CIT reel in Douglas

Cork IT 2-13 Douglas 2-12

However, they kicked 1-5 without reply in those closing minutes. The recovery was sparked by a penalty save by Michael O’Reilly in the 50th minute. The Clonmel Commercials player turned Sam Collins’ effort out for a 45m.

“We needed the win after Sunday night [hurling loss to Glen Rovers],” said Cork IT manager Keith Ricken. “But when you think of it, both hurling and football teams showed great character and both are very proud to wear the jersey. We had good numbers on both night, but, tonight we got a run and we got a bit of luck. They could have got a goal from the penalty and it could have been all over. The goal was an important save. It could have ended up like the hurling in a big defeat, but the save lifted our guys and Kieran Murphy got a great goal that brought us back into it.