Sundays final was a very, very good hurling match. Despute a heavy pitch following a week of rain, the two teams served up a very skilful encounter. The big players from Blackrock all delivered performances on the day, with Richie Murphy taking the man of the match award. His goal from a penalty in the 1st half and scores from 65's early in the 2nd half put his team in a lead that eventually was too much for Effin to claw back. Nineteen year old half forward Ruari Shaughnessy from Blackrock scored 4 points from play and all were classy scores, the young lad has a bright future ahead. Effin once again tried Nicky Quaid at centre forward but he was well shackled by Brian Moloney, who has put in some tremendous performances at centre back over the last 6-8 weeks. County panelists Richie McCarthy and Dave Moloney both played very well, with McCarthy getting a monster of a score from well inside his own half. Nicky Quaid was moved to centre back and Damien Moloney centre forward 10 mins into the 2nd half when they were 6 points behind and this gave Effin new impetus, they got the lead back to 2 points and had a great chance to bring it to 1 but Blackrock got a grip again at half forward and got a couple of quick scores. They lead by 8 points with 10 mins to go, and although Effin got a goal and Damien Moloney went on a great run and nearly sneaked another, Blackrock held on well in the end.

Effin are definitely good enough to challenge again next year, certainly these two teams were the best in the county by a long way this year. Blackrock will be looking forward to next season and having a craic at intermediate level. Eight of the starting 15 from Sunday were 22 years old or younger so they are a team for the future.

oldfullforward (Limerick) - Posts: 169 - 10/11/2009 10:34:38    480045

Can anyone list the 2 teams please? I'm out of the country and can read a proper match report anywhere. It seems like it certainly wasn't a 0-14 to 0-3 lame-duck affair, with from what I'm reading between the lines, some great scores and a great atmosphere. Tell me, was Heffo the keeper for Blackrock?

shoulderghost (Limerick) - Posts: 863 - 10/11/2009 11:16:45    480081

Pat Heffo was the keeper for Blackrock. What a game and what a night on sunday night in kilfinnane and ardpatrick, Back to the good time for this club after a lot of negatives over the last few years. Effin were good sporting losers and no doubt will do well at this grade again next year, but blackrock deserved this and some of the scores in the second half were outstanding givin the conditions. I travelled from westmeath on sunday to see this and am thrilled that i made it. it was a great day to be from kilfinnane.

munman (Limerick) - Posts: 17 - 10/11/2009 11:47:42    480113

Blackrock team from Sunday:

1. Pat Heffernan
2. Tommy Clifford
3. TG Ryan
4. Nigel Hosford
5. Richie Murphy
6. Brian Moloney
7. Niall Moloney
8. Dave Moloney
9. Pa McGrath
10. Ruairi Shaughnessy
11 Brendan Hennessy (capt)
12. Simon Hennessy
13. Barry Shaughnessy
14. Richie McCarthy
15. Aidan Murphy

Subs who got a run were Kevin Palmer and Vinny Herbert

oldfullforward (Limerick) - Posts: 169 - 10/11/2009 12:21:09    480185

Smashin game on Sunday, fair play to both teams for a great hours entertainment. Blackrock deserving winners as they pretty much dominated the game throughout bar a stage midway through the 2nd half and also the last 5 mins when Effin were piling on the pressure. Some really terrific scores by both sets of forwards, the stand-out by a long way being Richie McCarthy's effort from his own 65 midway through the 2nd half. My pre-match post suggested 4-5 match-winners on both sides, Blackrock certainly came out on top in these key exchanges. Brian Moloney didn't give Nicky Quaid a puck the whole 1st half, Ruairi Shaughnessy gave Mikey O'Donnell a tough day of it, Damien Moloney was not his usual dominating presence (until he was put up in the forward line when he seemed to cause chaos for a while), john Dillon and David Moloney has a tough old battle in midfield though Moloney really stormed into it in the last quarter when Blackrock were under serious pressure. Richie McCarthy was reasonably quiet when in full forward but had a smahin game when he came out to the half forward line. Bearing in mind both teams are full of very talented youngsters (think there's only 2 or 3 from the 30 who started who've celebrated their 30th!!!), it'll be interesting to see how they fare in the next year or two. Can't imagine Effin will be junior for much longer and Blackrock could surprise a few people in intermediate.

