Late McGrath point earns Martin’s deserved draw

JUSTICE was served in the first of the two Kilkenny senior hurling semi-finals in Nowlan Park yesterday when St. Martin’s secured the draw with a late point from Eoin McGrath.

It wasn’t just that St. Martin’s didn’t deserve to lose — and they didn’t — it’s just that this draw gives both teams a second opportunity (Sunday at Nowlan Park) to show that they should be accepted as genuine contenders for the Kilkenny crown.

On the evidence of this game, both have a lot of room for improvement.