Riordan and O’Driscoll tame Gould brothers
Riordan beat Anthony Gould at Béal na mBláth, despite two very short opening shots that left him a bowl of odds down. Gould increased his odds with his second throw, but Riordan then turned the score in two flashes of brilliance.
He got a massive bowl past the water to the double-gates. He followed with an equally brilliant one to sight facing Shorten’s cross, where he took his first lead. He had light at Long’s Lane in four more where Gould made a mistake and fell a bowl behind. Riordan pushed his lead to almost two bowls in the shots to the big corner and kept control to Cronin’s where Gould conceded.
