Denis Walsh points to ‘purple patch’

Ballygunner manager Denis Walsh pointed to the Na Piarsaigh purple patch after half-time as the turning point of yesterday’s Munster Club senior hurling final.

“We said to the lads at half-time the seven or eight minutes after the break would be the winning or losing of the game, and from our point of view it was the losing of it.

“They must have hit seven or eight points in 10 minutes. They were able to move up a gear, and we weren’t able to move up a gear with them. They’re the hard facts of it.