Blue tide rising as St Finbarr’s on the march

Anyone present at Páirc Uí Rinn on April 22 wouldn’t have been including St Finbarr’s in their list of contenders for the Andy Scannell Cup.

It wasn’t so much the margin of defeat to Ballincollig that was galling, rather the manner in which the Barr’s accepted their fate. Trailing 1-7 to 1-6 at the break, the city outfit were outscored by 2-10 to 0-4 upon the resumption. The 13-point difference at the end could have been even greater.

Admittedly both Michael Shields and Stephen Sherlock were absent that evening but that doesn’t excuse the collective effort. Management realised as much.