Champs must try again
In a repeat of last year’s epic two-game series, Clough-Ballacolla needed a point in the final minute of normal time to force the replay, after an exhilarating game that finished 1-20 to 2-17 in O’Moore Park.
Rathdowney-Errill got off to the better start and raced into a 0-4 to 0-1 lead after five minutes thanks to a couple of points from Darren King. Clough-Ballacolla were struggling to get a foothold in the game, but they roared into life a minute later when Stephen Maher’s precise pass set Willie Dunphy up for the first goal of the game. Two minute later they had another, as Willie Hyland thumped a 21m free to the net and led 2-2 to 0-4.
