Ruairí O’Hagan the hero as Fermoy hit back

Fermoy 1-7 Macroom 0-8: You rarely want to hear the half-time whistle when things are going your way, but on Saturday night it couldn’t come soon enough for Fermoy, who were staring defeat in their PIFC clash with Macroom at Caherlag.

They may have been trailing by only three points, but they were not in the game and only for some poor Macroom finishing it would have been a lot worse.

Macroom were dominating all over the pitch, their defence was on top, and with Fintan and David Goold causing problems at the other end they looked as if they were going to win with ease. But right from the restart, it was like a different Fermoy team that took to the pitch.