Quins claim another title

Cork Harlequins’ clinical finishing helped them retain the Munster Senior League crown with a 2-0 win over Cork Church of Ireland last night.

With the sides locked on 33 points from 12 games after the regular season — after each side lost once to the other — a playoff was required to determine a winner, though the miserable conditions at a drenched Farmer’s Cross helped neither’s ambitions.

David Egner had put the hosts into a fifth-minute lead from a corner rebound, but the rest of the half belonged to C of I without the Blues getting any tangible reward as Chris Daunt made a quartet of saves from John Jermyn.