Mallow stun Barrs and stir spice into Cork football championship while they're at it

Surprise result was the Barrs’ first group defeat in the five-year existence of the current Cork Premier SFC format, their 13-game winning group run no more

Mallow's Shane Merritt bursts past St. Finbarr's Eoin McGreevy in their Cork Premier SFC win at Grenagh. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Cork Premier SFC: Mallow 2-12 St Finbarr’s 2-10.

 “WE'VE probably messed up the group a bit,” Andrew Cashman noted. And while the Mallow manager was spot on with that observation, one could take it a step further by saying Mallow have gone and messed up the championship.