Ballygunner get to grips with Sixmilebridge in one point win

BALLYGUNNER (WATERFORD) 1-18 SIXMILEBRIDGE (CLARE) 1-17: A storming second half earned Ballygunner their place in the Munster club SHC final, the Waterford champions overturning a five-point first-half deficit to edge out Clare’s Sixmilebridge by a point in Walsh Park, Waterford.

It was Ballygunner’s eighth week in a row playing championship hurling, and they needed a late JJ Hutchinson goal to get them over the line in a terrific contest. Sixmilebridge had a Seadna Morey goal with almost the last puck of the game, but by then it was too late: the Gunners were in the final, where they’ll meet Na Piarsaigh of Limerick.

“The week off before the final might break our momentum,” laughed Ballygunner manager Fergal Hartley afterwards.