Despite the absence of the injured Brian Hayes, Ger Cunningham's side did enough to seal a place in the quarter-finals

Dungourney were five points down at half-time but roared to victory by shooting 17 second-half points

Good finish earns victory but Sars miss out on automatic semi-final spot

Rockies won by 22 points in Ballyanly with 30 of their points coming from play

Sarsfields and Aghada booked the two automatic semi-final spots

West Cork club continuing to mix it with the best in both codes

'Like Ger Loughnane, Ben O’Connor will have to move forward with players who haven’t the same mental baggage with trying to get over that line'

The fifth-tier championship group stages concluded on Friday night

How he tailors his approach to the Cork senior set-up will be fascinating as new blood is needed

Scarra still move into the knockout stages after two victories in the group

East Cork outfit pushed on in the second half to top the group unbeaten

Having lost their first two games and without Daire Connery through injury, the northsiders had to dig deep

Four first-half goals pave the way for impressive victory in East Cork derby clash

Muskerry side now face Na Piarsaigh in the quarter-finals while Courcey Rovers head for the relegation play-off

Ben O'Connor and his selectors will be reshaping the Rebel squad but they must go in with an open mind

Cork forward landed 0-9 from play and Daniel Hickey grabbed 1-7 but Sars' cause wasn't helped by a red card on the stroke of half-time

West Cork side dominated the second half with Jack Cullinane hitting the net

Dylan Murphy grabbed 2-8 with Fionán Barry, Daire Burke and Stephen St Leger also raising two green flags apiece

New guidelines around independent teams were passed at this week's Cork County Board meeting

Quarter-finals await Argideen and Ballygarvan later this month 

Muskerry men march on following this 16-point win meanwhile their opposition head for the relegation play-off

Huge crowd will be in Castlelyons on Sunday to watch the neighbours collide in a crunch clash

Final Premier Senior Hurling Championship group game takes place on Sunday in Mourneabbey

Blackrock, Charleville, Glen Rovers and Sarsfields have all secured progression with a game to spare

Ovens side were comfortable five-point victors in the quarter-final at MTU Cork

Trabeg side made their near-neighbours fight all the way to the finish before they secured the title

'We have three teams at this age and have 30-plus players at every session and I can see guys progressing all the time'

East Cork derbies and high stakes across the grades all the way to Premier Senior

O'Connor took over as manager on Tuesday replacing Pat Ryan

The city team meet Éire Óg tonight in the Premier 1 MFC quarter-final

Two wins have Carrigtwohill in a strong position as the last set of group fixtures looms in the Co-op SuperStores SAHC – however, nothing can be taken for granted in the round-robin era.

Two of the six knockout spots are already accounted for before Saturday evening's last set of group fixtures

West Cork side open up lead after interval and stay on top to reach semi-finals

St Vincent's clubman has another year on his two-year term 

For the third year in a row, the clubs' clash in the final group game is winner-take-all

Elsewhere, the McCarthy Insurance Group County U21 football championship draws took place on Tuesday night

Names to go before county board meeting on Tuesday night

U20 All-Ireland winners are eager to push on but club form could dictate some call-ups...

New blood is needed to move the Rebels forward but who will make way?

Mallow defeated Kilshannig to win a second successive Avondhu crown last Thursday evening

Seaside club won the Carrigdhoun U21 A football title last Friday for the first time since 2010

With Newtown and Cork as a player, and since moving into management, O'Connor has always done things his way

Blackrock top the table, Sarsfields and Midleton are right on their heels, and Castlelyons’ rise is impossible to ignore

Every week on The Echo Sport Podcast, Éamonn Murphy and our GAA experts discuss the talking points in Gaelic games in Cork

What marked Ben O'Connor apart was even as a lethal shooter with a brilliant touch, he had the ferocious work-rate and granite toughness of a defender

Team in red and yellow retained their Avondhu U21 A FC title last Thursday evening

Down by seven points, Ilen came back from the dead to add a West Cork U21 C title to their 2016 and 2018 U21A triumphs.

Robbie O'Dwyer's side remain one of the teams to beat as the stakes are raised in the PSFC

Third and crucial round of group games takes place September 5-7

“Our whole aim is to reduce the deficit from last year."