O’Riordan rules roost as Mallow finish in style

Mallow finished strongly to overcome Carrigaline in the opening round of the Premier IFC at Fermoy last night.

With 10 minutes of normal time remaining, Carrigaline led by 0-10 to 0-9 but two fine points from Cian O’Riordan put the North Cork side ahead and while David Drake equalised immediately after that, they would not score again.

O’Riordan was the key man for Mallow as he scored nine points and midfielders Denis Hayes and Hurl Dockery also played their part. Carrigaline will reflect on a final tally of 12 wides, with late efforts at salvaging something from the game coming to nothing.