Riordan and Wilmot gearing up for final
It gets underway tomorrow at Kilcorney, with the clash of Michael Gould and rising star Arthur McDonagh in the Munster Junior A final.
On Saturday evening, Pat Butler and Christy Mullins clash in the Munster senior quarter-final at Lyre.
On Sunday there’s the meeting of the titans at Skibbereen when Martin Coppinger and David Murphy face off in the other senior quarter-final.
The intermediate final will be played over next month’s All-Ireland course at Derrinasafa. Wilmot brings an astonishing level of championship consistency over the past two years.
Riordan comes to the fray with a Mike Tyson-type knockout punch — but his problem is that he does not always deliver the big bowl.
The Junior A final is just as intriguing. Here Michael Gould, representing the Fair Hill tradition is the cool, experienced bowler with a polished delivery, but perhaps he is not the fastest bowl in the pack.
McDonagh is the young pretender. He has the speed, he has the delivery, he has a massive support base, but will he have the presence of mind to see off Gould?
The Coppinger-Murphy meeting at Skibbereen is any sports fan’s dream. The two best bowlers on the planet meeting in a sudden death play-off.
The Butler-Mullins match pits two veteran stylists seeking dominance.
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