Portlaw rout Shamrocks

Portlaw 0-18 Shamrocks 1-2

The outcome had inevitability written all over it long before the final whistle confirmed Portlaw’s senior status in 2005. For Shamrocks, it was a disaster day, a day when very few of their key players delivered. In particular their trump card, county star Eoin Murphy was never the commanding player he had been en route to the final.

The signs were ominous for them from the throw-in with Portlaw dominant in virtually every sector.