THE spoils went Sarsfields’ way, thanks to hitting a purple patch in the opening quarter, but Ballinhassig left Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday with their pride intact after an admirable second-half recovery.

Ballinhassig 1-16 Aghada 1-11

The luckiest woman in Europe lives in a small white bungalow with two horseshoe-decorated flowerboxes outside it.