Inspired by the brilliance of county hurling full-back Diarmuid O’Sullivan at full-forward, the East Cork divisional side thoroughly deserve their five-point victory and will now meet the winners of tonight’s clash of Muskerry and Seandún in round two.
While all the plaudits will go to O’Sullivan and rightly so, the contributions of Barry Fitzgerald at centre-back, Michael Cussen and Killian Cronin at midfield and Kieran Murphy at centre-forward were massive.
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