Promotion chasing Cobh were kept at bay until the 80th minute after a heroic first-half display from Shane Hallahan kept Tommy Barrett’s men in the game, before Liam Kervick smashed home the winner 10 minutes from time.

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Ger Millerick is set to return to the first 15 at the expense of Tommy O’Connell in defence. In attack, Tim O’Mahony and Shane Kingston are to begin their first championship games of the season.

The Treaty ended a 364-day run without a win.

The Munster side started their campaign on the right foot.

There’s a better balance to the Cork team at the moment. It’s just a case of marrying the hurling with that level of work ethic required to be at the top table

No one flourished more than Darragh Fitzgibbon while a hint of doubt still hung over this fixture. In his first appearance of 2023, the 26-year-old had hit three points from play, one wide, and one short within the first eight minutes.

Pat Ryan's charges were comfortable winners over Davy Fitzgerald's Waterford.

I was fortunate enough to referee a number of brilliant Munster games but I could only envy Colm Lyons as he took charge of a phenomenal game of hurling.

Limerick's captain Evan Curry lead his side to victory scoring 1-3 to see them over a battling Waterford side. 

Pat Ryan starts nine of the team which played Galway in last year's All Ireland quarter-final as John Kiely makes one change with Gearòid Hegarty dropping to bench.

To underestimate the Clare man’s thought process on the game is to do him a complete disservice. 

Leading by five in the opening period and even a four cushion entering the final ten minutes, Clare would be sucker-punched by a brace of goals in a minute through Adam Murphy and chief marksman Andrew Lyons to irrevocably alter the narrative of this derby tie.

In the last 12 Ulster championships, Rory Gallagher has either coached or managed in 11 of them, with three different counties

It was a fast start from the Tipperary men that gave them a grip on this contest that they never looked like relinquishing against a disappointing Limerick

Derek Lyng and John Kiely have named their sides to face each other in the Allianz National Hurling League Division one final. 

Elsewhere in Division 1A Terenure College hammered Garryowen while Cork Con, Lansdowne, and Young Munster also picked up victories.

Elsewhere, Mayo manager Kevin McStay has made three changes from the team which defeated Roscommon for their trip to Ballybofey.

Will Galopin Des Champs make it a St Patrick’s Day to remember for the Irish