.

Captain Michael Shields returns to the Cork side for Sunday’s Allianz FL Division 1 clash with Derry in Páirc Uí Rinn (throw-in 1pm).

Cork football manager Brian Cuthbert has named his team to face Derry in Sunday’s Allianz National League double-header at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Cork will not mount any further opposition to the decision to run the Féile na nGael without top-tier competitions in both 2014 and ’15.

In the middle of Páirc Uí Rinn afterwards, respective managers Jason Ryan and Brian Cuthbert stood comparing notes, names and progress. The Kildare manager has been about the place — for his Cork counterpart, a senior bib may be new, but the fundamentals stay the same.

Ruairí Deane, Alan Cronin and Donal Óg Hodnett are some of the notable newcomers to the Cork football squad for the Allianz Football League Division 1 campaign, though Ray Carey is not included.

Clare have included just two of their All-Ireland winning team in their side for tomorrow’s Waterford Crystal Cup quarter-final against Limerick in Sixmilebridge.

This year’s McGrath Cup is not devalued from a Cork point of view, according to new Rebels manager Brian Cuthbert.

Carrigaline 1-14 Ballincollig 0-16

Their achievements at Bandon Show last Sunday hold out promise of another good year for top national exhibitors Seamus Lehane and Ricky Barrett.

They may have grown accustomed to journeying the backdoor route in the Cork SFC in recent seasons but Ballincollig passed their opening assignment of this year’s championship in powerful fashion at Dunmanway on Saturday night.

Avondhu got the better of Muskerry in the Cork County SHC(Divisions/Colleges section) first round at Cloughduv last night.

CORK IT claimed just one second-half point, and rued seven first half wides as a more clinical UUJ secured an Ulster Bank Sigerson Cup quarter-final berth at Newcastle yesterday.

THEY suffered the dejecting experience of coughing up a five-point lead in injury-time to 13-man Castlehaven in the drawn clash last month but Ballincollig atoned for that in style in yesterday’s Evening Echo Cork SFC fourth round replay in Bandon.

CLARE manager Micheal McDermott has named three championship debutants for Sunday afternoon’s Munster SFC quarter-final against Waterford in Fraher Field, Dungarvan.

AND then there were two. Survivors from the Cork forward line that started the 2007 All-Ireland football final are becoming thin on the ground after James Masters’ withdrawal from the squad yesterday meant he became the latest attacker from that day no longer involved in Cork football plans going forward.