Macroom’s late burst shakes off Tralee

TWO late points by Tony Dineen and Stephen Down gave DLS Macroom victory in this entertaining Corn Uí Mhuirí quarter-final at Rathmore yesterday.

It was a victory that didn’t look likely for long spells given the dominance of the Kerry school for long periods, but DLS took full advantage after Tralee had wing back Nathan Murphy sent off. Using their numerical strength to good advantage, they finished strongly to set up as semi-final with Dingle CBS in a few weeks.

Two evenly-matched sides were level seven times. Both were rich in talent. Jamie Kelleher was superb at centre back for Macroom while Tony Dineen was outstanding in attack, where he contributed five points of his side’s tally.