Flying Sherry helps Garryowen take off

GARRYOWEN swept Shannon aside in convincing fashion under the Dooradoyle lights last night to climb off the bottom of Division 1A of the Ulster Bank All-Ireland League and in the process gave their ailing season a massive boost.

Ireland prop Marcus Horan played the first 50 minutes of the game on his return from long-term injury but it wasn’t a particularly happy evening either for himself or for a Shannon side that was pushed back for long stretches of an entertaining encounter.

Indeed, it was the failure of the Shannon pack to cope with the fired up and hungrier home opposition, especially in the set pieces, that proved the chief difference between the sides.