Hazelwood grateful for Watergrasshill wake-up call

For a group that reached four Senior A semi-finals in the four years before 2025, which in and of itself speaks to a side being a while on the road together, it is somewhat surprising to learn that seven members of the starting team from the win over Carrigtwohill - Denis Cashman, Conor Hazelwood, Cillian Tobin, David Barry, Rónán O’Connell, Adam Walsh, and Josh Ahern - are still U21.

HEAD-TO-HEAD: For a group that reached four Senior A semi-finals in the four years before 2025, which in and of itself speaks to a side being a while on the road together, it is somewhat surprising to learn that seven members of the starting team from the win over Carrigtwohill - Denis Cashman, Conor Hazelwood, Cillian Tobin, David Barry, Rónán O’Connell, Adam Walsh, and Josh Ahern - are still U21. Picture: Jim Coughlan.

Bride Rovers selector Barry Hazelwood begins with the neighbours. Of course he does.

No, not their neighbours to the east who they’ll meet on Saturday evening, but rather their neighbours to the south.