Coach Shane Crowley hails gritty Rossa as Beara blown away

O’Donovan Rossa 2-11 Beara 0-8 (Cork SFC): If the outcome of this fourth-round clash was ever truly in doubt, then one sweeping passage of play on 41 minutes laid to rest all uncertainty.

Trailing by 1-9 to 0-4, the Beara divisional outfit desperately required a goal to reignite their challenge. Aidan McGurn’s men had been committed and wholehearted from the off, simply falling short in matching the quality of football tabled by their Skibbereen opponents.

Gary Murphy was among the few Beara footballers whose quality couldn’t be questioned and when he stepped enterprisingly inside the Skibbereen cover on 41 minutes, a goal looked the sure bet.