As it happened: Bradley the match-winner once more as Aghabullogue complete the double
Bandon's Peter Murphy and Cathal Lynch go high with Aghabullogue's Shane Tarrant. Pic: Eddie O'Hare
It sure is - Aghabullogue win! They've completed yet another double. Bradley the match-winner once more.
It's Sean Carey turn to level the contest for Bandon. Superb score.
Time for more? There sure is. An Aghabullogue hurler is fouled and Bradley's effort is up and over the bar. That has to be the winner?
Aghabullogue man is fouled heading for goal - it's Daniel Dineen again. Bradley knocks it over. Aghabullogue by one.
Huge score from Daniel Dineen for Aghabullogue, but it's cancelled out by a monster Cathal Lynch score.
Five minutes added on. Another Aghabullogue wide - this time from Shane Tarrant - keeps the game level.
Bandon win a free and Cahalane puts it over the bar - just about. Level again. This is going to the wire.
Another free opportunity for Bradley. This one is closer in puts still from a out near the sideline. He doesn't miss two in-a-row. Aghabullogue by one.
Free awarded to Aghabullogue 50 out. Bandon sideline fuming with that one. Bradley misses. Still level.
Eolann McSweeney puts Bandon into the lead. Lovely score from out wide.
It's quickly cancelled out by an equally impressive Bradley score at the other end.
Cahalane free from deep inside his own half drops just short and into Aghabullgue hands.
Lovely score for Bandon. Eolann McSweeney's delivery into Kevin Hannon is inch-perfect. His finish matches McSweeney's delivery.
Up the other end, Daniel Dineen takes a score to level the game once more. Bandon change - Jonathan Mulcahy is in for Dylan O'Donovan.
Aghabullogue corner-forward James Lane latches onto a delivery and fires over superbly. Cahalane will have the chance to level the game from a free at the other end. It's over from 53 metres.
Aghabullogue have introduced Daniel Dineen.
Huge score from Aghabullogue's Bradley. Surrounded out by the sideline, he still manages fire over. Ciarán McCarthy takes a fine score to level proceedings. Both sides have made a changes: Cian Furey and Michael Dennehy are in for Aghabullogue, while Mark Sugrue and Nelson McCarthy come into the Bandon team.
Charlie Long finds space inside the Bandon half and feeds Cahalane, same result. His ninth.
Aghabullogue point. Odhran O'Connell the instigator, Luke Casey the finisher. Super score from out wide.
Jack Cullinane replies for Bandon. Culiinane then wins a free up the field, which Cahalane strikes over. One-point game.
Superb solo-run by Aghabullogue's James Foley forces Ciarán McCarthy into a last-ditch tackle. He goes into referee Willie Wallace's book. Bradley will knock over this free.
And he does. That's his sixth, while Cahalane has seven for Bandon.
Second-half underway and Cahalane wastes not time in swelling his tally.
Mike Cahalane again for Bandon. The former Cork senior claims Pat Barry's puckout and doesn't hesitate in dissecting the posts. No messing about.
Odhran O'Connell finds a decent score from inside the opposition half for Aghabullogue to push their lead to four, but Peter Murphy lands one from deep to cut it back to a goal.
Lovely Bandon score. Long delivery into Jack Cullinane, who hands off to Darren Crowley. Over the black spot.
That's quickly followed by another Cahalane score from the middle of the park.
Bradley knocks over another his an acute angle. Well-taken. Mike Cahalane responds for Bandon - from a free.
Long ball in from Mike Cahalane causes huge bother near the Aghabullogue goal-mouth but Tom Long is up to the task and clears off the line.
Luke Casey and Pauric O'Sullivan combine before the former fires over. Great combination play.
Shane Tarrant's long-range free soon after is wide - Aghabullogue's seventh.
Another for John Corkery. Manahes to evade the challenges of two Bandon defenders to get his shot off. Over it goes.
Bradley adds a free after decent James Lane play forces Bandon into fouling him.
Mike Cahalane converts a 65. Bradley converts at the other end. Bandon lead by two.
Foul on Luke Casey gives Bradley the chance to tap over. He does just that. Casey gets one of his own thereafter. John Corkery follows it. Three in-a-row for Aghabullogue.
Bandon full-forward Eolann McSweeney swings over a beauty from beyond 50. His first.
Charlie Long arrows over his second. Bandon level again. At this stage, Bandon have had three wides, while there has been five for Aghabullogue.
Superb Bradley score. The Aghabullogue football hero from their recent county win opens his account for the day.
Shane Tarrant drives at goal but is dispossessed at the crucial moment. Wide for each side thereafter.
GOAL Aghabullogue. Matthew Bradley the provider for James Lane who pulls hard along the floor and into Pat Barry's net.
More ill-discipline hands Cahalane another opportunity. Over it goes. Three-point lead.
Bandon free. It should be routine for Mike Cahalane.
It is. His first and Bandon's third.
