Banner boys blitz Rebels for glorious hat-trick

Clare 1-28 Cork 1-13

The Clare supporters, who were very much in the majority in a crowd of 12,995, rose to acclaim their U21 hurlers on the half-time whistle; this contest all but done and dusted with the home outfit ahead by 1-15 to 0-5.

Little over half an hour later they poured onto the turf of Cusack Park, the county’s young heroes carried aloft as they celebrated a third consecutive Munster title.