Less has definitely meant more in terms of jeopardy in the TUS Dr Harty Cup.<\/p>\n
A reduction from 21 schools in the 2024-25 edition of the Munster PPS U19AFC to 16 has reduced the need for preliminary quarter-finals. Instead, four groups of four will be whittled down to eight survivors for the knockout stage by this evening – with some recent finalists likely to be disappointed.<\/p>\n
Holders Thurles CBS and Waterford\u2019s De La Salle have punched their tickets for the quarter-finals, while four sides cannot qualify, but 10 schools remain in the hunt for the other six spots.<\/p>\n
In Group 1, the hopes of 2023 winners Cashel CS ended after two games but the three remaining sides – the 2024 finalists Nenagh CBS and Ardscoil R\u00eds, along with last year\u2019s beaten finalists St Flannan\u2019s College – are vying for the other two spots.<\/p>\n
Nenagh and Flannan\u2019s each have three points and victory for the north Tipp side against Cashel at UL will have them safe – the Flannan\u2019s-Ardscoil game in Clarecastle is essentially knockout, though the Ennis school have the advantage in the event of a draw.<\/p>\n
While De La Salle are through from Group 2, they are not yet assured of finishing top: a loss to Midleton CBS at Fethard Town Park would see the Cork side finish first. However, if De La Salle were to win, Midleton would be anxiously checking to see how St Colman\u2019s College fare are against the already-eliminated CBS High School Clonmel in Bansha.<\/p>\n
Colman\u2019s are two points behind Midleton after defeat to De La Salle last time but a draw in the opening-round Cork derby means that scoring-difference would separate them in the event of a tie.<\/p>\n
Thurles\u2019s Group 3 game against Doon\u2019s Scoil na Tr\u00edon\u00f3ide Naofa at UL is a dead rubber as, whatever happens, the holders will finish top of that group with Doon bottom. It is the other game, between Blackwater CS and John The Baptist CS of Hospital in Castlelyons, that the sparks will fly: both schools are level on two points and this is to all intents and purposes a quarter-final qualifier, with Hospital having the scoring-difference advantage if it is a draw.<\/p>\n
In Group 4, Gaelchol\u00e1iste Mhuire An Mhainistir Thuaidh met Christian Brothers College a fortnight ago with neither having won their opening and victory for Gaelchol\u00e1iste ended their rivals\u2019 hopes of advancing – however, without fully guaranteeing that \u2018the AG\u2019 will themselves progress.<\/p>\n
Fethard Town Park is the venue at 1.45pm for their game against Our Lady\u2019s Secondary School of Templemore, which is effectively a knockout tie, though Gaelchol\u00e1iste Mhuire do go in a point ahead.<\/p>\n
There is a scenario where defeat might not eliminate the northside outfit but it would require CBC to beat St Joseph\u2019s Secondary School of Tulla, who will be targeting top spot.<\/p>\n
TODAY\u00a0<\/p>\n
TUS Dr Harty Cup Group 1: Cashel CS v Nenagh CBS, UL 4G North Campus; St Flannan\u2019s College v Ardscoil R\u00eds, Clarecastle, both 1.30pm.<\/p>\n
Group 2: De La Salle Waterford v Midleton CBS, Fethard Town Park; St Colman\u2019s College v CBS HS Clonmel, Bansha, both 12 noon.<\/p>\n
Group 3: Thurles CBS v Scoil na Tr\u00edon\u00f3ide Naofa, Doon, UL 4G North Campus, 12 noon;<\/p>\n
Blackwater CS v John The Baptist CS Hospital, Castlelyons, 1.30pm.<\/p>\n
Group 4: CBC Cork v St Joseph\u2019s Secondary School Tulla, Kilmallock; Gaelchol\u00e1iste Mhuire An Mhainistir Thuaidh v Our Lady\u2019s Secondary School Templemore, Fethard Town Park, 1.45pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Less has definitely meant more in terms of jeopardy in the TUS Dr Harty Cup. A reduction from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2110,53092,5582,1964,61,60,17406,112],"class_list":["post-147528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-sport","tag-gaa-harty-cup","tag-tipperary-gaa","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-gaa","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}