Last shotwin for Murphy

Aidan Murphy had the first win of the 2012 Munster senior championship when he beat Martin Coppinger in the last shot at Baile Mhuirne in Pool A on Saturday.

Coppinger got the better of the opening shots by 40m and was just fore after the second to light. Murphy then got two poor shots to fall almost a bowl behind. Coppinger held that lead to O’Donoghue’s bend. Murphy cut the odds with a great bowl past Cnoc an Úir cross, but Coppinger was almost a bowl clear again at the slippery rock. He got a poor shot there though and Murphy took his first lead at the following tip.

There was nothing between them at Murphy’s. Coppinger then beat Murphy’s brilliant bowl towards the novice line by 30m. Murphy’s next was poor and Coppinger punished him with a big bowl to Ullanes bridge to raise almost a bowl again. Murphy kept the lead under a bowl by beating Coppinger’s massive bowl to the junior line.