The Banner were four points down when Colin Guilfoyle’s ground stroke found the net, and they drove home with late points from Ryan Taylor and Diarmuid Ryan. We probably created a huge number of scoring chances, Ryan (Taylor) got the clinching score after a few poor wides by his standards. Scorers for Clare: N. Deasy (0-10, 7 frees); G. Cooney, D. Ryan (0-3 each), C. Guilfoyle (1-0); D. Conroy (0-2); C. Malone, R. Taylor (0-1 each). CLARE: K. Hogan, J. McCarthy, D. Fitzgerald, R. Hayes, A. McCarthy, C. Galvin (c), C. Malone, S. Golden, D. Conroy, D. Ryan, N. Deasy, R. Taylor, G. Cooney, A. Shanagher, M. O’Neill. CORK: P. Collins, S. O’Donoghue, D. Griffin, D. Lowney, C. Joyce, T. O’Mahony, R. Downey, Wl Kearney, C. Cahalane (c), C. Murphy, M. O’Halloran, A. Walsh, J. Coughlan, D. Dalton, R. O’Flynn.

Source: Irish Examiner December 31, 2018 00:00 UTC