Last eight are known in Waterford Senior Football Championship.

The Quarter finals of this years County Senior Football Championship were confirmed today with the playing of the last round of league games in group two, with the games in group one played on Saturday evening.

County Champions Stradbally have reached the last eight of the competition with a one hundred present record after they easily accounted for Kilrossanty at Fraher Field.

Despite going a point down early in the game, they had a great start to this game, putting the ball in the Kilrossanty net on four minutes. Robert Aherne sent in a testing ball around the Kilrossanty goal which looked as though it was going to be easily cleared by Kilrossanty, but the ball took two massive deflections of Barry and Mark Prendergast before beating a stranded Darren Mulhearne in the Kilrossanty goal.

Kilrossanty received a huge blow on the quarter of an hour mark when they lost Stephen Prendergast with a serious injury.

Despite he not been on the field and also short the services of Paul Whyte, they played their best football after Prendergast was helped from the field until the break and went in front after Patrick Cunningham hit a goal on twenty seven minutes and extended that lead moments later when Niall Walsh pointed.

However, they retired at the break trailing as Stradbally were able to hit a late well worked goal at the end of the first half to lead 2-4 to 1-6 at the interval.

In the second half it was all one way traffic as Michael Walsh, Christopher Casey, David Grey, Paddy Kiely, Shane Aherne and John Coffey all landed scores, with Kilrossanty’s sole response coming from William Brazil.

A 2-15 to 1-7 win for Stradbally despite playing to their best will have got people to sit up and take notice, while Kilrossanty who are also through to the quarter finals could find themselves in a lot of trouble if they don’t have Paul Whyte back for the next day, especially with Stephen Prendergast out.

At Kill, Clashmore came out on top in a very close game with Gaultier.

The side from the west of the county were through to the knockout stages of this years championship ahead of this game while defeat for Gaultier means that they will be contesting this year’s relegation play off.

The Barony men at the break lead 1-2 to 0-4 in this game, the goal coming from the very impressive coming from JJ Hutchinson who smashed a penalty past Declan Hickey in the Clashmore goal after he was fouled by Ciaran Bourke.

Clashmore began the second half as brightly as they began the first, hitting early points through Aidan Trihy and John Prendergast.

Ian Power hit a second Gaultier goal after he was picked out by JJ Hutchinson which gave Gaultier a 2-4 to 1-6 lead.

However, Clashmore were to end the game slightly the stronger of the two sides, to win by a point and with Brian O’Halloran coming back into contention for a place in their starting team after a long lay off with injury and if they can get Sean Fleming home from his Army duties, Clashmore could well prove to be one of the teams to watch in this years championship.

At the WIT campus in Carriganore, Saint Saviours proved too strong for Ardmore and in the process won a place in the knockout stages of this year’s championship.

The Ballybeg based outfit over the hour showed to be the hungrier side and in the end were worthy 1-15 to 2-5 winners.

The winners had a tonic start to this game and went five points to one up by the end of the first quarter with their scores coming from Seamus Byrne, Brian Power, Joey Phelan and Adam Brophy.

Ardmore however never let them get too far in front and were rewarded for doing so on twenty eight minutes, when hit the first goal of the game from the Penalty spot after John Gartland was upended and Clinton Hennessy made no mistake.

Leading 0-7 to 1-3 at the break, the City side began the second half well with points from Peter Crowley and Anthony Jacob.

Ardmore levelled matter on forty one minutes when John Gartland beat Paul Holohan.

Saint Saviours on the night proved to be the better of the sides, and they were rewarded for their efforts on forty-five minutes when Brian Power goaled to give them a 1-11 to 2-3 lead.

The final quarter proved to be an even enough battle but Ardmore needed a goal to get something from the game but never looked like getting one.

At Fraher Field on Sunday, Ballinacourty without ever reaching the heights that they can, proved to be forever too strong for Brickeys.

Brickeys had a great start to this game and lead 0-3 to 0-0 after just eight minutes.

But from here on in, there was only one team in contention, as Ballinacourty went in a the break with a 1-9 to 0-4 advantage on the scoreboard, the goal coming from Jason O’Brien who was quickest to react to a Michael O’Halloran side line kick that landed in front of the Brickeys goal.

Ballinacourty in the second half were in total control. Brickeys never really looked a side that would trouble their opponents who in the end ran out comfortable 1-20 to 0-6 winners.

At Stradbally, Shane Walsh made his return to action from a long lay off with injury coming on as a sub and finished the game with a tally of three points.

Rathgormack never looked a side that were going to trouble The Nire who at the break held a 0-6 to 0-1 advantage.

In the second half, without ever having to move up through the gears, The Nire stayed on top and although they conceded a late goal through Jason Gleeson who beat Thomas Wall with a well drilled low shot past the inter country reserve keeper, the score failed to ignite Rathgormack. Brian Wall kicked the last scores of the game for the Nire who ran out winners on a 0-12 to 1-5 score line.

Bushy Park was the place to be on Sunday afternoon.

There was those that felt that if there was going to be a shock result (of sorts) it was going to come between An Rinn who were short a number of their regular players and last years intermediate champions Ballinameela.

A goal on nine minutes from John Stack after he was quickest to react to the rebound after Tomás Ó Cadhla did well to deny Conor Buckley gave Ballinameela a 1-0 to 0-2 lead. An Rinn hit back with the next two scores of the game, but they went in trailing 1-6 to 0-7 at the break.

The second half proved to be a low scoring affair as both sides struggled with their shooting in front of goals.

With five minutes to play, it looked as though An Rinn were going to win meaning Ballinameela were going to end up in a relegation battle, but a point from Jim Curran five minutes from time gave Ballinameela a share of the spoils and with it a place in the quarter final stages of this years championship.

In the quarter finals, there is a clash of the Champions as last years Senior and Intermediate champions clash. Back in 2010, Stradbally and Ballinameela clashed in the semi finals of the championship and it looked as though Ballinameela were going to cause a massive shock when they kicked a late goal to go in front in added time at the semi final stages of the competition, but Stradbally from the restart attacked the Ballinameela goal and kicked a point to send the game to a replay, which Stradbally won rather easily at Cappoquin.

The Nire and Kilrossanty meet in a repeat of a clash at the same stage of the competition last year. On that occasion, the sides finished all square after extra time and in the replay, it was The Nire that came out on top.

There is an all Western clash with the meeting of Clashmore and An Rinn in a game that could prove to be the tie of the round while Saint Saviours who are battling with relegation with the past number of years will take on a fancied Ballinacourty side.

The relegation play off this year is between Gaultier and Brickeys. Both of these two sides will know that they are capable of doing better than they have all year, and will be going all to secure their place in the senior grade in 2014.

Details of the fixtures are expected to be announced in the coming days.