Champions Ballyhale avert shock as they finally hit top gear
However, far from giving the underdogs the boost they’d need to drive on, it seemed to leave them transfixed, while the champions suddenly became transformed.
Where heretofore Ballyhale had appeared lethargic, now they came alive. Inspired by the Reid brothers TJ and Eoin up front, with county stars Cha Fitzpatrick and Henry Shefflin displaying their unquestionable class, Michael Fennelly heroic, a dominant defence anchored by Eamonn Walsh and Aidan Cummins, they went on the rampage.
