Birr handle cold best to retain title

Birr 2-5

Even deep in the bowels of the impressively re-vamped stand it was howling and swirling round the columns and trusses.

On the field, as the anthem was being played, was referee Dickie Murphy of Wexford. In his natty but skimpy referee's attire, his shivers were evident even from the top deck why then did he allow this game go ahead?