Doubters silenced, now Charleville hope to keep neighbours quiet

Listening to Charleville’s Ben O’Connor and Darragh Fitzgibbon after Sunday’s come-from-behind Munster intermediate final win, it was clear that neither coach nor player felt the team had been shown sufficient respect throughout the year.

O’Connor alluded to the detractors who had continually questioned the team’s bottle and poured scorn on their short-passing game.