Brick the building block for the Nire

HOLDERS Stradbally suffered their first defeat in the Waterford SFC at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, on Saturday evening going down 0-8 to 0-4 to a Nire side brilliantly led by county hurling stars Liam Lawlor and Shane ‘Brick’ Walsh.

With both teams already assured of their places in the knock out quarter-finals, the Nire led 0-4 to 0-3 at half-time but with Stradbally restricted to a solitary point on the turnover, the winners eased their way to their deserved victory.

Ballinacourty, who were also guaranteed to progress, set about maintaining their unbeaten group stage record and won every bit as decisively at the 2-12 to 0-8 final scoreline suggests, leading by 2-3 to 0-5 at the interval.