Sweet 16th as Nemo Rangers mock underdog tag
If anything it was the type of victory befitting their two previous final performances against St Finbarr’s. It could have been so much easier for them but that truth won’t get in the way of them savouring this 16th Munster SFC title. Their four-point lead at half-time yesterday was an insult to how they made a mockery of the pre-match odds and Crokes’ standing as the kingpins of the club game.
When Crokes cut that difference in half by the 41st minute, it appeared the five opportunities to find the net in the opening period would come back to haunt them. Instead, they pushed on. Luke Connolly, who had claimed six points by the break, punished a Gavin White foul on Paul Kerrigan before adding one from play seconds later. A minute later, Kerrigan’s shot agonisingly flew just over the bar when he had Shane Murphy beaten.
