The magic of championship means local heroes are hard to beatMANKY weather and county final drama. Last Sunday the senior and intermediate hurling finals were the main events at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, with plenty of excitement to come in both codes before the Jazz Weekend is over. Like every sporting organisation, Cork GAA has had problems with violence on the field spilling out onto the sidelines and among supporters. Clearly the appetite isn’t there for splitting the All-Ireland football championship but having divisional finals feeding into the junior county and trophies up for grabs at intermediate, premier intermediate and senior, is terrific at club level. Having as many of their underage teams as possible contesting at Rebel Óg Premier 1 level will help to no end.

Source: Evening echo October 18, 2018 19:30 UTC