Carrickshock survive stiff test from Erin’s Own

FAVOURITES Carrickshock survived the sternest of tests from Erin’s Own (Castlecomer) in the first of the semi finals of the Kilkenny SHC at Nowlan Park yesterday before emerging victorious by a two-point margin.

It was a game where Carrickshock never really got into their rhythm and this was down to the canny tactics and shrewd hurling of outsiders Erins Own who tried hard to upset the pre-match prediction.

But they could not deny Carrickshock, who were intermediate less than a decade ago, from reaching their first senior hurling final since 1951.