Cian O’Callaghan scores the clincher for Erin’s Own

Erin’s Own 1-17 CIT 1-14: For a team who came within one hour of a county final appearance last autumn, having to play your ‘get out of jail’ card against a depleted CIT outfit in what was a particularly dour first round clash doesn’t inspire much by the way of confidence for the summer ahead.
Cian O’Callaghan scores the clincher for Erin’s Own

With the clock reading 59 minutes on a very wet night and the scoreboard showing the teams level at 1-13 to 0-16, Erin’s Own found themselves in a spot of bother last Saturday. From a position of dominance at half-time – they led 0-11 to 0-7 – their advantage had been chipped away at during the second-half, the rate of erosion quickened by a Tomás O’Connor goal entering the final quarter which was part of an unanswered 1-4 from the students.

Erin’s Own, even allowing for the absence of the injured Stephen Cronin and the loss of corner-back pair Cian O’Connor and Killian Murphy either side of half-time to injury, were expected to see this fixture out, and with a bit to spare. But with the clock approaching injury-time, a shock result was now a very real possibility.

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