Carbery Rangers lacklustre but still do enough to get the job done

Carbery Rangers (Cork) 2-11 Monaleen (Limerick) 0-7: It may not have been the most emphatic of victories but Carbery Rangers showed enough potential to demonstrate that they will be contenders in this year’s AIB Munster SFC club championship following this workmanlike quarter-final victory over Monaleen at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

The Rosscarbery side’s report card could be marked ‘average’ following their first ever foray into the Munster Club SFC: Elements of positive attacking football aligned with some slack defending and married to some poor option-taking.

It’s a report card their manager, Ronan McCarthy, will spend numerous training sessions fine-tuning between now and a semi-final meeting with the Waterford champions in just under two weeks.