Clinical Carlow IT up ante

It took them time to warm to the task, but a clinical second-half performance was enough to secure the expected victory for a fancied Carlow IT team in this Fitzgibbon Cup game against Dublin IT yesterday.

The freezing cold day and the dead pitch ensured neither the first touch nor the bounce of the ball was always true, but you couldn’t fault the workrate or application of either team.

DIT were quicker to adapt to the conditions, though, thanks to some committed tackling and direct hurling and they moved into a 0-7 to 0-4 lead after 22 minutes, thanks mainly to the accurate free-taking of Dublin county hurler David Treacy.