Three Rock Rovers finish with a flourish to end Church of Ireland’s cup hopes

A crazy final minute ended with Cork Church of Ireland’s Irish Senior Cup dream dying after a 2-1 home quarter-final defeat to Three Rock Rovers on Saturday.

Jody Hosking’s classy reverse had Rovers in front with C of I, last year’s beaten finalists, spurning five short corners before Stephen Sweetnam slung home a drag-flick with 60 seconds remaining to level it.

But the hosts self-destructed, losing two men to yellow cards inside 20 seconds and Three Rock worked the extra men cleverly to give Hosking the opportunity to score his second and silence a sizeable Garryduff crowd.