Dangerous blow fails to chasten Cha

CHA Fitzpatrick wasn’t his usual influential self in midfield for Ballyhale yesterday — most of his work was hidden toil, done in the trenches.

One piece of action that wasn’t hidden, however, was the strike directly across the helmet that he suffered just before half-time.

“I suppose only for the helmet I’d be unconscious,” he admitted, “But that’s the way it goes in matches, sometimes.”