Pierce’s late show earns Kilworth another crack at Grenagh

Grenagh 1-9 Kilworth 0-12

Trailing by six points and having lost the services of midfielder Dian Cahill and corner-forward and free-specialist Paudie Lynch for second yellow card offences, it looked curtains for Kilworth with a quarter of an hour remaining.

But Kilworth stunned their opponents by conjuring up a fairytale comeback with the magnificent Pierce was chief architect.