Hogan: 'There was a huge sense of helplessness on the sideline'

Yet for all of that sheer belligerence and dogged refusal to yield, this result was as much about Cushendall tossing away a great opportunity as O'Loughlin Gaels being so determined to seize the moment.

TIGHT AFFAIR: Cushendall's Neil McManus and Paddy Deegan of O’Loughlin Gaels'. Pic:©INPHO/Bryan Keane

AIB All-Ireland club SHC semi-final 

O'Loughlin Gaels (Kilkenny) 1-17