Coppinger keeps composure to see off Murphy

Martin Coppinger led all the way in his last shot win over David Murphy in the Munster senior semi-final in front of a huge gallery at Ballygurteen on Sunday.

Anticipated as the score of the year, it never reached the heights expected in part due to the sheer size of the crowd and a poor start from Murphy. Still Coppinger did more than enough to confirm his stature. While Murphy finished with two extraordinary bowls to send his fans home with some consolation.

Coppinger got a good opener, while Murphy dropped his low to the left. He then needed a brilliant bowl to open the bend, but he fell 50m short of the target. Coppinger went well out with his second and Murphy missed that by ten metres to leave a full bowl between them.