All about the start for Inniscarra's Ryan

While Inniscarra's opening-round fixture pits them against Killeagh, the Muskerry club will have to contend with Bride Rovers - semi-finalists in 2022 - and Na Piarsaigh, a club just relegated from Cork hurling's top-tier. 

ON TO THE NEXT CHALLENGE: Liam Ryan, Inniscarra, Premier IHC champions 2022, at the launch of the Co-op Superstores Cork Hurling Championships at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Pic: Denis Minihane.

One game at a time. That’s the message from the Inniscarra camp ahead of their senior A hurling bow against Killeagh under the Caherlag lights on Friday night.

A first year playing senior hurling was secured in 2022 thanks to a premier intermediate championship final triumph over Castlemartyr - after a replay - and judging by Inniscarra hurler Liam Ryan’s description of the scenes that awaited the victorious hurlers on that October night last year, we’re pretty sure he and the rest of his colleagues would bite your hand off for a chance to replicate it.