Kilworth turn on the power to see off Grenagh

KILWORTH showed their championship credentials with an inspired second-half display to win a classic Evening Echo Cork County JAHC quarter-final replay 0-11 to 1-6 at Buttevant yesterday.

A tense, hard-hitting encounter looked like boiling over when Grenagh were reduced to 14 men in the 41st minute, and a scuffle on full-time didn’t detract from an exciting game peppered with passages of top-class hurling.

When Grenagh reflect on this game their 11 wides to Kilworth’s six will show the opportunity they lost, though Kilworth’s defence was heroic in the second half, especially Will Twomey, Mark O’Connor and Damien McNamara.