Julian Dale repeats the magic for Cork Church of Ireland

Another Julian Dale wondergoal looks to have saved Cork Church of Ireland from EY Hockey League relegation trouble.

The 19-year-old, who dribbled the ball over a goalkeeper’s head on a penalty shuffle in a Munster U21 final and found himself a viral video hit around the hockey world in December, pulled off a similar trick from open play to give his side a vital 2-1 win over Banbridge on Saturday.

John Jermyn had already cancelled out Stephen Dowds’ opener when he launched a huge overhead behind the Bann defence off a turnover in his own half with two minutes remaining. The onrushing Dale controlled the ball over the head of 6’7” Bann goalkeeper Gareth Lennox and walked it into the empty goal to give C of I a first EYHL win in six months.