Irish fire four past South Africa in Celtic Cup win

Ireland’s narrow Olympic qualification miss was put into further perspective last night as they swatted aside London-bound South Africa 4-2 in the Celtic Cup at Lisnagarvey.

Departing Ireland coach Paul Revington got one over his compatriots as Ireland racked up their fifth victory over Olympic-qualified opponents in the last 12 months.

Quickfire short corner goals from Timmy Cockram and John Jermyn — the latter moving to within two goals of overhauling Stephen Butler’s all-time Irish record — put Ireland in control early on.