{"id":646346,"date":"2026-08-20T00:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T00:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/646346\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T00:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T00:13:11","slug":"midleton-grab-late-goal-to-knock-champions-out-sars-out-in-rebel-og-premier-1-minor-hurling-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/646346\/","title":{"rendered":"Midleton grab late goal to knock champions out Sars out in Rebel \u00d3g Premier 1 Minor Hurling thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Sarsfield\u2019s 1-15 Midleton 1-17\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thriller at Riverstown with a controversial goal from Midleton substitute Jack Cahill deciding the game of the season in the Cork ETB Premier 1 MHC after a truly marvelous contest.<\/p>\n

Sars looked to be heading to the semi-final but a high ball into the square was flicked home by Cahill with the home support calling for a square ball. Credit to the match referee John Horgan, he consulted with his umpires before allowing the goal to stand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sars were left to rue a sluggish third quarter that ultimately denied them the all-important win that sees Midleton and Blackrock, the group winners, qualify from the group.<\/p>\n

It was evident from the throw-in that both teams were up for battle and Midleton had a goal opportunity as early as the third minute but John O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s shot was off target. They got up and running a minute later with a point from Liam Walsh but Sars responded immediately with a classy Alex Maher white flag.<\/p>\n

The hooking and blocking was a treat to witness and when Midleton\u2019s Senan Carroll split the posts in the seventh minute, the sides were level at 0-3 each.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The home side received a blow in the 17th minute when captain Eoin Considine had to go off with a mouth injury that saw him unable to continue. The stakes were raised higher in the second quarter as both teams continued to play high-tempo hurling and a magnificent Tom Huggins point in the 18th minute gave Sars a two-point lead.<\/p>\n

Sars after playing with the stiff breeze, went in at the break commanding a three-point lead: 0-10 to 0-7.<\/p>\n

On the restart, Sars were quickest into their stride with a point from Dunlea but a nine-minute drought saw Midleton raise five unanswered white flags.<\/p>\n

To be fair, all season Sars have had to dig deep and consecutive Huggins points settled them.<\/p>\n

\"Midleton\u2019sMidleton\u2019s Shane O\u2019Mahony and Sars’ Darragh Pomeroy battle for possession in the air. Picture: Chani Anderson<\/p>\n

Midleton also produced flashes of brilliant hurling and they looked to be in control up to the 56th minute but a stunning Adam Dunlea goal had the home fans in rapture.<\/p>\n

Both sides then traded points before the last-gasp goal that broke the hearts of the champions.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Sarsfield\u2019s: A Dunlea 1-7 (0-2 f, 0-1 45), T Huggins 0-3, A Maher, A Leahy 0-2 each, C McMahon 0-1.<\/p>\n

\n Midleton: L Walsh 0-8 (0-6 f), J Cahill 1-0, S Carroll 0-3, M Murphy, J O\u2019Sullivan 0-2 each, C McCarthy, S O\u2019Mahony (0-1 each).<\/p>\n

\n SARSFIELD’S: C McCarthy; S Carey, T O\u2019Flynn, B Murphy; D Crowley, E Considine, D Pomperoy; A Leahy, S Sheehan; A Maher, A Dunela, C McMahon; T Huggins, C Galvin, C Long.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: O Hurley for E Considine (inj 17), T Hurley for A Maher (42).<\/p>\n

\n MIDLETON: W Stokes; P Egan, B Dunlea, J Morley; M Murphy, S Carroll, R McCormack; A Molomby, F Cahill; L Walsh, C Kelly, C McCarthy; R Nolan, C O\u2019Brien, J O\u2019Sullivan.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: J Cahill for C McCarthy (25), A O\u2019Mahony for C O\u2019Brien (53).<\/p>\n

\n Referee: John Horgan (Gleann na Laoi).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sarsfield\u2019s 1-15 Midleton 1-17\u00a0 Thriller at Riverstown with a controversial goal from Midleton substitute Jack Cahill deciding the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,24,18,13,14,6,129,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":["post-646346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-cork-gaa","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-headlines","tag-hurling","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117124950216661574","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646346","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=646346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}