Colman’s show stuff of champions

IT was a case of the old dog for the hard road at Watergrasshill yesterday where champions St Colman’s pulled off a deserved victory over Colaiste An Spioraid Naoimh in the Irish Examiner Dr Harty Cup to keep their hopes of a fourth title win in a row alive.

Forced to field without six first choice players after the Kilworth club barred them from playing because of a county minor hurling final replay at the weekend, Colman’s strength in depth was illustrated by a tremendous gutsy performance which the newcomers couldn’t match.

Desperately keen to keep their record of not having lost a Harty Cup game for the last three years, the defending champions found themselves a goal down after just 10 seconds when Ronan Conway careered through unhindered.