Thurles Sarsfields 0-18 Templederry Kenyons 1-11

Cork SHC

Éire Óg, Nenagh 0-15 Thurles Sarsfields 0-12

Limerick 1-18 Tipperary 1-15

Tony Browne appears to have ended any lingering doubts surrounding his intercounty future after appearing for Waterford as a second half substitute in a challenge against Tipperary last night.

Kilkenny 2-17 Tipperary 0-20

Dublin 0-17 Tipperary 4-20

Tipperary have made five changes for Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1 semi-final clash with Dublin in Semple Stadium (throw-in 2pm).

Waterford 1-14 Tipperary 0-16, Walsh Park

Galway 1-20 Tipperary 4-22

Tipperary 2-17 Kilkenny 1-19

Tipperary 2-17 Kilkenny 1-19

There’s no complacency in Cork after their opening league win over Tipperary two weeks ago, manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy and his selectors ringing the changes and using the opportunity to try out several new faces and combinations.

Thurles Sarsfield 1-14 Kilcormac-Killoughey 1-20

Thurles Sarsfields (Tipperary) 1-21 De La Salle (Waterford) 1-16

Thurles Sarsfields (Tipp) 2-20 Sarsfields (Cork) 2-15

Thurles Sarsfields (Tipperary) 2-12 Kilmallock (Limerick) 0-15

Sarsfields 2-22 Éire Óg Annacarty 1-13

Tipperary have named an unchanged starting side for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final clash with Kilkenny, but the major talking point is the inclusion of Toomevara’s John O’Brien at full-forward. O’Brien’s brother Thomas passed away earlier this week.

County man Pa Bourke hit a whopping six goals as Thurles Sarsfields blitzed holders Loughmore-Castleiney in a disappointingly one-sided Mid Tipperary senior hurling final at Templemore.

What a difference a year makes.

Tipperary have signalled their intent to Waterford as ace marksman Lar Corbett makes his first competitive start of 2012 in Sunday’s final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Not an epic Munster senior hurling championship semi-final in sunny Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday by any means, nothing like the blood-and-thunder slugfests of old between these two great rivals, nor even the high-voltage games of the recent past.

Tipperary 1-22 Cork 0-24

What a close call for champions Tipperary in this first-round Munster senior hurling championship clash in baking heat in Thurles yesterday.

Kieran Donaghy has been omitted from the Kerry team for Sunday’s Munster SFC quarter-final against Tipperary, partly due to a breach of discipline.

Cork 1-25 Tipperary 2-15

Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy has made four changes for Sunday’s Allianz Division 1 HL semi-final against Tipperary in Semple Stadium from the starting 15 that drew when the sides met at the Thurles venue recently.

Tipperary 1-23 Cork 1-23

The Tipperary senior hurling team to play Cork in the Allianz NHL Division 1A clash at Semple Stadium on Sunday shows four changes from the team which started in last weekend’s drawn game with Dublin.

Cork U21 football captain Rory O’Sullivan will miss the rest of their campaign after damaging his cruciate ligament for the second time in just over a year during Wednesday night’s Munster semi-final victory over Clare.

Dublin 2-15 Tipperary 0-21

Stephen McDonnell and Eoin Cadogan have been brought back into the Cork defence by manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy for Sunday’s Division 1A hurling league tie against Kilkenny in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, as his team attempts to bounce back from last Sunday’s defeat to Galway.

Tipperary 0-31 Waterford 2-15

Damien Cahalane will make his senior league debut for Cork in Sunday’s Division 1 clash with Galway in Páirc Uí Chaoimh as manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy makes four changes from the team that defeated Dublin in Croke Park last Sunday.

Tipperary 2-20 Galway 2-18

Another stroll in the park for All-Ireland champions Kilkenny in this Allianz Hurling League opener yesterday.

Cork senior hurling selector Seanie McGrath says Seán Óg Ó hAilpín has “trained superbly” since returning to the Rebels squad and will be expected to help his rookie midfield partner, Darren Sweetnam, through tomorrow’s Allianz HL opener against Waterford.

The Waterford Crystal Tournament is meant to be an early-season warm-up competition, an opportunity for teams to shake loose the winter cobwebs.

Tipperary manager Declan Ryan is relishing the prospect of an early season joust with old rivals Cork next Sunday in what could be an early season dress rehearsal for a Munster semi-final in the summer.

TIPPERARY recovered from a sluggish start to ease into the Waterford Crystal Cup senior hurling quarter-final by defeating Limerick IT at Dolla yesterday.

KEEPING Lar Corbett scoreless — it’s a winning formula.

WHAT can you write under a scoreline like that?

WHERE has the famous ‘Banner Roar’ gone, the old ‘Clare Shout’ of the last tumultuous decade, that’s what we were wondering as the Clare team took the field in the Gaelic Grounds yesterday for this Munster SHC semi-final joust with old enemies Tipperary.