Galway star Niall Burke delivered a man-of-the-match performance to help Oranmore-Maree secure Connacht Club IFC success this afternoon.

The Galway champions emerged victorious on a scoreline of 1-20 to 1-15 against Tooreen of Mayo at Athleague.

Burke contributed 1-10 to his side’s winning tally and his goal arrived on the stroke of half-time to send Oranmore-Maree in at the break with a 1-9 to 0-8 advantage.

Shane Boland pulled a goal back for the Mayo side in the second-half but their challenge suffered with the dismissal of Conor Henry and David Kenny following separate incidents.

Oranmore-Maree - R McInerney; S Bannon, S Geoghegan, A Bannon; M Hanniffy, G McInerney (0-1), L Keane; N Geoghegan, R Maher (0-3); M Quinn, A Burke (0-3), N Burke (1-10, 0-4f, 0-1'65); P Keane (0-1), S McInerney (0-2), R Malone. Subs: E Burke for N Geoghegan, N Qualter for R Maher, S Hynes for A Bannon, S Dunne for P Keane.

Tooreen - S Lenehan; A Henry, M Morley, P Delaney; C Henry, S Coyne, S Morley; C Freeman, D Kenny; S Regan, F Boland (0-1), D Huane (0-1); S Kenny (0-3, 2f), S Boland (1-9, 0-8f), B Morley. Subs: C English (0-1) for C Freeman, D Harrison for B Morley, J Ganley for S Kenny, N Robinson for S Morley.

Referee - J Keenan.

Congratulations to @GAAMareeOran who dethrone champions @TooreenHurlers to be crowned Connacht Intermediate Champions for 2018 #CONNACHTCLUB 🏆 pic.twitter.com/fDGLn2qFtN

— Connacht GAA (@ConnachtGAA) November 24, 2018

Galway Senior star Niall Burke receives man of the match award from Mattie Kilroy after striking 1-10 in @GAAMareeOran 1-20 to 1-15 win over @TooreenHurlers #CONNACHTCLUB pic.twitter.com/kW0lLHyLoK

— Connacht GAA (@ConnachtGAA) November 24, 2018

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