Holland to the rescue as Fr O’Neills peg back Newcestown

THIS was one of those rare occasions when a draw was the perfect outcome to a marvellous game of hurling in the Cork premier intermediate championship at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

Considering that scores were level nine times before midfielder Jer Holland equalised for Fr O’Neills in injury time, it would have been a misfortune for one of them to go under.

The east Cork side in particular would have found it hard to accept, not merely because it marked their debut at this level of competition. And, they might very well have triumphed but for the impact made by Padraig Condon after he was brought in at full-forward for Newcestown 12 minutes after the resumption.