Harty Cup rule change means Nenagh CBS didn't top group after all

A recently changed rule means two schools swap positions in the final group standings published earlier this week.

Diarmuid Fogarty, St Joseph's CBS Nenagh in possession against Tudor Meracre, Cashel Community School in the Harty Cup

A recently changed rule has taken some schools — and the Irish Examiner — by surprise in this year’s Dr Harty Cup, with two schools swapping positions in the final group standings published earlier this week.

Nenagh CBS initially thought they had topped Group 1 of the competition, securing a seeding in the quarter-final draw, when they finished ahead of St Flannan’s on score difference. The schools were level on points, with two wins apiece and a draw in their meeting.