Battling Bruff’s comeback falls short as Crescent hold out

“MEMO to self,” said a rueful Crescent captain Mark Ryan after this entertaining Munster Senior Cup semi-final in Dooradoyle on Saturday — “never again try to kick the ball dead at the end of a close game!”

With a penalty awarded to his side and his team ahead by four points, Ryan enquired of referee Colgan, “How much time remaining?”, to be told that the game was over the next time the ball went dead.

Ryan booted the ball for the sideline — only to watch in horror as the ball having screwed off his foot, and boosted by the strong breeze, instead headed 40m down field.