Moyle Rovers take charge in Group A

TIPPERARY’S Moyle Rovers are the front runners to progress from Group A after swashbuckling performances against Ballinhassig and Kinsale.

In their opening game, Stephen Quirke gave a man of the match show in attack, notching 1-5 in a 4-8 to 2-1 win, while in the second game, full-forward Danny Owens scored 3-1. Billy Johnson, PJ Lonergan, Jack McGrath and Morgan Irwin also shone.

Tinryland of Carlow easily accounted for Kinsale 3-14 to 0-1 in their opening game. Jason Curran was their star man with 2-1 while Dylan Ramsbottom, Kieran Larkin and Peter Hennessy also chipped in with scores.