Harty Cup top scorers: Alan Cotter and Callum Coffey lead the Cork schools after two rounds

Fri, 13 Nov, 2026 - 09:53

Jack McKay

Two rounds into this year’s Dr Harty Cup group stage, the four Cork schools involved have been split into two camps.

CBC and St Colman’s College, Fermoy have already booked their places in the knockout stages after winning their opening two games.

Midleton CBS and Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG, by contrast, have a win and a loss apiece, and with the pair meeting in the final round, at least one – if not both – is set to bow out.

Whatever about their contrasting fortunes, two of the four have a representative among the competition’s top ten scorers after two rounds.

St Catherine’s club player Alan Cotter is St Colman’s top scorer and he leads the Cork contingent in seventh overall with 0-14 (0-12 f). He’s currently one point ahead of eighth-placed Callum Coffey, with the Na Piarsaigh and Cork minor having scored 1-10 (0-6 f) for Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG so far.

Sitting just outside the top ten, Midleton CBS’s Ben Geary is joint 12th with 0-10 (0-8 f), level with CBC’s Michael Quill who has 0-10 (0-9 f).

Leading the overall chart at present is current Waterford U20 panellist Jamie Shanahan, with the De La Salle College forward having scored a total of 0-22 so far, including eight from play. He’s ahead of Nenagh CBS’s KJ Dunne and Mikey Corridon of Tralee CBS.

In the from-play table, Dunne’s 3-4 has the Tipperary minor top of the chart, ahead of Clare minor James O’Donnell and Tralee’s Corridon, who are tied for second with 1-7 from play each.

The Cork representatives in the from-play top 10 are Sam McCarthy, Ben Hegarty, Coffey and Tom Huggins. Cork minor McCarthy ranks highest of the four with 0-9 so far, enough to place him tied for fourth in the from-play chart.

Ballinora starlet Hegarty has 1-5 for CBC so far, which leaves him joint sixth, ahead of Coffey and fellow CBC forward Tom Huggins, who are part of a seven-way tie for eighth.