Castlelyons show style and steel
Handicapped by bad wides, the East Cork side went in at half-time trailing by 0-7 to 0-6, with frees from Colm Spillane key in keeping them in touch. Newcestown had played the smarter hurling, unlucky more than once not to get a goal and they seemed well set to finish the job in the second period.
They would go scoreless until Eoin Kelly’s 45th-minute point, however. In contrast, Castlelyons scored five unanswered points as they re-calibrated their shooting, with Colm Barry outstanding in midfield and corner-back Bryan Carroll executing some superb defending.
