Nenagh fall short as Queens clinch title

PERHAPS a place in the final was more than Nenagh Ormond anticipated a few weeks ago, but Saturday’s last gasp defeat by Queens University in the AIB Division Three final at Anglesea Road was a bitter pill to swallow nonetheless.

Nenagh’s vastly experienced winger, ex-Shannon and Munster flanker, Colm McMahon was gutted at the end of an intense encounter during which his side stood up and, for long periods, matched the runaway leaders of this third division.

Yet, it mattered little that the Tipperary side gave as good as they got. A disappointed McMahon eyed the scoreboard and said: “That’s what counts, it’s not easy to accept but there’s the evidence.”