GUTSY Sarsfields upset former champions Na Piarsaigh at Páirc Uí Rinn to reach the third round of the Evening Echo Cork Co SHC, 2-12 to 0-9, and force the city side, with Sean Óg Ó hAilpin and John Gardiner in their ranks, into a relegation battle.

BALLYMARTLE recovered from a potentially disastrous start to overcome Bandon and storm into the third round of the Evening Echo Cork IHC at Ballinspittle yesterday.