C of I sound warning as ‘Town wallop Pembroke

Cork Church of Ireland showed they could be a dark horse for this year’s Irish Hockey League by routing Glenanne 4-1 at Garryduff on Saturday.

This was a very comfortable victory for the Munster champions, for whom Andy Herbert was back to his imperious best in midfield, a major reversal from the defeat Glens inflicted on the hosts by the same scoreline the last time they met here in 2010.

Glens had their chances too but were all at sea at the back, allowing Ali Smith’s reverse to put C of I on the front foot.