Grafter Austin Gleeson goes up a notch to inspire WIT for the Fitzgibbon Cup

Austin Gleeson had spent much of WIT’s Fitzgibbon Cup campaign operating within the shadow of county teammate Pauric Mahony. Yesterday afternoon he stepped centre-stage to keep alive their title defence.

Waterford centre-forward Mahony notched 1-41 en route to the penultimate round, including a remarkable 1-18 in their group win over Maynooth, and was rightly labelled the man to watch in the first of the afternoon’s semis.