IT took over 80 minutes of absorbing action before the contest was settled in Cloughduv yesterday with UCC’s greater energy and ball retention skills proving decisive in this Munster Club SFC quarter-final.

A TALE of two halves in Newcastle West yesterday as Monaleen claimed their fourth Limerick SFC title at the expense of an Adare side bidding for their first.

THE real start of the inter-county season is just two weeks away, when the first round of the Allianz National Football League will be played and already Limerick manager Liam Kearns has concerns about how his team is going to fare.

Monaleen 1-10 Clonmel Commercials 1-5

Monaleen 1-10 Adare 1-9