Experience tilts derby Dolphin’s way

Dolphin 26 Sundays Well 16: The gap between national league divisions 1B and 2B ultimately counted as Dolphin’s superior experience helped see them through to the next round of the Bank of Ireland Munster Senior Cup from this well contested local derby at Musgrave Park on Saturday.

Sunday’s Well recovered from being 15 points down inside the opening quarter to make a decent game of it, Dolphin having to rely on a late penalty to make sure of victory.

Dolphin assistant coach Barry Keeshan was relieved: “We wanted to start well because it seems in every league game we have gone 15 or more points down early on, and there was a big emphasis on getting a good start. We did start well but we faded, Sundays Well came back into it and at the end it was a big relief.”