Saturday
Munster club SFC quarter-final: Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary) v St Finbarr’s (Cork), Clonmel Sportsfield, 1.15pm
An emotional win for Clonmel in the wake of Philly Ryan’s sadly premature death was also their best performance to date. They won’t be intimidated by the Cork champions, having clipped Nemo 10 years ago in the Munster final. But Finbarr’s showed good form in defeating Nemo themselves – for the first time in a county final – with Ian Maguire enduringly totemic in the middle and Steven Sherlock in rapacious mood. Verdict: St Finbarr’s
Leinster club SFC quarter-final: Athy (Kildare) v Summerhill (Meath), Cedral St Conleth’s Park, 5.15 [Live RTÉ 2]
Summerhill were decent when breezing past Killoe. Their appropriately Adamantine centrefield of McDonnell and Flanagan went very well in the match both in terms of winning ball and posing a scoring threat. They will of course be up against Kevin Feely and David Hyland, Athy’s central pairing, who have quality and experience.
The Meath champions’ manager David Clare has a good knowledge of Kildare fo
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