Bridge could not answer the goal blitz

Timing is everything

The old adage that goals win matches rang true in Ennis yesterday. Na Piarsaigh scored four while Sixmilebridge failed to raise a green flag. It wasn’t just the goals, either, but the timing of the goals that made all the difference. A peach of a through ball from Shane Dowling picked out Kevin Downes and he finished expertly past a stranded Derek Fahy in the first minute.

This opened the Limerick club’s account and set them on their way. It gave them a grip on the game in the first half that kept them at arm’s length from the Clare champions.