Walsh goal decisive as Killeagh punish wasteful ‘Hassig

Killeagh 1-14 Ballinhassig 0-14

Three minutes from the end of normal time, Rochford brought off a vital save which protected a one-goal lead for Killeagh. Then, as the game edged into three minutes of injury-time, Ballinhassig won a penalty. Up came Coleman, whose powerful shot was blocked by centre-back Brendan Barry and following Darren Dineen’s ’65 it was all over.

Killeagh’s Noel O’Connor stressed the significance of Andrew Walsh’s 44th minute goal: “We found against Blackrock and Courceys that we needed something to go in our favour. Tonight we got the goal which put Ballinhassig on the back foot and give us belief that we were lacking.