Back-to-back wides for Aghabullogue. Shane Tarrant and Odhran O'Connell.
Bandon's Kevin Hannon and Charlie Long give their side a two-point lead but Sean Furey responds for Aghabullogue.
Game on.
No changes to sides named in matchday programme.
Here are the starting 15s:
I Barry-Murphy; T Long, C Timmons, TJ Buckley; C Gillespie, P Ring, P O'Sullivan; S Furey, O O'Connell; J Corkery, J Foley, S Tarrant; L Casey, M Bradley, J Lane.
P Barry; P Calanan, T Twohig, C Twomey; C Lynch, P Murphy, D O'Donovan; C McCarthy, M Cahalane; D Crowley, C Calnan, C Long; K Hannon, E McSweeney, J Cullinane.
We'll now turn our focus to the second encounter of the day, the meeting of Aghabullogue and Bandon in the Intermediate A hurling decider.
GOAL Ballinora. That's 1-4 and the hero's tag for Werner. Michael Quirke heavily involved in the build-up. What an epic contest. Agony for Ilen, but for Ballinora, it's ecstasy.
Ballinora searching for a shooting opportunity. It falls to Shane Kingston. Wide from two-point land. Two minutes added on. Possession is everything for Ilen.
Werner adds another, that's a superb score. Ilen's lead cut to the minumum. There's a chance for Liam Lyons but his effort is left and wide.
Liam Lyons turns Ilen Rovers over and heads for goal. Not in the mood to take any chances, Ilen full-back Jack Collins pulls him down. Black card. Werner taps over the resulting free.
Good Dermot Hegarty play allows Dan MacEoin to get in behind and tap over off his right again. Andrew O'Sullivan on for James Lordan in the Ballinora midfield.
Dermot Hegarty and Adrian O'Driscoll are back in for Ilen. They replace Conor O'Driscoll and Sean Connolly.
Werner gets his second in-a-row. Big score just before Coniry blows the half-time whistle. A swing or two left in this, for sure, but Ilen do hold a two-point lead.
Kevin Werner taps over a free at the other end but Denis O'Driscoll cancels it out immediately.
Sean Connolly wins an Ilen free out near the sideline. This would be huge for Ilen but it's from a huge distance.
Micheal Sheehy has got it. Absolutely massive score. Three-point lead for Ilen. Liam Lyons is back in for Ballinora.
Dan MacEoin drops an effort short. We have'nt had a score since the opening seconds of this extra-time period.
Shane Kingston really showing up for Ballinora around the middle, but Shane Carey comes up with a big Ilen turnover in the corner.
Ilen take the lead for the very first time. It's Sean Connolly who knocks it over after good work from Sheehy.
If level after extra-time, we'll go to another replay. Penalties not on the cards.
It's the exact same full-time score as two weeks ago. Then, it was the boot of Neil Lordan, this time around, it's all about Sheehy and Ilen.
Sheehy two-pointer. Sensational kick. They were eight points down at half-time. We're heading for extra-time.
Two minutes added. Referee Coniry gives a free to Ballinora just inside their own half. Ilen crowd not pleased, but they have possession and are trying to work a two-pointer. They need to find Micheal Sheehy or Dan MacEoin.
Barry Collins does superb to create a goal chance of his own but his effort is saved by McAllen. Shane Kingston effort from a dead ball is right wide for Ballinora. MacEoin's two-point free for Ilen doesn't have the necessary power. Still two in it.
Ivan Quirke's effort for Ballinora is wide, before a Dan MacEoin's penalty shout is turned down by Brian Coniry. Big call. Ilen protests result in a MacEoin yellow.
And they get it. GOAL Ilen Rovers. Sean Minihane picks out Dan MacEoin who makes no mistake to grab a much-needed Ilen goal. Barry Collins swings over a beauty directly after to cut the gap to two. Momentum is theirs, can they capitalise on it
Neil Lordan, Liam Lyons involved before Michael Quirke finds the necessary shooting space. Another for him - his third.
Tommy Burns is in for the aforementioned Lyons. Ilen need something up the other end.
Michael Quirke is done for overcarrying. Ilen on their upfield. Denis O'Driscoll - named to start for Ilen - is on for the last 15, in place of Aaron O'Sullivan.
Michael Quirke's effort at a score for 'Nora is blocked down and goes out for a 45 - which Shane Kingston converts.
Iain Wycherley replaces wing-back Danny Dineen.
The free is executed perfectly by Micheal Sheehy. Big score for Ilen. It's quickly followed by a MacEoin score off his right. Four-point game.
Another for Ballinora. Liam Lyons finds the response to Holland. Lovely individual score. Up at the other end, Ilen Rovers have been awarded a free in two-point range.
Meanwhile, Mike Lordan has entered the fray. He replaces Darragh Holmes.
Big Ilen goal chance. McEoin's carry and ball in finds goalscorer O'Sullivan who palms it goalwards but it cannons back off the crossbar. Alan Holland picks up the crumbs and taps over, however.
