Ballygunner blitz Sars to keep three-in-a-row Munster bid on track

But for Sarsfields, this 17-point hammering represented the club’s fifth consecutive defeat on the provincial stage.

Conor Shehan of Ballygunner is tackled by Daniel Kearney of Sarsfields. Photo by Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Ballygunner 2-20 Sarsfields 0-9

Two minutes into injury-time at the end of this Munster club quarter-final, the lady operating the public address system informed the crowd of 2,596 that “all exit gates were now open”.