'It was a killer' — Sars boss Crowley laments the goal that scuppered his side's hopes 

'In the end, not alone are you playing one of the best teams in Cork for a number of years, you are also playing into the elements of a hurricane.'

BITTER PILL: Sarsfields' Manager Johnny Crowley with selectors. Pic: INPHO/Bryan Keane

Sarsfields manager Johnny Crowley was as gracious in defeat as in victory. Twelve months previously he stood in the same tunnel in Páirc Uí Chaoimh having guided his charges to their first title in nine years. A year on things were different.

“Fair play to Imokilly, they are a fantastic team. They played brilliant hurling, they took their scores when the opportunity arose. They put every nail in the coffin they could," Crowley said Sunday evening.