James O’Donovan switches code to advance in Phair Cup
Last month O’Donovan was a key player for Bandon GAA in their Cork intermediate championship double in hurling and football. This win is above the ordinary too as Mackle has won virtually every domestic competition of significance in the past year, including the All-Ireland senior final and two editions of the King of the Roads.
This was not an easy win. They were locked together on eight each to Desmond’s. Mackle then hit a purple patch. He got a brilliant bowl to Sam’s Lane followed by a great bowl from there over the rise to push him well over a bowl of odds clear. O’Donovan reduced the deficit with a brilliant bowl to Campbell’s, but he lost ground again with a poor shot to the novice line.
