Daly’s rousing words inspire Milltown-Castlemaine victory

A GOOD first half paved the way for Milltown-Castlemaine to reach the Munster club IFC final at Mallow yesterday as they withstood a strong second-half Newmarket comeback.

Leading by 1-5 to 0-2 at half-time after an excellent performance once they found their rhythm, inspired by former Kerry player Ian Twiss, the Kingdom champions looked set to sail into the decider.

But Newmarket got themselves back into contention through a Brian O’Riordan penalty. However, they could not get level at any stage, an overreliance on TJ Bodie frees hampering them while Twiss scored for Milltown-Castlemaine and his brother Derek came off the bench to kick two priceless late points.