Vaughan goal the key for DLS

FOR the third time in seven years, De La Salle (Macroom) will participate in the marquee day in Munster Colleges football after staving off Coláiste Chríost Rí in an absorbing Corn Uí Mhuirí semi-final in Cloughduv on Saturday.

It was the third time this season the Mid-Cork school had defeated their city opponents, after victories in the group stages of the competition and in the Simcox Cup final as well.

Chiselling a two-point win after enduring a ferocious second-half onslaught from Coláiste Chríost Rí was all the more admirable considering De La Salle’s injury setbacks in the build-up to this game. The previous weekend saw regular full-back Robbie O’Dwyer ruled out for the rest of the campaign after breaking his leg in a club game while first-choice centre-back Sean O’Leary was sidelined with a shoulder injury. O’Leary may be fit in time for the final on March 4, yet in his absence, De La Salle managed to reorganise their rearguard successfully to keep Coláiste Chríost Rí at bay.