Garryowen eyeing revenge for final misery

Shannon 12 Garryowen 22: Garryowen have been smarting for many months after their narrow defeats by Cork Constitution in the last two Munster Senior Cup finals.

By beating Shannon in a first round encounter at Coonagh on Saturday, they have created the chance to avenge those bitterly disappointing losses with these age-old rivals set to meet in the next round of the famous competition.

Garryowen head coach Conan Doyle has been “double jobbing” as his team’s enforced number 10 this campaign because of injury to a couple of regular out-halves but he himself is currently laid low by a shoulder knock so he watched the action from the touchline on Saturday.