Club titans produce battle for the ages

NA PIARSAIGH (Limerick) 2-19 - CUALA (Dublin) 1-22 (after extra time): Two things you don’t often see at Croke Park; snow on St Patrick’s Day and Con O’Callaghan wasting chances for scores.

Buffeted by high winds, the white stuff swirled in the air as O’Callaghan shot for a winning point from out on the right wing with the last puck of the game on Saturday.

But, just like a few minutes earlier when Cuala’s boy wonder had miscued an even easier effort, the football All-Star failed to make Na Piarsaigh pay and the final whistle sounded.