Lightning start puts O’Sullivan on road to victory

In the All-Ireland he faces the winner of the Ulster final between Paul O’Reilly and Ethan Rafferty.

David Murphy winner of the Munster Men's Senior road bowling final against Martin Coppinger at Ballincurrig, Co Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

Tommy O’Sullivan is Munster intermediate champion, just one year after winning the All-Ireland U18 final. He bookended his win over Wayne Callanan with a powerful start and finish over the Castletownkenneigh All-Ireland course.

He set the foundations for his win with a lightening start. He won the opening tip by 70m. Callanan closed the gap in the next two, but he was left of the sop with his fourth. O’Sullivan hit back with a huge bowl, which Callanan beat by just 10m. O’Sullivan raised a full bowl with another big one past the round-tower pub.