Kilcormac-Killoughey rule

Kilcormac-Killoughey 1-21 Birr 1-14

Manager Danny Owens spoke afterwards of the importance of retaining the title and how the leinster champions wasted no time in setting their sights on this goal after losing the All-Ireland Club final to St Thomas’ of Galway on St Patrick’s Day.

“We never wanted to be regarded as a team that just won one title and then fell away after that, so to put two titles together was crucial for us. That was our focus ever since last March. Our heads were down after losing the All-Ireland final last year but there and then we resolved that we were going to do everything we could to retain this title” said Owens.