Crokes do the business in opening half

Kilmacud Crokes 0-11 Ballyboden St. Enda's 2-2

You wouldn't have fancied their chances before the game had you been told they would only manage two points in the entire second half. That they did says everything about the limited, if game, challenge presented to them by 'Boden, as much as their own exertions in defence.

Playing with the wind at their backs, Crokes knew they needed to return to the changing rooms at the break with some daylight between them and 'Boden on the scoreboard. What they managed was a five-point buffer, which was down largely to a concerted effort to press 'Boden as far up the pitch as was humanly possible.