Barry’s skill unable to stop Oulart

Oulart-the-Ballagh 1-16 St Anne’s (Rathangan) 1-11

Having led 1-11 to 0-6 at the interval, St Anne’s looked in a positive position, but it was five unanswered points in the closing three minutes that handed the reigning champions eventual victory.

Oulart-the-Ballagh started impressively with points from Peter Murphy, John Roche and Eoin Moore having them 0-3 to 0-0 in front after just five minutes, but a 27th-minute goal from Michael O’Keeffe handed the challengers a 1-9 to 0-6 interval lead.