Classy Castlehaven give St Finbarr’s the blues

Castlehaven 2-9 St Finbarr’s 1-7

Striking words from Castlehaven coach James McCarthy after seeing his charges win the battle of the blues at a super Clonakilty venue on Saturday to reach the semi-final stage of the Cork SFC for the first time since 2003.

After firing 12 wides over the hour and dominating the contest, Castlehaven certainly made hard work of putting St Finbarr’s away. Maybe that was on McCarthy’s mind. On another day Seanie Cahalane, who was excellent all through, would have scored a hatful of points. This time though his radar was way off, although he did find the net in the 39th minute, after great work by Brian Hurley, who got their opening goal from the penalty spot just before the half-time break.