Walsh steps in to grab late Nire winner

An injury-time intervention from sub Shane Walsh guided The Nire past Kilrossanty (1-16 to 1-15) in a gripping quarter-final on Saturday night.

The sides were level 11 times before Walsh struck the winner a minute into added time. Paul Whyte had an opportunity to equalise from a 45 metre free but his effort landed short and The Nire defence snuffed out the danger. The inter-county forward spearheaded Kilrossanty’s charge throughout and posted 1-6.

The sides couldn’t be split at half time (eight points each) and both enjoyed periods of supremacy in an action packed second period.