Paudie O’Sullivan’s last-gasp strike rescues replay for Imokilly

Imokilly 1-24 Sarsfields 2-21 (Cork SHC semi-final): Given the way the game went as a whole, Imokilly might have been disappointed to only have garnered a draw at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday, but the East Cork divisional side were most glad of Paudie O’Sullivan’s equaliser in the 64th minute.

Only three times did Sarsfields have the lead here — when Jack O’Connor opened the scoring in the first minute, when Aaron Myers’ free made it 2-20 to 1-22 in the third minute of injury time and then, after Séamus Harnedy’s leveller, when Daniel Kearney looked to have got the winner.

The Glanmire club were on the brink of an eighth county final in 10 years, but O’Sullivan was on hand to send over a beautiful score when Declan Dalton’s puckout broke. It means a replay on Saturday — a fourth weekend in a row for both teams, after quarter-final draws — while the hurlers of Aghada and Éire Óg remain in limbo as to whether the IHC final will go ahead on October 22, as the curtain-raiser to the senior decider.