Ballincollig basketball has surfed a tide of passion to carry them to a SuperLeague final

A third Cork hoops force has arrived.

DUAL ROLE: Emporium Cork Basketball's Ciaran O'Sullivan shoots past Enrique Melini of Griffith College, Templeogue, in the InsureMyVan.ie Men's Super League at Ballincollig C.S.

NOT even the most optimistic or romantic of them envisaged this final pairing. 

So much so that on Saturday evening, after playing with and coaching Emporium Cork Ballincollig in their first-ever Superleague final, Ciarán O’Sullivan, instead of staying up in Dublin or making his way back to Cork as would be the custom after such an occasion, will dash to his car and make the unlikely journey to Cavan.