Con show fighting spirit with super comeback

Cork Con 27 Buccaneers 23

These were the unlikely parallels shared by the Temple Hill experience with events across the water at Twickenham as Cork Constitution stretched their winning start to the AIB League division one season to three games and consigned Buccaneers to their first defeat of the campaign.

Whether you liked it or not, the England-Australia game was never far away from those at Temple Hill, thanks to the eager reporting of the public address announcer. As Con began their comeback from a 17-0 deficit, the crowd were gleefully informed that the Wallabies were stretching their lead; their cheers equalling the gusto which greeted second-half tries from Jerry Murray, Rory Kenneally and their own Aussie hero Jim Williams.