CASTLEHAVEN clubman Michael Hurley put Cork IT to the sword with a sensational exhibition of point scoring – he hit a total of 0-12, half of his tally coming from open play - as Pat Critchley's side emerged worthy six point victors of this fast-flowing Sigerson Cup 2nd round tie at the IT Carlow grounds last night.

Mallow in early January will never be mistaken for Broadway, and the chill in the north Cork evening made it a testing venture for the 2,021 spectators in attendance for Cork and Waterford in last night’s Co-Op Superstores Munster SHL clash.

Down will be without their free-taker Donal O’Hare for their round 2 Qualifier against Cavan on Saturday.

Waterford 1-20 Cork 1-23: So foolish we were to think Waterford would go gently into the night.

Both Mayo and Galway have championship debutants for Sunday’s Connacht SFC quarter-final clash in MacHale Park in Castlebar (4pm).

Clashmore rebounded from their ten-point loss to The Nire as a powerful finish caught Ballinacourty at the death in the Fraher Field sunshine on Saturday.

Waterford County Board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan has emphasised that Walsh Park in Waterford city is the only venue that will be upgraded as per the wishes of officials in Croke Park.

Jamie Barron says the UCC players are not to blame for the furore surrounding their involvement in the Cork senior hurling championship.

You can take the person out of the county but you'll never take the county out of the person.

Ed Power reports from Stradbally after three days of music, mixed weather and great fun - here's what he learned. 

For the 72,022 in attendance and those in the southeast corner of the country, the small print may not be as important as the headlines, so we’ll start with the big takeaway from yesterday’s game, writes Michael Moynihan.

Here’s a rough head count of items on the agenda this morning.

Kerry, who travel to Dr Hyde Park to face Roscommon in Division 1 of the Allianz FL tomorrow (2pm), have two changes in personnel, as well as a number of positional switches, following their loss to Monaghan.

By the time Colm Begley was 21 he had already played in three Laois senior football finals with Stradbally.

As HawkEye readily admit, few if any other sport challenges their score detection technology more than hurling.

Kerry 2-21 Waterford 1-2: For Kerry, few questions were asked. For Waterford, the questions continue to stack up.

Jackie Tyrrell makes his first since last year’s Leinster final as one of five changes to the Kilkenny side for tomorrow’s Allianz HL Division 1A clash with Galway at Nowlan Park tomorrow (2pm).

Brian Cody has made four changes to the Kilkenny side for today’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A clash with Tipperary in Nowlan Park (throw-in 2pm).

Waterford football has been rocked by the decision of players from county championship-winning side Stradbally to snub Tom McGlinchey’s senior set-up for the 2016 season.

Waterford county board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan assured delegates at last night’s convention at Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan, that the end of the club levy is in sight and that spending on county teams will be carefully monitored.

It took Castlehaven, and many observers, by surprise when Nemo Rangers operated a sweeper in the drawn Cork final last month. Indeed Haven’s selector James McCarthy made a point of mentioning it after the game.

Five years have passed since James Masters made the call to Conor Counihan to say he couldn’t tolerate warming the bench anymore and bade him adieu.

Stradbally (Waterford) 0-5 Nemo Rangers (Cork) 1-13: Once showered and changed, the Stradbally players made the short walk from Fraher Field to The Park Hotel for a couple of well overdue pints.

Stradbally 0-8 Ballinacourty 0-6 

The winners of Friday night’s Waterford senior football decider will be forced back inside the whitewash for provincial action less than 24-hours after the county final.