Foley proves secret weapon for Adare

In a game in which it was difficult to pick out any particular individual (a great display from Andrew O’Shaughnessy who scored 4-9 from 4-11 for Kilmallock), Jack Foley was selected as man of the match, for his performance for Adare when moved to centre back after the opening quarter.

Afterwards, Jack explained why, despite the late winning surge, they had failed to live up to their billing.

“In fairness to Ahane, they’re a great championship team, pulled us all over the place. We were at sixes and sevens, couldn’t get our shape right, and they went into an early lead, 6-2 . Mark (brother and team captain) went out midfield and did better, and we came back well, went in level at half-time.