Browne guides Sion to record 34th title

Mount Sion 4-14 Ballygunner 4-7

The seven point margin that separated the sides at the end does less than justice to Ballygunner’s brave challenge, but on a day when they sorely missed the silken skills of the suspended Paul Flynn, they fell short in their determined bid to topple the champions.

With the strong wind to their backs in the opening half, the Gunners needed to build up a decent lead, but they came unstuck as their forwards failed to make serious inroads into a Mount Sion defence, so superbly marshalled by Man of the Match Browne, who had sterling allies in John Cleere on his right and skipper Anthony Kirwan on the fringe of the square.