Cork senior football final: Nemo Rangers put in another masterclass when it matters, writes Denis Walsh (via IrishTimesSport)
It was a personal triumph for their captain Luke Connolly. Dropped from the Cork panel at the start of the year, he kicked eight points in a man-of-the-match performance, including two towering scores from the wing early in the second half, when Nemo unleashed a surge of scores to more than double their half-time lead in less than 10 minutes.
Luke Connolly takes a shot on goal during the Cork SFC Final against St Finbarr's at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho Nemo created another goal chance, seven minutes before the break, when the mercurial Connolly floated an exquisite 30-metre pass into the path of Mark Cronin, but his shot was brilliantly stopped by John Kerins. By then, the Barr’s were hanging on.