Classy Canning fires Portumna to new heights

Portumna 2-8 Newtownshandrum 1-6

In such circumstances, then, despite the fact that these were two quality teams, this was never going to be the classic so widely predicted.

And it wasn't. In fact, and fittingly, given the day that was in it, it was a game won ultimately by the team that was most effective in spoiling the other, and that was Portumna.