{"id":141497,"date":"2025-11-15T16:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/141497\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T16:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:41:08","slug":"great-win-for-st-finbarrs-as-they-finish-well-to-defeat-clonmel-commercials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/141497\/","title":{"rendered":"Great win for St Finbarr’s as they finish well to defeat Clonmel Commercials"},"content":{"rendered":"

St Finbarr\u2019s: 1-17 (1-3-11)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clonmel Commercials: 2-11 (2-1-9)\u00a0<\/p>\n

St Finbarr\u2019s came good right at the end to prevail in a gripping AIB Munster Club SFC quarter-final against Clonmel Commercials at a wet Clonmel Sportsfield on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Brian Roche\u2019s side will now face \u00c9ire \u00d3g Ennis of Clare in the last four next Sunday as a result of this three-point victory.<\/p>\n

The city club had to dig very deep here in this comeback win. They trailed by a point at the break and would have been content enough given they were playing second fiddle.<\/p>\n

They did improve in the second half combined with Clonmel Commercials fading given they won their county championship seven days earlier.<\/p>\n

The home side were one point ahead going into the closing stages, but four points on the trot did the trick for St Finbarr\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe bank turns blue as young St Finbarr\u2019s supporters celebrate the win. Picture: Chani Anderson.<\/p>\n

In front of a crowd of 1,805, the teams traded frees early on with Steven Sherlock converting an easy point for St Finbarr\u2019s before Se\u00e1n O\u2019Connor did the same for Clonmel Commercials.<\/p>\n

The home side did kick two of the next three points until Brian Hayes and Ethan Twomey efforts gave St Finbarr\u2019s the advantage again after 11 minutes, 0-4 to 0-3.<\/p>\n

A trademark two-pointer from Sherlock looked to have settled the Barrs after a sluggish start, but their opposition goaled after 14 minutes.<\/p>\n

Former Tipperary star Michael Quinlivan did great work to assist Cian Smith who finished low into the corner of the net, 1-3 to 0-6.<\/p>\n

Jack Kennedy and S\u00e9amus Kennedy were doing brilliantly around the middle for Clonmel Commercials giving their side the platform for their positive spell. A pair of Se\u00e1n O\u2019Connor frees gave the Tipperary outfit a two-point buffer with 10 minutes to the break.<\/p>\n

A Sherlock free was timely for St Finbarr\u2019s, a first score in nine minutes. They were second best though at this juncture, being outfought in the key battles.<\/p>\n

The home outfit tacked on two unanswered points before the Barrs were given a shot in the arm with a goal after 25 minutes. Hayes\u2019 effort was saved by Clonmel Commercials goalkeeper Shane Ryan, but the ball fell nicely for Conor Dennehy who taped the ball into the net, 1-7 apiece.<\/p>\n

\"StSt Finbarr\u2019s Dylan Quinn gives chase against Clonmel Commercials. Picture: Chani Anderson.<\/p>\n

The Clonmel Commercials response to the goal was a Darragh O\u2019Connor two-pointer. A great effort too from long range.<\/p>\n

The Barrs were just a point behind at the interval after Sherlock pointed, 1-9 to 1-8 at half-time.<\/p>\n

An improved collective effort helped St Finbarr\u2019s wrestle back control. A Sherlock orange flag from a free a minute into the new half was just the start required from the Togher outfit.<\/p>\n

Twomey extended his side\u2019s lead out to two points before a Se\u00e1n O\u2019Connor free was Clonmel Commercial\u2019s first score of the half nine minutes in, 1-11 to 1-10.<\/p>\n

In a low-scoring second 30 minutes as weather conditions deteriorated, a slip from Jamie Burns proved costly as the home side got a second goal when that man Se\u00e1n O\u2019Connor billowed the back of the net with 14 minutes left.<\/p>\n

A Sherlock two-point free drew the teams level before they exchanged points with two minutes left before county final hero Cillian Myers-Murray, not long off the bench, bisected the posts, 1-15 to 2-11.<\/p>\n

\"StSt Finbarr\u2019s Billy Hennessy looks for a passing option under pressure from Clonmel Commercials\u2019 Michael Quinlivan. Picture: Chani Anderson.<\/p>\n

The game went into three minutes of added time. The hard-working William Buckley and Ian Maguire pointed. The Cork team were finishing with a flourish.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Incredible defending right at the death from the Barrs ensured there would be no extra-time.<\/p>\n

They march on to the last four.<\/p>\n

Scorers for St Finbarr\u2019s: S Sherlock 0-9 (2 2pt f, 1 2pt, 0-2 f), C Dennehy 1-0, W Buckley 0-3, E Twomey 0-2, C Myers-Murray, I Maguire, B Hayes 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

Clonmel Commercials: S O\u2019Connor 1-5 (0-4 f), C Smith 1-1, D O\u2019Connor 0-2 (1 2pt), R Peters, J Kennedy, M Quinlivan 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

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

Subs: C Myers-Murray for R Barrett, L Hannigan for E Dennehy (both 42), E McGreevy for J Burns (48).<\/p>\n

CLONMEL COMMERCIALS: S Ryan; T Condon, J Morris, R Slattery; R O\u2019Dowd, S Kennedy (c), C Deely; J Higgins, J Kennedy; R Peters, M Quinlivan, D O\u2019Connor; C Smith, S O\u2019Connor, P McGarry.<\/p>\n

Subs: C Kennedy for R Peters (38), T Sheehan for C Deely (50), S Kennedy for J Higgins (58).<\/p>\n

Referee: Chris Maguire (Clare).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Finbarr\u2019s: 1-17 (1-3-11)\u00a0 Clonmel Commercials: 2-11 (2-1-9)\u00a0 St Finbarr\u2019s came good right at the end to prevail…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1964,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-141497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-cork-gaa","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}