St Joseph’s Miltown Malbay will contest their first ever Munster Club SFC final after they finished with eight points to spare over The Nire at Fraher Field today.

Second-half goals from Cormac Murray and Sean Malone sent the Clare champions on the road to a 2-11 to 0-9 penultimate stage victory.

The visitors led by 0-9 to 0-5 at the halfway stage but Murray’s 40th minute goal put some daylight between the sides.

That left the scoreboard reading 1-10 to 0-7 and substitute Malone put the issue beyond any doubt when netting his side’s second goal with 10 minutes left on the clock.

The Banner County men now face the daunting prospect of taking on Dr Crokes in the provincial final in two weeks’ time.

St Joseph's Miltown Malbay - S O'Brien; A McGuane, E O'Gorman, E O'Brien; C Hehir (0-2), Gordon Kelly, J O'Connor; O Looney (0-1), C Cleary (0-1); E Curtin (0-1), B Curtin, K Malone (0-2); E Cleary (0-3f), D McDonagh, C Murray (1-1). Subs: S Malone (1-0) for D McDonagh, E Reidy for J O’Connor, Graham Kelly for E Curtin, M Murray for O Looney.

The Nire - D Murphy; D Meehan, T O’Gorman, M Moore; T Barron (0-1), J McGrath, D Guiry; T Guiry, C Guiry; J Barron (0-3), D Guiry (0-1), S O’Meara; S Ryan (0-1f), C Gleeson (0-2, 1f), S Walsh (0-1). Subs: D Ryan for T Guiry, C Mulcahy for D Meehan, C Walsh for S O’Meara.

Referee - P O’Sullivan.

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