Early goals put St Finbarr’s on road to last eight

St Finbarr’s 3-12 Midleton 0-12

Those two goals in the opening seven minutes laid the foundation for the Barrs’ success and sounded the death knell for Midleton in a sub-standard contest.

Principally due to the excellence of Ronan Curran at centre back and the sweet point-scoring expertise of wing forward Michael Ryan, the Barrs always held the upper hand and only twice during the rather mundane proceedings did the Magpies threaten to make a real match of it.