St Kieran’s joy as Ardscoil frustrated again

St Kieran’s College (Kilkenny) 1-15 Ardscoil Rís (Limerick) 1-13: The terms of engagement may have been changed for this latest joust, but the students draped in black and white still prevailed.

When last these two colleges clashed in an All-Ireland final back in 2011, Thomas O’Hanrahan’s injury-time goal secured victory for St Kieran’s in the most dramatic fashion. It was a similar tale of woe for Ardscoil Rís in the 2010 decider, the Kilkenny nursery hitting 1-5 without reply to overtake their opponents at the death.

Yesterday afternoon in front of a crowd of 3,328, it was Ardscoil Rís who spent most of the hour giving chase.