Road bowling: Can momentum make all the difference in King of the Roads battle?

Can Colm Rafferty channel the Armagh Momentum in his hunt for the title?

HANDS FULL: All-Ireland intermediate bowling champion Ethan Rafferty, who was also a member of the Armagh All-Ireland winning football squad, with his brother Colm, All-Ireland senior bowling champion, holding the three All-Ireland cups, including the Sam Maguire. Pic: Dominic Morgan

Hurley’s of Midleton King of the Roads has never been so open. Five of the semi-finalists have very strong claims, the sixth, Germany’s Stefan Runge, cannot be discounted either.

Saturday’s first semi-final has defending champion Thomas Mackle, Munster champion Martin Coppinger and current European champion, William Hobbelink, from the Netherlands.