Rahilly and Horan swing it for Scart

Scartaglin (Kerry) 2-7 Diarmuid Ó Mathúnas (Cork) 0-7

Indeed, in wintry conditions, goals were always going to be decisive and the Kerry champions had one in each half to help them on their way. Man-of-the-match Noel Rahilly got one with the other coming from centre-forward Mike Horan. Declan O’Mahoney and Pat Murphy also had big inputs for a Scartaglin side who had five of their forwards in the scoresheet.

Aidan Collins and Barry Lordan did well in defence for the West-Cork side with JP O’Callaghan getting four of their points.

Scorers for Scartaglin: N Rahilly, M Horan 1-0 each, P Rahilly, C Cummins 0-2 each, M Coakley, J Coakley, T Boyle 0-1 each.

Diarmuid Ó Mathúnas scorers: JP O’Callaghan 0-4, J O’Donovan, P Crowley, S Coughlan 0-1 each.

SCARTAGLIN: M Hewitt; G O’Connor, B Cronin, D O’Mahony; P Murphy, P Reidy, S Riordan; D Murphy, M Coakley; N Rahilly, M Horan, B Rahilly; P Rahilly, J Coakley, J Boyle. Sub: C Cummins.

DIARMUID Ó MATHÚNAS: G O’Leary: C O’Mahony, A Collins, B Horgan; J Sullivan, B Lordan, A O’Leary; T Lordan, J Crowley; D O’Leary, J O’Donovan, D Nyhan; P Crowley, JP O’Callaghan, S Coughlan.

Referee: M Doherty (Rathkeale).