{"id":205398,"date":"2025-11-28T21:13:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T21:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/205398\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T21:13:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T21:13:17","slug":"14-man-christians-secure-controversial-two-point-win-over-st-colmans-fermoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/205398\/","title":{"rendered":"14-man Christians secure controversial two-point win over St Colman’s Fermoy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Christian Brothers College 1-25\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

\n St Colman\u2019s College Fermoy 2-20\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

Christian Brothers College are through to the O\u2019Callaghan Cup final, where they\u2019ll take on Gaelchol\u00e1iste Mhuire with a chance to avenge their Harty Cup defeat from earlier in the month, but few victories have ever come wrapped in as much confusion.<\/p>\n

They finished two points to the good on Friday, having played the entire final quarter with 14 men after James O\u2019Mahony was shown a straight red card for an off-the-ball incident. But the dismissal wasn\u2019t the flashpoint that drew debate.<\/p>\n

We counted the score as 1-24 to 2-21, which would have been a draw \u2013 the same score that St Colman\u2019s had. CBC had themselves up one, 1-24 to 2-20, but weren\u2019t certain on that, and with the scoreboard not in use at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh\u2019s 4G, it made the situation all the more complex for everyone in attendance.<\/p>\n

Referee Cathal McAllister had it as 1-25 to 2-20, which stood as the final score.<\/p>\n

It capped off a contest that was chaotic from the outset. The gate to the astro pitch remained locked until less than ten minutes before throw-in, forcing a delayed start, and once play finally got going, St Colman\u2019s were first to settle.<\/p>\n

\" Eoghan O’Shea, CBC in action against Denis Fitzgerald, St Colman’s College. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

With the wind, Fermoy asserted themselves in a commanding spell from the 11th to 24th minute, as they outscored their opponents 1-8 to 0-1 to lead 1-10 to 0-5, Cormac Barry and Jack Counihan central to everything. Their opening goal came from a Cormac Barry free, quickly taken to pick out clubmate Conor O\u2019Riordan, and he fired home.<\/p>\n

CBC clawed their way back into the contest through Eoghan O\u2019Shea and Senan Brislane, before Cian O\u2019Flynn\u2019s searing run and finish \u2013 after he was set up by Brislane \u2013 brought them within touching distance, 1-12 to 1-8.<\/p>\n

The half concluded with St Colman\u2019s five clear, 1-13 to 1-8, but their grip on control loosened after the restart. CBC had worked that advantage down to three by the end of the third quarter, 1-17 to 1-14, before Fermoy hit their second major.<\/p>\n

Amid an off-the-ball tussle, St Colman\u2019s worked possession inside for Adam Lardner to pull to the net on 44 minutes.<\/p>\n

\" Defender James Mullery battles for St Colman’s College against CBC. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

Moments later, that same skirmish reignited \u2013 O\u2019Mahony shown red as tensions boiled. Down to 14 though, CBC\u2019s response was ferocious.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Shea, immaculate from frees, reeled off four on the spin, Murray added another, and by the hour mark they were level for the first time since the opening quarter, 1-22 to 2-19.<\/p>\n

Confusion followed. The referee signalled that Colman\u2019s were a point down. Fermoy hit the next two \u2013 Cormac Barry from a free and Counihan, who was superb throughout \u2013 before Se\u00e1n Hurley and Murray struck back for CBC in stoppage time. St Colman\u2019s believed it was to force extra-time; instead, McAllister\u2019s final tally declared a two-point win for CBC.<\/p>\n

For a fixture that began in disorder and ended in doubt, it still had its moments of quality.<\/p>\n

Counihan and Barry were immense for St Colman\u2019s, as was defender Denis Fitzgerald, who hit two points from play, while O\u2019Shea\u2019s 12-point haul and Brislane\u2019s performance at half-back had kept Christians in contention as they made do without Michael Tadhg Brosnan, Cian Lawton, Max Murphy and Jack Hegarty who are all in action for their clubs this weekend.<\/p>\n

\" Finn O’Driscoll with possession in midfield for St Colman’s College. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

But the discussions around this one will not be centred on performances, but rather, the grey, grey outcome.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for CBC: E O\u2019Shea 0-12 (0-7 f), C O\u2019Flynn 1-2, J Murray 0-4, M Quill 0-2, J O\u2019Mahony, S Hurley, S Brislane, D Riordan 0-1 each, AN Other 0-1.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for St Colman\u2019s: C Barry (0-2 f), J Counihan 0-5 each, T McCarthy 0-4, A Lardner 1-1, C O\u2019Riordan 1-0, R Donovan, D Fitzgerald 0-2 each, F O\u2019Driscoll 0-1.<\/p>\n

\n CHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLLEGE: K Flood (Ballygarvan), J Costello (Clonakilty), D Riordan (Kilworth), D Kingston (Mallow) (c); C Burke (Glen Rovers), C Connolly (Glen Rovers), S Brislane (Inniscarra); J Murray (St Finbarr\u2019s), M Quill (Blackrock); M O\u2019Mahony (Bishopstown), E O\u2019Shea (Ballinhassig), J O\u2019Mahony (Glen Rovers); L Cregan (Douglas), S Hurley (\u00c9ire \u00d3g), C O\u2019Flynn (Blarney).<\/p>\n

\n Subs: D Rowley (Blarney) for Cregan, D Holland (Inniscarra) for M O\u2019Mahony (both 44), J Harrington (Ballincollig) for Brislane (50), R O\u2019Callaghan (Glen Rovers) for Connolly (58).<\/p>\n

\n ST COLMAN\u2019S COLLEGE FERMOY: M O\u2019Donovan (Ballyduff Upper); J Batterberry (Ballycastle Gaels), J Mullery (Fermoy), B Ryan (Watergrasshill) (c); D Barry (Watergrasshill), Cathal Barry (Bride Rovers), D Fitzgerald (Bride Rovers); F O\u2019Driscoll (Bride Rovers), J Counihan (Watergrasshill); Cormac Barry (Bride Rovers), R Donovan (Fermoy), C O\u2019Riordan (Bride Rovers); O Hegarty (Kilworth), T McCarthy (Watergrasshill), A Lardner (Castlelyons).<\/p>\n

\n Subs: M Kenny (Bride Rovers) for Hegarty (37), J O\u2019Keeffe (Fermoy) for O\u2019Riordan (48 inj), J Hennebry (Watergrasshill) for O\u2019Mahony (53), J Butterworth (Fermoy) for D Barry (58).<\/p>\n

\n Referee: C McAllister (Aghada)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christian Brothers College 1-25\u00a0 St Colman\u2019s College Fermoy 2-20\u00a0 Christian Brothers College are through to the O\u2019Callaghan Cup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[1263,24,18,129,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-205398","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cork-sport","9":"tag-cork-gaa","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-hurling","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115629392816358678","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205398","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=205398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}