{"id":612578,"date":"2026-09-02T20:12:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/612578\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T20:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:12:26","slug":"cork-hurling-three-must-see-club-matches-to-catch-on-leeside-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/612578\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork Hurling: Three must-see club matches to catch on Leeside this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

SATURDAY:<\/p>\n

Senior AHC: Killeagh v Na Piarsaigh in Midleton, 5.30pm.<\/p>\n

Group favourites Erin’s Own lived up to their billing so we’re left with a showdown between the northsiders and the East Cork outfit to join them in the knockout stages.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Na Piarsaigh leaked three goals early on against Fermoy and then roared to a 10-point win, driven by the returning Ross O’Sullivan<\/a>, talisman Daire Connery, Cian Buckley, Kevin Moynihan and Padraig Guest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n Barry Walsh<\/a> is Killeagh’s marquee man but they’ve huge potential built on a thriving underage section. Ben Walsh, Eoghan Keniry, Andy Walsh and Dylan McCarthy will also be crucial to their prospects.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Barry Walsh was the difference in last summer’s meeting a 2-26 to 2-24 stonewall classic. They need to win again to progress, as Na Piarsaigh’s scoring difference is superior.<\/p>\n

\n Also worth keeping an eye on… Ballinhassig v Carrigtwohill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hassig haven’t been beaten yet since promotion while Carrig are adjusting without Se\u00e1n Walsh.<\/p>\n

SUNDAY:<\/p>\n

Premier IHC: Dungourney v Castlemartyr in Killeagh, 2pm.<\/p>\n

Dungourney came very close to making last year’s final, squeezed out by Ballincollig, and were in a strong position in the opening round until a late Cloyne rally. They took their frustrations out on Lisgoold, spearheaded by the outstanding Jack Leahy and Cork U20 Cillian O’Callaghan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"KilthaKiltha \u00d3g’s Cillian O’Callaghan being challenged by Shandrum’s Robert Troy in the Rebel \u00d3g Premier 2 MHC final replay at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn five years ago.\u00a0Picture Denis Minihane.<\/p>\n

Castlemartyr also lost to Cloyne and beat Lisgoold and remain strong contenders despite the season-long absence of Ciar\u00e1n Joyce. They’ve huge experience in Barry and Brian Lawton and Mike Kelly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A draw will do Dungourney due to their scoring difference. It’ll be so tight that wouldn’t be a surprise. And remember, the clubs have been paired up underage under the Kiltha \u00d3g<\/a> banner for the last 23 years…<\/p>\n

\n Also keeping an eye on… Kilworth v Carrigaline.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Two recent runners-up collide at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn though Kilworth’s form has been better.<\/p>\n

Premier SHC: St Finbarr’s v Newcestown in Enniskeane, 4pm. <\/p>\n

Both clubs were flat in the first round, St Finbarr’s outgunned by Midleton and Newcestown swept aside by Bride Rovers. The Barrs bounced back with a win but Newcestown were desperately unlucky<\/a> to lose by a late point.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Blues will be favourites but the loss of Jack Cahalane for the rest of the season with a hamstring injury and Brian Hayes, for now, with an ankle issue, weakens their hand. Still, in William Buckley and Ben Cunningham they’ve two elite attackers to carry them through.<\/p>\n

\" Jack Cahalane, St Finbarr’s, shoots from John Cashman and Peter Lenihan, Blackrock. He has suffered another hamstring injury which will rule him out for the rest of the season. Picture: Jim Coughlan.<\/p>\n

Both clubs have a large cohort of dual players so that won’t be a factor here but for what it’s worth the West Cork side lost their most recent football group game, the Barrs won theirs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Towering target man Se\u00e1n O’Donovan is Newcestown’s outlet up top, Luke Meade their orchestrator from centre-back.<\/p>\n

St Finbarr’s prevailed two years ago in the last group game but it wasn’t enough to get out of the group on that occasion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n Also keep an eye on… Blackrock v Kanturk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Rockies have shot the lights out so far but Kanturk have also hurled up a storm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SATURDAY: Senior AHC: Killeagh v Na Piarsaigh in Midleton, 5.30pm. Group favourites Erin’s Own lived up to their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1965,1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-612578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-hurling","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612578","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=612578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}