Cork GAA championship draws: Sars and St Finbarr’s handed favourable group-stage paths

The 2026 Cork championship draws offer favourable routes for reigning champions Sarsfields and St Finbarr’s, while rivals face far tougher terrain

Castlehaven talisman Brian Hurley. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Cork’s reigning Premier Senior champions, Sars and St Finbarr’s, have been handed extremely negotiable 2026 county championship draws.

Sars, chasing a third hurling crown in four years, find themselves in Group 2 alongside Charleville, who they overcame in September’s quarter-final, Douglas, and relegation play-off winners Newtownshandrum.

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