Darragh O’Sullivan’s side extended their winning record in the competition to 53 games as they claimed the Waterford title for the 10 year in a row.

Nervous moments on the shrill of referee’s Pa O’Driscoll whistle but when the calculations were completed, both Knocknagree and Kanturk had advanced to the quarter finals by virtue of a superior point difference over O’Donovan Rossa.

For Dohenys it was a sense of glee as they had secured their place in the last four of the competition after emerging from the group section as the only team with a 100% record.

The victors kicked all their points from play including a brilliant 0-5 from Thomas Casey

That said, no one who was engrossed by the opening 45 minutes of this clash could dispute that the players were fully committed to the cause.

England didn’t come within a breeze of the Argentinian try line all night. They didn’t need to.

Steve Borthwick's side were down to 14 men early on but made light of the fact against the Pumas.

They needed a win. Any win. A terrible beauty of an evening.

The win secured them top spot in Group C, and as Bantry Blues drew with Macroom, the Avondhu side’s scoring difference gave them the spot in the last four.

This was a winner-takes-all encounter with both teams level on points in what was the last game of the group stages.

Nemo matched their required win margin to break Rockchapel hearts.

We'll go score for score this afternoon, and there may be quite a few. 

The referee for Ireland and Romania credits McHugh, his 'sounding board, critic and crucially a friend', even going so far as to refer to him as 'grandfather'

Opening weekend talking points: A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since Johnny Sexton was forced off the field in Ireland’s Grand Slam decider

The Ireland manager praised Ireland's refusal to concede a glut of goals in Paris

The players to watch, the teams to back and how to tell a ruck from a scrum as the tournament kicks off in France

Micheál Martin was speaking in Jordan, on the final stop of his Middle-East tour

Defending champions Douglas breezed past Valley Rovers while St Finbarrs demolished Mallow in Wednesday's semi-finals.

Seamie Callanan traded heavily in goals and brilliant flashes of skill, but he stocked a lot more in his locker.

Hurling had its hour of fun. Now it is football’s turn.