Character has lifted the spirit of Glen Rovers

Romantics call it the spirit of the Glen. Ian Lynam prefers a more mundane term: character.

During their Munster semi-final against Patrickswell, Glen Rovers hit seven wides inside the opening 14 minutes and, in the process, failed to produce a flag of any description by the close of the first quarter.

The heads never dropped, though. They continued to hurl in the slipstream of the Limerick champions until parity was achieved in the 38th minute and, even at that, they did not manage to overtake their opponents until two minutes from the end of regulation time.