The Barr’s have previous with this issue, and the fact it hasn’t proved fatal yet hasn’t minimised manager Ray Keane’s concern over it. They got the bad stuff out of the way early yesterday against fancied Carbery Rangers. The best that could be said of the Barr’s in the first half was that Rosscarbery only led 0-8 to 0-4 at the break. The boys in blue suddenly looked energised and aggressive, propelled by a work-rate that could have come straight off those famed blue collars. “He really managed the game well,” Maguire said of the Barr’s No 1, who got his chance after Declan Murphy broke his leg in the quarter-final.

Source: Irish Examiner October 08, 2018 03:00 UTC