Cork Premier SHC: Can Erin’s Own upset the formbook once more?

It was at this very stage last year where Erin’s Own were nobody’s fancy to progress onto the semis, but a one-point win sent favourites Sars packing from the championship.

Erin's Own player Mark Collins gathers the ball from Charleville's Jack Meade. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

The first of the Cork Premier SHC quarter-finals brings together two teams who will need to significantly improve on their final round group displays if they are to end up in the last four of the race for the ‘little All-Ireland’.

At Páirc Uí Chaoimh Friday evening (7.30pm, live on IrishExaminer.com, Erin’s Own and Midleton face off in the championship for the first time since 2017, the six-goal classic of four years ago requiring extra-time before Midleton won 2-25 to 4-15.