Rousing start sets Rossa’s on road to glory

O’DONOVAN ROSSA made no mistake at the second time of asking at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday to claim their third Cork Co U21 FC title in impressive style.

Rossa’s arrived determined to finish the job and went about it from the throw-in. The sides were level at 0-1 apiece after three minutes before Rossa’s took control, helped by the excellence of Shane Crowley and Paudie Crowley at midfield. In a blistering 10-minute spell, they rifled over five points, two from Kevin Davis, to open up a 0-6 to 0-1 lead after 20 minutes.

Carrig had little luck up front and had three efforts for scores come back off the upright. Coupled with that, usually reliable free-taker David Drake missed two scoreable frees, before he eventually found the target from a placed ball after his side had gone 20 minutes without a score.