Murphy primed for Newtown showdown

THE complicated life of a county hurler.

Before last weekend Kieran ‘Hero’ Murphy of Erin’s Own needed a couple of hurleys for the Cork county SHC semi-final. Thing was, Murphy’s supplier had something of a vested interest in the outcome of the Erin’s Own v St Finbarr’s clash himself: Ben O’Connor of Newtownshandrum, who had already qualified for the final.

Going to Newtown might have been inflammatory but Murphy needed the hurleys. Etiquette was put to one side.