Carbery power past Ilen Rovers at second attempt

A tally of 2-7 from Mark Sugrue saw Carbery safely past Ilen Rovers (4-16 to 1-12)  in their Cork county SFC round 1 replay at Castlehaven on Sunday afternoon.

While 80 minutes of football couldn’t separate the sides a fortnight ago, this was far easier for the divisional side, despite a slow start as Ilen twice led in the opening quarter.

Three in a row from Sugrue put Carbery 0-5 to 0-3 in front, but Danny O’Donovan and Dan Mac Eoin had Ilen back level and Ilen sub Joseph Hickey might have netted but for a great Pat Prendergast save.