'Four years ago the club was nearly going to fold': Perfect end to Russell Rovers’ remarkable 2019

The curtain came down on the Munster club championships with Russell Rovers taking the last piece of silverware in front of 1,610 enthusiastic spectators at the Fraher Field and adding another chapter in a fairytale season for hurling in East Cork.

'Four years ago the club was nearly going to fold': Perfect end to Russell Rovers’ remarkable 2019
Sun, 08 Dec, 2019 - 21:31
Therese O’Callaghan

[team1]Russell Rovers (Cork)[/team1][score1]2-13[/score1][team2]St Mary’s (Waterford)[/team2][score2] 0-11[/score2][/score]

The curtain came down on the Munster club championships with Russell Rovers taking the last piece of silverware in front of 1,610 enthusiastic spectators at the Fraher Field and adding another chapter in a fairytale season for hurling in East Cork.

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CourtsGaaPlace: Fraher FieldPlace: east CorkPlace: MallowPlace: DungarvanPerson: Josh BeausangPerson: Brian ‘Bud’ HartnettPerson: HartnettPerson: BeausangPerson: Noel FurlongPerson: Bud HartnettPerson: FurlongPerson: Eoin KearnsPerson: Dan ShanahanPerson: Kevin SheehanPerson: Jack McGrathPerson: Paul LanePerson: James KennifickPerson: KearnsPerson: Jack PowerPerson: Ross WalshPerson: Kieran WalshPerson: J BeausangPerson: B HartnettPerson: J McGrathPerson: K MoynihanPerson: K WalshPerson: E KearnsPerson: D TobinPerson: S FitzpatrickPerson: K SheehanPerson: JJ CoffeyPerson: R WalshPerson: K O’BrienPerson: E O’SullivanPerson: P LanePerson: J KennifickPerson: JP IversPerson: C RuddyPerson: K TattanPerson: D MoynihanPerson: L Duggan MurrayPerson: D O’BrienPerson: E McGrathPerson: K IversPerson: J AhernPerson: MaryPerson: JP FitzpatrickPerson: C TobinPerson: D CoffeyPerson: R GleesonPerson: A KearneyPerson: B McGourtyPerson: J PowerEvent: Munster clubEvent: Munster club championshipsOrganisation: Russell Rovers’Organisation: Russell RoversOrganisation: Mary’sOrganisation: WaterfordOrganisation: St MaryOrganisation: LimerickOrganisation: St Mary’sOrganisation: Dungarvan
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