Cork's hurling season swings into action today with the Waterford Crystal Cup Quarter-Final against Kerry in Páirc Uí Rinn today at 3pm. 

The Cork Senior Hurling team for today's game will line out as follows:

Waterford Crystal Cup Senior Hurling 2012

Preliminary Round

Sunday January 22^nd

@ Dolla                                      Tipperary 2-24 Limerick Institute of Technology 1-16

Sunday January 29^th 

@ Fitzgerald Stadium Killarney        Kerry 1-20 IT Tralee 1-15

@ Sixmilebridge                           Clare 3-25 WIT 0-5

Quarter-Finals (Extra time)

Saturday February 4^th

@ MacDonagh Park Nenagh  Tipperary v University of Limerick             @ 2:00pm

@ Pairc Ui Rinn                            Cork v Kerry                                        @ 3:00pm

@ Sixmilebridge                           Limerick v Clare                                    @ 7:00pm

Sunday February 5^th

@ WIT Sportsgrounds                   Waterford v UCC                                   @ 2:00pm

Semi-Finals (Extra time)
Sunday February 12^th

@ TBC                              Cork or Kerry v UL or Tipperary
@ TBC                              Limerick or Clare v Waterford or UCC

Final (Extra time)

Sunday February 19^th

Waterford Crystal Cup Senior Hurling - Odds and Ends

• Cork have won four of their eight matches played in the Waterford Crystal Cup since 2007 with three victory over third level colleges teams and a one-point victory over Waterford in the 2007 semi-final.
• Tipperary won their first 6 home matches in the Waterford Crystal Cup from 2006 to 2009 before losing their first round matches in 2010 (v Clare at Borrisoleigh) and in 2011 (v WIT at Clonmel).
• Tipperary hold the record for the longest winning streak in the Waterford Crystal Cup since the competition began under that guise in 2006 when they won 10 consecutive matches between 2007 and 2009.
• The University of Limerick is the only third level college to have a winning record in the Waterford Crystal Cup since 2006 - winning 7 games and losing 6.
• 39 players scored in the three matches played in the preliminary round.
• Waterford have won 11 of their last 13 matches in the Waterford Crystal Cup, including a current winning streak of 7 matches.
• Clare are the only team who have won at least one game each year since the Waterford Crystal Cup competition began in 2006.
• The record of the Third Level Colleges in the Waterford Crystal Cup since 2006 is Won 18, Lost 37, a 33% success rate. Since the Third Level Colleges entered the McGrath Cup (Senior Football) in 2005, their success rate is 32%.
• Limerick won the first Waterford Crystal Cup title in 2006, winning four matches in the process. Since then, in three appearances in the competition they have failed to win a game.
• IT Tralee is the only team not to win a game in the Waterford Crystal Cup since 2006, losing their first match in the last 5 seasons.
• None of the five teams who take part in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship have a losing record in the Waterford Crystal Cup since 2006.

Waterford Crystal Cup

Waterford Crystal Cup Senior Hurling Roll Of Honour

Waterford (2) - 2010, 2011

Tipperary (2) - 2007, 2008

Clare (1) - 2009

Limerick (1) - 2006

Waterford Crystal Cup - 2012 Scorers