{"id":598573,"date":"2026-08-19T23:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/598573\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T23:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:32:11","slug":"premier-1-mhc-glen-rovers-dominate-second-half-to-see-off-na-piarsaigh-but-both-advance-to-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/598573\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier 1 MHC: Glen Rovers dominate second half to see off Na Piarsaigh, but both advance to semi-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Glen Rovers 1-20\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

\n Na Piarsaigh 2-12\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

This northside bout \u2013 with neither Glen Rovers nor Na Piarsaigh certain of their progression before throw in \u2013 was never going to disappoint.<\/p>\n

In the end, Glen Rovers\u2019 margin of victory was five, and it could have been much greater in this Cork ETB Premier 1 Minor Hurling Championship Group 1 Round 3 clash. They had been ten clear heading into added time, but coughed up 1-2 late on Wednesday evening at the Glen Field.<\/p>\n

They won\u2019t care, though. Everything that could have gone right for Rovers, did. Carrigaline held Ballincollig to a draw, meaning the Glen leap from third to first, topping the group to set up a semi-final with Midleton, who crept through after beating Sarsfields.<\/p>\n

Rarely is the first half a far more dramatic affair than the second, but it\u2019s the place to start here.<\/p>\n

The first eight scores had been traded \u2013 Glen first with a Na Piarsaigh reply \u2013 Miche\u00e1l Forde\u2019s effort in the fourth minute the pick of them for the Blackpool side.<\/p>\n

In the 17th minute, Gavin O\u2019Callaghan split the posts with a beautiful sideline cut. Josh Brosnan\u2019s white flag from distance shortly after gave us the first consecutive scores on the night, as the Glen led 0-6 to 0-4.<\/p>\n

Then, disaster struck for Na Piarsaigh after Jack Burke was shown a straight red card. Protests brought the free forward, and O\u2019Callaghan slotted the gift between the uprights to increase Rovers\u2019 lead to three.<\/p>\n

Na Piarsaigh weren\u2019t down and out just yet, though. Callum Coffey was fouled two minutes later, a penalty was awarded, and Craig O\u2019Sullivan thundered to the bottom corner.<\/p>\n

\"GlenGlen Rovers’ Jamie Murray looks for a gap. Picture: Chani Anderson<\/p>\n

And 45 seconds was all it took Glen Rovers to reply, Michael Tadhg Brosnan to Robert O\u2019Callaghan, O\u2019Callaghan to the net.<\/p>\n

Now, down to 14, Na Piarsaigh had no choice but to scrap the use of Nathan Coffey as a sweeper, while Conor Cunningham remained in the roaming role for the Glen.<\/p>\n

Rovers, however, would only increase their advantage to four by the break, 1-11 to 1-7. And they were fortunate too that it wasn\u2019t at the minimum, after Luke Hurley won a second penalty for the Fair Hill club before the break.<\/p>\n

This time O\u2019Sullivan went high, and this time he was met with an outstanding save from Shane McCarthy.<\/p>\n

While Na Piarsaigh got the first second-half point after 39 minutes to leave the gap at three, the Glen would answer with seven of the next eight to ensure they would be playing knockout hurling.<\/p>\n

Whether that would be in the form of a playoff or a semi-final, well, that was now out of their hands.<\/p>\n

Understandably, the game fizzled out. In the end, news from Carrigaline brought the best outcome for both. A late second yellow for Forde restored parity in players, but Na Piarsaigh remained too far back to turn it around and win.<\/p>\n

Ryan Cronin\u2019s 66th minute goal was well-taken though, after he was set up by the ever prominent O\u2019Sullivan, but it was merely consolation.<\/p>\n

\"NaNa Piarsaigh’s Ryan Cronin bursts through against the Glen. Picture: Chani Anderson<\/p>\n

Now, semi-finals await both sides.<\/p>\n

\n In the Premier 2 HC, Kiltha \u00d3g beat Watergrasshill 3-21 to 1-12 but both still advance, while St Colman\u2019s defeated Cloughduv 3-20 to 2-16. Erin\u2019s Own defeated Blarney 1-19 to 0-9, while Douglas saw off Shandrum, 2-26 to 2-17.\n <\/p>\n

\n St Finbarr\u2019s also progress despite a 3-10 to 1-15 defeat to Killeagh, setting up the quarter-finals of Watergrasshill v St Finbarr\u2019s and Kiltha \u00d3g v Erin\u2019s Own, while Killeagh and \u00c9ire \u00d3g get the byes to the semi-finals.\n <\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Glen Rovers: G O\u2019Callaghan 0-9 (0-7 f, 0-1 65, 0-1 sideline), MT Brosnan 0-5, R O\u2019Callaghan 1-0, E McGuckin, M Forde 0-2 each, J Brosnan, R Crean 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Na Piarsaigh: C O\u2019Sullivan 1-8 (1-0 pen, 0-6 f), R Cronin 1-1, C Coffey 0-2, J Coughlan 0-1.<\/p>\n

\n GLEN ROVERS: S McCarthy; K Foley, C Burke, C Singleton; C Cunningham; R O\u2019Callaghan, J Brosnan, L Woods; R Crean, J Murray; G O\u2019Callaghan, MT Brosnan, E McGuckin; M Forde, J O\u2019Mahony.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: C Turnbull for O\u2019Mahony (HT), C O\u2019Brien for Burke (55), T Murphy for G O\u2019Callaghan (60 inj), C Barrett for Crean (60+2).<\/p>\n

\n NA PIARSAIGH: C Quinn; R Quinlan, J O\u2019Connor; N Coffey; D O\u2019Leary, R Manley, D Casey; R Cronin, J Coughlan; J Cahalane, C O\u2019Sullivan, J Burke; C Coffey, L Hurley, J Constant.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: J Cregan for Constant (47), S O\u2019Neill for N Coffey (60).<\/p>\n

\n Referee: N Fahy (Brian Dillons)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glen Rovers 1-20\u00a0 Na Piarsaigh 2-12\u00a0 This northside bout \u2013 with neither Glen Rovers nor Na Piarsaigh certain…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-598573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598573","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=598573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}