14-man Éire Óg dig in for courageous win

Éire Óg 2-18 Argideen Rangers 2-15 (aet): A great start and powerful finish was enough to see Éire Óg through Saturday night’s pulsating Cork IHC second round clash with Argideen Rangers at Ballygarvan.

In between, not everything went according to plan and the Ovens outfit had to battle bravely through a difficult second half after losing substitute Dave Sheehan, who picked up two yellow cards inside a minute and was sent off.

Having led 1-10 to 1-6 at the break, 14-man Éire Óg were significantly outscored in the second period and had to rely on a last-gasp pointed free from goalkeeper Dylan Desmond to force the game into extra-time.