Ballinora's Shane Kingston carries the ball forward superbly before arrowing over. That'll settle them after O'Sullivan goal. Danny Dineen then stretches their lead to seven.
Dan MacEoin's two-point effort is wide. Ilen need to build on early second half goal.
GOAL Ilen Rovers. Changes pay dividends early as Alan Holland's high effort is not dealt with by the Ballinora rearguard. Aaron O'Sullivan is quickest to the break, and he makes no mistake with his finish. Five-point game.
Second half underway, and Ilen have made three changes. Alan Holland, Shane Carey and Denis O'Driscoll all in. Dermot Hegarty, Adrian O'Driscoll and Daniel Coakley depart.
10 points to two in favour of the Muskerry men. Their conversion rate has been impressive in this opening 30 - wind assisted. Goals and/or two-pointers likely needed for Ilen Rovers after the interval.
Ilen now finding it very difficult to break down a mean Ballinora defence. Peadar O'Driscoll's effort is blocked down. Up the other end, Neil Lordan can't make the his latest two-point free.
Ballinora awarded a free outside the two-point arc. Neil Lordan is strolling up to take it as he did to such great effect a fortnight ago. No mistake from the Cork senior. Eight-point lead.
Adrian O'Driscoll gets another opportunity after a MacEoin pass, but his effort at the posts is just wide.
They persist, however, and are rewarded a free soon after, with MacEoin converting.
Ilen Rovers goal chance. Not taken.
Good work from Sean Connolly and Conor O'Driscoll allowed Adrian O'Driscoll to get a shotr of but he drags it across McAleen's goal.
Michael Quirke finding space quite frequently, his shot drops short but Damien O'Sullivan deals with it. Shane Kingston unable to convert the resulting 45.
Dan MacEoin's two-point effort for Ilen doesn't have the required legs. It does cause bother for Alex McAllen in the Ballinora goal but his defence eventually mop up possession. Mark O'Brien - superb two weeks ago - slots over his first. Seven-point lead for Ballinora.
Ballinora now bossing proceedings. Shane Kingston two pointer is quickly followed by another Michael Quirke point, when a goal was on. Ilen Rovers in a bit of trouble.
Lovely score from Michael Quirke, his pace evident again, as is his scoring ability. Ivan Quirke adds his second shortly after. Scores coming quite easy for Ballinora.
The West Cork men are up and running. Long Ilen Rovers ball in is punched up and over the bar by Barry Collins.
Ballinora add another. Neil Lordan did all the hard work before playing Ivan Quirke in to tap over.
Another chance for Ilen Rovers goes astray. Joseph Hickey and Micheal Sheehy exchange possession but Hickey's attempt at goal is tame.
Patient approach play pays off for Ballinora. Centre-forward Darragh Holmes opens their account with a fine score off his left.
Still awaiting the first score of the gamer here, despite early openings.
Game on. Two early sights of goal, Joseph Hickey finds space inside the Ballinora defence but is turned over, before Michael Quirke's pace got him in behind, but his shot was turned away by Damien O'Sullivan in the Ilen Rovers goal.
Here are the starting 15s:
A McAllen; A Laverty, N Lordan, C O'Flynn; D Dineen, S Kingston, J Byrne; I Quirke, J Lordan; M O'Brien, D Holmes, L Lyons; M Quirke, R Quirke, K Werner.
D O'Sullivan; D Coakley, J Collins, C O'Dwyer; A O'Sullivan, J Hickey, C O'Driscoll; D Hegarty, P O'Driscoll; B Collins, S Connolly, A O'Driscoll; D MacEoin, M Sheehy, S Minihane.
Team news: There's one change each from the starting 15s named on the matchday programme.
Conor O'Driscoll starts instead of Denis O'Driscoll for Ilen Rovers, while Shane Kingston - man of the match last time out - starts in place of Mike Lordan once more. Robert Quirke starts for Ballinora.
There were contrasting emotions from the Ballinora and Ilen Rovers setups after their Cork IAFC decider ended in a draw two weeks ago.
For the Ballinora saviour of two weeks ago, Cork senior footballer Neil Lordan, noted that his side were "haunted that we got another crack at it".
And for Ilen Rovers boss Flor O'Driscoll, he admitted that Ballinora were the better team on the day, but that the position they were in so close to the final whistle will mean they have regrets, but must go again.
“Ballinora were probably the better team on the balance of play, we’ve to be honest about that," O'Driscoll said. "We put ourselves in a winning position, not to win it - not to rob it - is kind of disappointing but it is all back to play for again. We just have to be ready for the next day, whenever that is going to be.”
Welcome to another liveblog - we'll talk you through action in the Cork Intermediate A FC final replay between Ilen Rovers and Ballinora (throw-in, 1.30pm), before switching our attention to the clash of Aghabullogue and Bandon in the Intermediate A HC decider (throw-in, 3pm).
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