St Colman’s do the damage early

St Colman’s, Fermoy 3-12 CBC, Cork 1-12: Three goals in a wind-assisted first-half proved priceless for Fermoy’s St Colman’s College, who booked their place in the Dr Harty Cup semi-finals for the second successive year in seeing off Christian Brothers College at Church Road in Blackrock yesterday.

Colman’s remain the last school to achieve a three-in-a-row in the competition, but the high water-mark of the 2000-02 treble has been hard to emulate. Consecutive last-four showings point to a resurgence, however.

Having had the strong breeze behind them in the first half, they led by 15 points, 3-7 to 0-1, at half-time. While the elements were worth a few points, it was always likely a clean sheet would be enough to see off Christians.