Harty Cup talking points: how best to paint a picture of the Gaelcholáiste Mhuire hurling revival?

A winter's tailwind for Cork hurling, Tony Kelly's nous and a boost for Waterford as De La Salle oust Harty holders

PRESSURE: Lismore's Brian Bourke under the cosh from Gaelcholaiste Mhuire's Lucas Hurley and Sean Daly in their Dr Harty Cup prelininary quarter final at Castlelyons.

LET'S try this for size: Gaelcholáiste Mhuire have won as many Harty Cup matches in the past fortnight as they had in the previous six years.

The two victories - two and three-point wins over St Colman’s Fermoy and Blackwater Community School respectively - have propelled the Mon into a first Harty Cup quarter-final appearance since January, 2018.