Assessing the four contenders for Cork football championship glory

Eoghan Cormican profiles the four sides remaining in the Bon Secours Cork Premier SFC

Harry Canning, general manager, Bon Secours, Cork with some of the players from this weekend’s Bon Secours Cork PSFC semi-finals at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, John Kerins, St Finbarr’s; Mark Collins, Castlehaven; Brian Hartnett, Douglas, and Eoghan Deasy, Clonakilty

CASTLEHAVEN

Form guide: Unbeaten in Championship 2021. For the second year running they came through the so-called West Cork group of death with hardly a scratch on them. Éire Óg did ask plenty of difficult questions in Round 2, but Castlehaven still managed to post 2-19 and win by three. Failure to beat already-eliminated Carbery Rangers by more than a point in the final round meant they narrowly missed out on direct passage to the semis. Not managing to nab the shorter route, as they did last year, is sure to have been a source of disappointment within the panel. That said, James McCarthy’s charges are the better for a quarter-final clash against Valley Rovers where their credentials were severely tested.