{"id":146568,"date":"2025-10-26T18:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T18:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/146568\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T18:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T18:05:12","slug":"cillian-myers-murrays-late-point-steers-st-finbarrs-past-nemo-after-a-cracking-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/146568\/","title":{"rendered":"Cillian Myers-Murray’s late point steers St Finbarr’s past Nemo after a cracking final"},"content":{"rendered":"

St Finbarr\u2019s: 1-14 (1-2-10)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nemo Rangers: 1-13 (1-2-9)\u00a0<\/p>\n

After a four-year wait, St Finbarr\u2019s are back as the kingpins of Cork football after a thrilling one-point triumph over southside rivals Nemo Rangers at SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

This McCarthy Insurance Group Premier SFC decider had a little bit of everything, but when it came to the crunch, the Togher men just had that bit more quality to eke out the victory against their near neighbours.<\/p>\n

They were two points down at the break having played with the wind, but turned it around on the resumption to record a first win over their neighbours in a decider at the fifth attempt.<\/p>\n

Sub Cillian Myers-Murray proved to be the hero with a neat point two minutes into added time.<\/p>\n

\" Cillian Myers-Murray, St Finbarr’s, celebrates his winning point against Nemo Rangers. Picture: Dan Linehan<\/p>\n

Nemo Rangers, since their last title in 2022, have now lost three finals on the bounce, which is a first in their proud history.<\/p>\n

In saying that, they were very unlucky not to force a replay when Conor Horgan\u2019s kick for a point right at the end hit the post.<\/p>\n

In front of a crowd of 6,949, St Finbarr\u2019s, who were wind-assisted, made a blistering start with two points inside 60 seconds from Rickey Barrett and Steven Sherlock.<\/p>\n

The fast opening by the Barrs was cancelled out quickly with white flags through Kevin O\u2019Donovan and Mark Cronin to draw Nemo Rangers level.<\/p>\n

It was a breathless start in what was a very entertaining opening. The teams swapped points before the game as expected went into a bit of a lull in terms of scoring.<\/p>\n

St Finbarr\u2019s were getting a grip as they landed two of the next three points while they also had four wides in the opening quarter, 0-5 to 0-4.<\/p>\n

\" Conor Horgan of Nemo Rangers is tackled by St Finbarr’s players Dylan Quinn and Sam Ryan. Picture Dan Linehan<\/p>\n

Brian Hayes, who was all over the pitch, kicked over a great two-pointer to give his team breathing space of sorts.<\/p>\n

It was wiped out in no time though as Robbie O\u2019Dwyer\u2019s side scored 1-1 in a minute. Mark Cronin with the point while Stephen Cronin set up Kevin O\u2019Donovan and the latter, after a barnstorming run, unleashed a powerful shot into the top corner, 1-5 to 0-7 after 21 minutes.<\/p>\n

Nemo’s lead for the first time didn\u2019t last long when Buckley pointed. But a Mark Cronin white flag and a Bryan Hayes two-pointer gave the Trabeg outfit a 1-8 to 0-8 advantage approaching the interval.<\/p>\n

A strong second quarter surge was doing the trick for them in what was a collective performance. Defender Mark Hill pushed Nemo four points clear before a beauty of a two-pointer from Sherlock from a free did leave St Finbarr\u2019s two points adrift at half-time, 1-9 to 0-10.<\/p>\n

A Sherlock free was the perfect start to the new half followed by a green flag after 32 minutes. Sherlock and Rickey Barrett were involved as Brian Hayes had the easy task to fist the ball into the net, 1-11 to 1-9.<\/p>\n

\" Stephen Cronin, Nemo Rangers,\u00a0 lookiing to go past Sam Ryan, St Finbarr’s. Picture: Dan Linehan<\/p>\n

Ethan Twomey stretched his side\u2019s lead out to three points as the Togher side came out a different side.<\/p>\n

Nemo weren\u2019t going away, Alan O\u2019Donovan\u2019s goal-bound shot was stopped by a combination of St Finbarr\u2019s goalkeeper Darragh Newman and Sam Ryan.<\/p>\n

St Finbarr\u2019s then had their goal chance minutes later, but twice in quick succession, Nemo netminder Miche\u00e1l Aodh Martin stood tall to deny Sherlock a goal after Ian Maguire did brilliantly in the build-up.<\/p>\n

The game was on a knife-edge with 20 minutes to go. Nemo with the wind at their backs had a few poor wides, which would have been crucial.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, St Finbarr\u2019s were clinical, a fisted Sherlock effort pushed his team four points ahead. A timely Mark Cronin free was Nemo\u2019s first score of the second half after 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

Wayward shooting continued to be Nemo\u2019s Achilles heel in a low-scoring second 30 minutes. A Mark Cronin free left two points in it going into added time before a Conor Horgan two-pointer levelled the game.<\/p>\n

St Finbarr\u2019s sub Cillian Myers-Murray pointed, which proved to be the winner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A replay did look likely when right at the death, Conor Horgan\u2019s effort for one point hit the post.<\/p>\n

The final whistle sounded seconds later.<\/p>\n

The Barrs are back on top.<\/p>\n

Scorers for St Finbarr\u2019s: S Sherlock 0-5 (1 2pt f, 0-1 f), B Hayes 1-2 (1 2pt), E Twomey, W Buckley 0-2 each, C Dennehy, C Myers-Murray, R Barrett 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

Nemo Rangers: M Cronin 0-5 (0-2 f), K O\u2019Donovan 1-1, B Hayes 0-3 (1 2pt), C Horgan 0-2 (1 2pt), M Hill, S Cronin 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

ST FINBARR\u2019S: D Newman; A O\u2019Connor, S Ryan, D Quinn; B Hennessy, J Burns, C Dennehy; I Maguire, C Doolan; E Twomey, S Sherlock (c), W Buckley; R Barrett, B Hayes, J Wigginton-Barrett.<\/p>\n

Subs: E Dennehy for J Burns, L Hannigan for J Wigginton-Barrett (both h-t), E McGreevy for B Hayes (44-46, temp), E McGreevy for E Twomey, C Myers-Murray for R Barrett (both 59).<\/p>\n

NEMO RANGERS: M A Martin; M Hill, C Molloy, K Histon; K Fulignati, S Cronin, C McCartan; A O\u2019Donovan (c), B Murphy; K O\u2019Donovan, M Cronin, B Cripps; B Hayes, C Horgan, C Kiely.<\/p>\n

Subs: R Dalton for C Kiely, P Kerrigan for K Fulignati (both 43), C Moore for C McCartan (51), L Horgan for B Hayes (59), R Corkery for A O\u2019Donovan (63-FT).<\/p>\n

Referee: Conor Lane (Banteer). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Finbarr\u2019s: 1-14 (1-2-10)\u00a0 Nemo Rangers: 1-13 (1-2-9)\u00a0 After a four-year wait, St Finbarr\u2019s are back as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[24,18,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-146568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cork-gaa","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115441796832776660","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}