How Newcestown put the clampers on Dohenys' deadly duo

On Saturday, they ground out the threat of Fionn Herlihy and Mark Buckley.

WELL-MINDED: Doheny's Fionn Herlihy gathers the ball from Newcestown's Trevor Horgan. Pic: Eddie O'Hare

When Newcestown fell to neighbours Dohenys in July’s Senior A football opener, it stretched out their winless championship run to six games and 22 months.

The one-point Premier SFC group win over Carbery Rangers on September 26, 2021, continued to stand as their last championship victory. Relegation had darkened their door the following autumn and now hopes of a quick return were hanging by a thread.