Gritty Glanmire grab late win

Glanmire Community College 1-16 Árd Scoil Rís 1-14

The right result for both sides, in fact. Glanmire’s interest in the competition before this game was academic; only a massive win, with results going right for them elsewhere, would see them have any chance of going through to the quarter-finals. In the circumstances then, they were playing for pride. Thanks mainly to the fabulous marksmanship of free-taker Rob O’Driscoll from the local Sars club (1-10 from 12 shots at goal), they got that. For the Limerick side, it was all about ensuring qualification for the play-offs, something they’ve never managed; with a massive scoring-difference advantage over St Colman’s, all they had to do was avoid a big defeat, and they joined De La Salle of Waterford as qualifiers from this group.

For long periods they looked as though they were going to do better than that, leading into the final minute of normal time, but they fell to a late goaled 30m free from O’Driscoll (with help from full-forward Cian Harrington), a long-range point by impressive Glanmire centre-back Craig Leahy.