After a slow start, St Vincent’s turned up the heat in the second-half of this Cork Premier IFC game at Ballyanley on Saturday, forcing Macroom into a loser’s group meeting with Glenville in round two.

Reigning county football champions UCC opened their defence of the title with a facile victory over Seandún at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

A POOR advert for football, with the free count more than doubling the scores registered, but both sides will be relieved for a chance of redemption next weekend after Saturday’s sterile Cork PIFC semi-final finished level at Páirc Uí Rinn.

THE superb free taking of John Paul Murphy ensured St Vincent’s got the better of Kiskeam in a scrappy Evening Echo Premier IFC quarter-final at Kilmurry last night.

Mallow2-13 St Vincent’s2-9