Defenders Ikem Ugwueru and Ciarán Russell come up trumps for Clare’s Éire Óg in Ennis
Ikem Ugwueru celebrates with Gavin Cooney after scoring one of Éire Óg goals during the Munster SFC quarter-final at Cusack Park in Ennis. Photograph: Natasha Barton/InphoA heavyweight meeting of the Kerry and Cork champions in Killarney was settled by two knock-out blows: a Tony Brosnan goal from the penalty spot early in the second half and the sending off of Brian Hurley for the visitors after 45 minutes.
Leading 0-6 to 0-5 at half-time, Dr Crokes upped the ante in the second half with 1-2 in the first nine minutes to open up a six-point lead. It was a lead which Castlehaven just couldn’t close, despite a late goal from Damien Cahalane’s penalty. Charlie Keating had the best chance for a goal but his shot screwed wide in the 14th minute, but Keating and Brosnan closed the half with late scores to see Crokes lead by one at the interval.
Dr Crokes were 1-9 to 0-7 ahead when Hurley was sent off for what appeared a high tackle, and the Kerry champions were still six ahead when Cahalane’s penalty halved the difference on 60 minutes. That gave Castlehaven a glimmer of hope but Kieran O’Leary, Brosnan and Burns all found the target in five additional minutes and that was that.S Murphy; E Looney, F Fitzgerald, M Lynch ; C Keating , G White, B Looney; M O’Shea, M Potts ; M Burns , G O’Shea, T Doyle; T Brosnan , D Shaw, C McMahon .
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