Johnny Buckley on guard for Nemo ambush

Johnny Buckley remembers the afternoon well, standing helplessly with a water bottle in his hand, as Crokes were torpedoed around the Mallow pitch.

A desperately cold December meant the 2010 Munster club final between Nemo Rangers and Dr Crokes couldn’t be played in 2010.

After two postponements, two venue changes, an hour delay because of a frozen pitch and another half hour wait because of extra-time in the curtain-raiser, the game finally threw in shortly after 4pm on January 30, 2011.