Leinster club SHC: Not vintage, but Ballyhale good enough to progress

The reigning provincial and All-Ireland title holders duly held off a spirited second-half comeback from 2013 provincial winners Mount Leinster Rangers

Mount Leinster Rangers’ Richard Kelly and Colin Fennelly of Ballyhale Shamrocks. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

Ballyhale Shamrocks 0-22 Mount Leinster Rangers 0-16

Vintage hurling this wasn't from Ballyhale Shamrocks but on a bitterly cold afternoon in the AIB Leinster club championship, progression is all that really matters and they ticked that box.