Scannell the ace as Boherbue reach first decider

Boherbue CS 4-9 Borris VS 1-8

But it was a day of acute embarrassment for the vocational schools GAA authorities who presided over what was nothing short of an organisational shambles.

This All-Ireland B Vocational Schools football championship semi-final was played with just one umpire on duty at each end. And on a day of brief but intermittent snow showers, the referee arrived on the pitch eight minutes after the appointed throw-in time, the game eventually getting under way 12 minutes late after both teams had spent almost 20 minutes warming up.