The Nire find extra energy to outgun Carbery Rangers

Carbery Rangers (Cork) 1-13 The Nire (Waterford) 2-15: This lively Munster Club SFC semi-final at Clonakilty went to extra-time before The Nire’s hunger and work rate were finally rewarded, the Waterford champions seeing off Carbery Rangers of Cork with a burst of 1-4 to 0-2 in the additional period.

Rangers’ manager Ronan McCarthy said he had no complaints with the result, and the 1,975 in attendance couldn’t have either. The Nire recovered from a six-point deficit with 20 minutes to go to lead in injury time, and their eventual win was just reward for their application.

It looked different for the West Cork side early on. The only goal of the first-half came when centre-back Robbie Kiely hit a long clearance which broke kindly for Hayes eight minutes into the game.