Nemo Rangers nous steers them into another decider

Nemo Rangers 1-11 Carbery Rangers 0-13: Nemo Rangers were hanging on desperately at the end, but when you’ve been there, done that and wore the t-shirt, it’s likely you’ll still get over the line in front — even if it’s by a nose.

Carbery Rangers fumed afterwards about a penalty shout in the final minutes when John O’Rourke hit the deck as they powered forward in search of salvation. But the winning and losing of this Cork SFC semi-final was less about the climax and more about the respective tactics in the first half.

The Rosscarbery men gave everything they had to overturn a 1-7 to 0-3 interval deficit — John O’Rourke even returning to the field after having a dislocated shoulder popped back — but there will be a lot of looking in the mirror today after a very disjointed first period by last year’s beaten finalists.