A tipsy finish to a sober match as the brothers kick points in stoppage time to get Castlehaven over the line
The excitement came late and fast and out of the blue. After nearly an hour of a red-faced, white-knuckled, arm-wrestle Castlehaven made a blistering surge. The Hurley brothers, Michael and Brian, brought Castlehaven level twice in the closing minutes of normal time, and with the clock having ticked into the red, the same pair kicked the points that changed everything.
Nemo lay siege in search of an equaliser. At one stage in their last attack there were 29 players inside the Castlehaven 45, with the Nemo goalie, Michael Aodh Martin, hovering inside the Castlehaven 65. But when that attack broke down Castlehaven suddenly had men over. The ball reached Michael Hurley, and from 30 metres out, he executed another beautiful shot, his fifth point from play.
“What kept us going? I can’t describe it. Castlehaven is a special, special place. Everyone kind of says it but it’s very hard to explain it to people who aren’t from there. It really is a special place. People don’t really know much else, to be honest. That’s what keep us going. It’s like we don’t know anything else really. If you don’t play football you’re nearly seen as an odd one out. That’s kind of what keeps us going.
Nemo took the lead for the first time just after half-time when Luke Connolly kicked his second point from play, but the former Cork player couldn’t repeat the dazzling performance he gave in last year’s final and the only addition to his tally was a pointed free.
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