Clonakilty remain top of Division 1, Barr's beat Nemo to maintain perfect start

St Michael's however, fought back after the break. Luke O'Herlihy kicked 0-6, Liam O’Sullivan 0-3 and Billy Cain also raised a white flag but late points from the returning Liam O’Donovan and Daly helped Clon to a 2-16 to 0-17 win.

Old friends St Finbarr’s and Nemo Rangers clashed in Trabeg on Thursday night with both sides entering the tie with a perfect record. As ever, there wasn’t much between the two southside behemoths but, in the end, it was the Barrs who maintained their 100% record, as 0-10 from Cillian Myers Murray helped them to a 0-14 to 0-12 victory. 

Myers Murray made full use of the new rules as 0-6 of his tally came from two-pointers, while Eoin McGreevey also helped himself to 0-3. Conor Horgan was the main marksman for Nemo, kicking 0-6 while Paul Kerrigan shot 0-3 from the bench for the home team.

Newcestown maintained their goal-den touch as they fired three majors for the second game in a row in defeating Castlehaven by 3-11 to 1-13 on Saturday. 

Niall Kelly led the way for the home side as he hit the Haven for 1-3 while Tadhg Twomey and Eddie Kenneally both scored 1-1 and Richard O’Sullivan knocked over a brace of points. Jack O’Neill was the reigning county champions' main threat, as he kicked 1-3 while Andrew Whelton’s contribution of 0-4 was also notable.

Éire Óg recorded their first win of the season after beating Douglas by 3-9 to 0-10 on Sunday morning. Mark Griffin and Donncha Kelly both hit 1-1 for the Ovens side, Brian Thompson struck for the other goal while Brian Hurley kicked 0-3. 

Jack Cunningham and Conor Russell did most of the scoring for Douglas, as they both kicked 0-3.

Cill na Martra also got off the mark with a 0-20 to 0-6 home win over Carrigaline. Jason MacCárthaigh kicked half of the Gaeltacht side’s scores, including one two-pointer, while Shane Ó Duinnín tapped over 0-3 and Maidhcí Ó Duinnín had a two-pointer.

Dohenys are sitting pretty at the top of Division 2 after the six goals they hit against Castletownbere on Saturday evening gave them the edge on scoring difference over Carbery Rangers and Knocknagree. Four of their majors came in the opening half as they recorded a 6-11 to 0-10 win over the Beara men. Mark Buckley led the way with 1-6, Fionn Herlihy had a goal, a two-pointer and a point, Keith White clipped 1-1 while Barry O’Donovan, Aaron Mannix and Paudie Crowley also raised green flags.

Carbery Rangers made it three wins from three with a dramatic late win away to Ballincollig on Thursday. It looked like Ballincollig were going to take the points as they led by 1-9 to 0-11 with time almost up. Dara Dorgan had been on song in kicking 1-5 while Evan Cooke and Cian Dorgan had both made their mark too. 0-2 from John O’Rourke and Paul Hodnett had kept Rangers in touch, but their saviour on the evening was their goalkeeper, Paul Shanahan. He kicked 0-5 from placed balls, including the clinching two-pointer that won the game for the West Cork side.

Knocknagree joined Dohenys and Carbery Rangers on six points as a result of their 2-13 to 1-10 win over Kanturk. Niall O’Connor and Killian Cronin raised the green flags for the home side, Anthony O’Connor kicked 0-5 while Gearóid Looney helped himself to 0-3.

Béal Átha ‘n Ghaorthaidh joined Ballincollig on three points as a result of their 5-15 to 1-18 win over Fermoy. Cian Ó Duinnín struck for two of the Béal Átha majors with Ben Seartan, Seán Ó Muineacháin and Donagh Seartan scoring the others. Tiernan Mahon was best for Fermoy at wing back while Dermot Kelly got their goal.

Finally, O’Donovan Rossa notched their first win of the campaign with a 1-14 to 1-13 win over Valley Rovers. David Shannon was in fine form for the Skibb men, as he kicked 1-4 while 0-6 from Kevin Davis and 0-3 from Luke Connolly helped them to get the job done. 

Eoin Delaney played well at full-back for the Valleys, Adam Casey got the goal while Jack Walsh and Sean McEntee also found their range.