wintered_well (Limerick) - Posts: 20 - 10/11/2009 16:46:48    480427

Shoulderghost, teams were as follows
Effin lineout
1. Michael Kelly 2. Adrian Barrett 3. John P O'Donnell 4. Ciaran Dillon 5. Mike O'Donnell 6. Damien Moloney 7. Michael Rea 8. James O'Donnell 9. John Dillon 10. Pierce O'Kelly 11. Nicky Quaid 12. Conor Kearney 13. Patrick O'Carroll 14. Tommy Quaid 15. John M Manning
Subs 16. Johnny Bluett 17. Hugh O'Neill 18. Enda Kelly 19. John Collins 20. Kieran Barrett 21. Thomas Carroll 22. Andrew Dillon 23. David O'Keefe 24. James O'Leary
Blackrock team was named by previous poster, their bench was
16. Aidan Fitzgerald 17. James McGrath 18. Declan Danaher 19. Vinny Herbert 20. Ken Douglas 21. Kevin Palmer 22. Stevie McGrath 23. Mike Roche 24. Eamon Coughlan 25. James O'Doherty 26. Gary Fitzgerald 27. Pat Clery 28. Josh Slattery 29. Dave Douglas

wintered_well (Limerick) - Posts: 20 - 10/11/2009 20:32:41    480653

Blackrock next sunday against Aherlow , Is this on in Kilmallock ? and at what time.

munman (Limerick) - Posts: 17 - 17/11/2009 10:41:13    485892

On at 2 in Kilmallock on sunday! Support one of the few teams left from Limerick in Munster!

South (Limerick) - Posts: 122 - 17/11/2009 12:01:00    485962

It's down for Mallow @ 2pm on the Munster GAA Website, Seamus Roche (Tipperary) is the referee.

ger79ie (Limerick) - Posts: 173 - 17/11/2009 12:46:51    486021

Its on in kilmallock the game in mallow is south liberties v douglas of cork

king.of.queens (Limerick) - Posts: 15 - 17/11/2009 13:12:10    486061

It's the South Liberties v Dougles intermediate game that's fixed for Mallow, Rockies are on in Kilmallock at 2 on Sunday

rockiesabu (Limerick) - Posts: 10 - 17/11/2009 13:53:46    486112

Why did ye agree to play in Kilmallock? Ye were entitled to home advantage for this game..............it would have been a good boost for ye.

landengineer (Limerick) - Posts: 112 - 17/11/2009 17:26:12    486388

There is no stand so the game couldn't b played in kilfinnane

king.of.queens (Limerick) - Posts: 15 - 17/11/2009 17:52:01    486424

As far as i'm aware that makes no difference. Blackrock could have played at home.

landengineer (Limerick) - Posts: 112 - 17/11/2009 19:09:54    486513

No with parking and cover for the fans kilmallock mad sense! Plus the bitch is fairly big so not much of a difference! And as far as i know thier is a stand rule!

South (Limerick) - Posts: 122 - 17/11/2009 20:56:27    486648

It does make a differance a stand is needed because of d time of year

king.of.queens (Limerick) - Posts: 15 - 17/11/2009 21:08:09    486669

Kilmallock field is not playable d game is now on in lattin at 2 o clok tommorow,its about a 20 min drive from kilfinnane and ardpatrick

king.of.queens (Limerick) - Posts: 15 - 21/11/2009 21:51:20    490517

that's no way to talk about a lady south.................moderation please!!

landengineer (Limerick) - Posts: 112 - 21/11/2009 22:52:02    490566

Best of Luck to the Rockies today, can't make it over to Lattin so will have fingers crossed. As for playing the match in Kilmallock there was a great atmosphere there for the County Final so it's a real pity it couldn't go ahead there. No fault but on the best day of the year there's a wind howling across the field in Kilfinane so can't imagine what it's like these days. Here's hoping they have a good day out.

Balthasar (Limerick) - Posts: 5 - 22/11/2009 12:39:28    490752

Blackrock 11pts - Aherlow 9pts . Wasn,t at it but heard from a person that was , it was a tough game. Congratulations the Rockies , An amazing year continues.
Also congrats to South Liberties. Munster Intermediate Champions.

munman (Limerick) - Posts: 17 - 22/11/2009 20:16:22    491157