Cashel diehards hit brick wall

Cork Constitution 26 Cashel 15

Cashel have come a long way in the past five years. The junior ranks have been left behind, the club won nine cups in 2009 and they’re sitting pretty with two wins from two in Division 2A of the Ulster Bank League.

This was their second successive year reaching the last four of this storied competition against the odds. Bruff had been stunned in front of their own supporters, before Old Crescent left Spafield with almost half a century of points put on them. In last year’s semi-final, Cashel were steamrolled 47-10 by eventual winners Garryowen. The end result may have been the same at Temple Hill on Saturday, but they’re getting closer. What’s more, the finer details of the game suggest they should have won.