I'd expect Midleton to have too much hurling for Newtown. To Newton's credit, they are tough and resilient. They will be reliant on Tim O' Mahony and Jamie Coughlan for inspiration. Cormac O' Brien has been relatively quiet for them from what I saw this year. Ronan Geary is always good for a goal. If Newtown get goals, they'll make a game of it. Otherwise, Midleton should win by 5 or more points.
I see Blackrock are 1/3 to beat Kanturk at the weekend. Kanturk are 3/1. There is value in that bet in my opinion. Kanturk like Fermoy as a venue. Kanturk also showing up well in all 3 of their group games including drawing with Midleton. They are the most physical team in Cork but against another physical team in Blackrock. It could be a war of attrition hopefully. Connolly and Cotter may be the difference in the end if they are not contained.
Imokilly are hot favourites to beat Fr O'Neills here. But I expect this to be a good game. Fr O' Neills already beat the Barrs in Clonmult Park in Midleton this year so coming back to that venue again will put a pep in their step. Imokilly's firepower should pull them through in the end but Fr O'Neills might spoil them too.
