THE DRAWS FOR the 2019 Cork senior county championships have taken place and a number of interesting ties are down for decision in the opening rounds.
The reigning football champions St Finbarr’s have been paired with Clyda Rovers, while last year’s beaten finalists Duhallow will square off with Imokilly.
The 2017 winners Nemo Rangers will take on Valley Rovers.
Meanwhile the current senior hurling champions Imokilly will face Carrigdhoun and the 2018 runners-up Midleton are pencilled in for a first-round battle with Glen Rovers.
The draws in full are:
Senior Football Championship (Div/Cols)
Preliminary Round
(A) Avondhu v Muskerry
Round 1
(B) Seandun v Beara
(C) UCC v Avondhu/Muskerry
(D) CIT v Carbery
(E) Imokilly v Duhallow
B V C
D V E
Senior Football Championships (Clubs)
Preliminary Round
Carrigaline v O’Donovan Rossa
Round 1
Ballincollig v Carrigaline/O’Donovan Rossa
Bishopstown v Douglas
Carbery Rangers v Ilen Rovers
Castlehaven v Fermoy
Clyda Rovers v St Finbarr’s
Dohenys v St Nicholas
Mallow v Kiskeam
Newcestown v Clonakilty
Valley Rovers v Nemo Rangers
Senior Hurling Championship (Div/Cols)
(A) UCC v CIT
(B) Duhallow v Muskerry
(C) Carrigdhoun v Imokilly
(D) Avondhu v Carbery
A V B
C V D
Senior Hurling Championship (Clubs)
Preliminary Round
Erin’s Own v Ballymartle
Round 1
Bishopstown v Newtownshandrum
Blackrock v Ballyhea
Carrigtwohill v St Finbarr’s
Charleville v Erin’s Own/Ballymartle
Douglas v Bride Rovers
Glen Rovers v Midleton
Killeagh v Na Piarsaigh
Newcestown v Bandon
Sarsfields v Kanturk
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I could get over them having wanted to play for England if they were going in fully committed, but the way Bamford seems to be yanking McCarthy’s chain has me seriously questioning him. In or out ffs. We’ve always been technically weaker than other teams but team spirit and commitment has generally been what’s bridged that gap. It can’t be under-valued or taken for granted. If he’s this non-committal, odds are he’s not going to give 100% when he comes in. That’s not to say being born and raised in Ireland is any guarantee of this. Just compare Jon Walters and Stephen Ireland. Bamford really not endearing himself though by ignoring Mick’s calls and the like.
@ScewMadd: totally agree! Whether you like Bamford for not he does have links to Ireland but the “I’ll consider my options” stuff is getting really old.
@ScewMadd: he’s had serious injuries. If Leeds lost him now then it would be disastrous for their promotion bid. Bamford stalling for the moment makes perfect sense. Leeds fans would never forgive him if an injury for Ireland against Gibraltar cost them the promotion they crave
@Stanley Baggins: completely agree I don’t want him near that Ireland squad until the season is over for Leeds.
I agree with Kevin Kilbane that Patrick Bamford’s first choice was England, but Ireland aren’t in a position to be picky right now. He’d be a very good addition to the Ireland squad at the moment.
@James Clancy: Spot on,yesterday’s squad announcement showed the squad needs to be supplemented with quality.
@James Clancy: not buying it, your either Irish or English, not just Irish when your not good enough for England
@emmetnichol: reality is vast majority of players would pick England over Ireland if they’ve been born and raised there. Its a more natural choice and u have your agent in your ear telling you how many more zeros on your career earnings it’ll make. Kilbane is the exception. He was immersed in Irish culture since birth.
Clinton could have played for the mighty Jamacia but he decided on us..legend
Granny rule players used to declare for Ireland because it put them in the shop window. If they nutmegged Baggio in a game then that often resulted in a move to Liverpool or Everton a few weeks later.
Today players even in the championship are on such nice money that they don’t need International football anymore to retire wealthy…. So when a great player wants to play International football for us where we pay nothing to them in return, even if they only decided at 25 years old to join, then we should still welcome them with open arms.
Sweet god… do we ever learn. Laughing stock..
You can only laugh at the very small minority who knock granny rule players when we’ve just named a squad containing the likes of Glen Whelan and Padraig Amond. No disrespect to those two at all who are wonderful professionals but they’re hardly Aldridge, Townsend, Houghton etc
Another Clinton Morrison, albeit a lot more talented
@Seán Ó’Sionúir: The Clint did very well for us.
@Seán Ó’Sionúir: you should watch the sky YouTube interview of Clinton on playing for Ireland. He’s was 100% committed to the irish setup from the outset, unlike wasters Bamford, Rice, Grealish, Noble, Nolan etc
@Facundo: you should leave Noble out of that list, he was approached and did the honourable thing and said he felt English so he wouldn’t declare for us.
Absolutely nothing wrong with that.
@Panch Murphy: Yeah and he also went out of his way to have a whisper in rice’s ear about declaring for England, along with rats John Terry, gold and sullivan, swaying his decision. Beautiful human beings, all 4 of them
Quality will improve by picking Irish players over English players starting at under age level