Nemo Rangers manager Paul O’Donovan was thrilled with his side’s first half display after they returned to the summit of the Cork SFC with victory over Duhallow.

County star Luke Connolly swooped for two goals in the space of 30 seconds as the city side roared into a 2-6 to 0-2 interval lead. Duhallow fought back in the second half, but couldn’t close the gap as Nemo held on for a 2-8 to 0-10 victory.

“We were fantastic in the first half, even though we missed a couple of scores in the first 10 minutes. I’m not sure when exactly we got the first goal, but we got two of them in very quick succession and that set us up really for the second half,” O’Donovan told the Irish Examiner.

O’Donovan dismissed the notion that Nemo took their foot off the pedal in the second half.

“They (Duhallow) pushed up. There were times there when we were kicking out the ball and they were flooding our end of the field so that was a bit hairy. We needed to get the ball out, to win a ball and then try and get up the field. I thought we got up the field well a couple of times but we made poor choices,” he continued.

 “We carried the ball into the tackle a couple of times and we were in for goal chance near the end, but took the wrong option too. But look, we’ll take a win. Whether it was by one point or by 20, it doesn’t matter. We’re happy to be going home with a county title.”

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