Butler and Young point way for Valley

VALLEY ROVERS’ march to this year’s county IHC title continued at Banteer last night where they had three points to spare over Dromina in a hard-fought contest.

The Innishannon side looked winners from early on, hurling with great pace and skill, but unfortunately some of the gloss was taken off their win by an off-the-ball incident which left Dromina corner back Dave Buckley bleeding profusely from a head wound.

After consultation with his linesman referee Richie Murphy gave Eamonn Collins a straight red card which could rule him out of the rest of the championship.