Rangers too hot to handle for Galls

ARMAGH champions Crossmaglen Rangers dumped the reigning Ulster and All-Ireland champions, St. Gall’s, out of the running for successive titles with a brilliant 1-12 to 0-9 point win at Oliver Plunkett Park.

In a frenetic and fractious contest that saw three red cards, 11 yellows, two penalties, and a litany of towering individual performances, the Ulster club series has suddenly assumed a whole new dynamic.

Even by the half-way stage, Rangers had one foot in the semi-finals, having assembled a 1-8 to 0-4 lead. Oisín McConville complemented his five-point haul by drilling home a 28th minute penalty and this served to cement his team’s dominance, as St Gall’s were restricted to futile attempts at achieving any real level of cohesion.