Rapid opening paves the way for Glanworth

Glanworth 1-14 Glenville 1-9: It all started to go wrong for Glenville in the opening minutes when Glanworth opened up a four-point lead in this challenging Cork IFC round one battle at Rathcormac yesterday.

Actually, there was no way back for a battling Glenville side once they ended up on the wrong side of the scoreboard in those first six minutes.

They fought hard but Glanworth always held an edge once they set out the ground rules, having already won an important league fixture between the sides by seven points recently.