Battling Ballincollig back in the hunt for honours

Ballincollig are back in the hunt for the Premier IHC after falling short to Kilbrittain in their opening round game.

They eventually got the better of a formidable Watergrasshill in Riverstown on Saturday evening. Ballincollig were a more balanced outfit – particularly in attack– although they will need to improve in their shooting as they had the same number of wides as they had scores.

For now though, they are safely through to the fourth round. However, Watergrasshill, who had previously lost out to Youghal, are minus a few of their better known names this year and were unable to start Paudie Cahill due to injury.