COLLEGES GAA LEINSTER SH SEMI-FINAL St Kieran's, Kilkenny 4-11 Good Counsel 1-12:WITH 12 minutes remaining in Saturday's encounter at Carlow the sides were tied at 0-11 to 1-8 and Good Counsel could very well have had three third-quarter goals.

However, it was again a Wexford tale of what might have been with a Kilkenny team in opposition as St Kieran’s finished strongly and pilfered three goals, two of the soft variety, to render Jack Guiney’s injury-time strike from a close range free a mere consolation goal.

Guiney, son of ’96 Wexford All-Ireland star Dave, hurled a magnificent game at midfield for the New Ross school as well as displaying terrific marksmanship, finishing with 1-9, all bar a point from placed balls. Thanks mainly to his accuracy Counsel led 0-10 to 1-6 at the break, the Kieran’s goal a well-taken effort by Thomas O’Hanrahan.

ST KIERAN'S:T Johnston; L Hickey, P O'Carroll, R O'Hanrahan; H O'Neill, C O'Neill (1-0, free), E Morrissey; P Butler, C O'Shea; J Power (0-8, six frees, 65), K Phelan, K Buckley (1-0); J Nolan, M Brennan (0-3), T O'Hanrahan (2-0). Subs: R Reid for Nolan (38), P Kenneally for Phelan (53 mins), A Cleere for Brennan (57 mins)

GOOD COUNSEL:P Mulherne; T French, T Aylward, G Foley; C Foran, S O'Gorman, N Cullen; D Foley, J Guiney (1-9, 1-8 frees); S Aylward, K Butler (0-2), M Mansfield; C Ryan, G Bennett, M Aylward (0-1). Subs: J Tubritt for Ryan (45 mins), R Tubrid for S Aylward (53 mins)

Referee: P Murphy(Carlow)