Lyons delivers decisive blow

Glenstal suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the fourth minute of stoppage time when Rockwell full back Morgan Lyons kicked a …

Glenstal suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the fourth minute of stoppage time when Rockwell full back Morgan Lyons kicked a superb penalty from the right hand touchline.

Centre Mark Timmins kicked Glenstal into the lead and when Rockwell came back with a try by winger Brendan Crowley, the Co Limerick side struck again when Max Halley touched down. Rockwell struck in first-half injury time with a try under the posts by centre Brendan O'Connor which Lyons converted. Two fine penalties by Timmins put Glenstal 14-12 ahead in the opening 10 minutes of the second half and they defended with grim resolution until Lyons struck his late penalty.

ROCKWELL: M Lyons; B Mackey, B O'Connor, C O'Gorman, B Crowley; D Lyons, G Hurley; J Clifford, D Fogarty, R Brosnan, E Macken, J Mackensy, F Quinlan, M Barry, M Melbourne.

GLENSTAL: W Halley; T McNamara, M McElligott, M Timmins, M Halley; G Kearns, I Carroll; A Grant, M Coghlan, P Moran, L Devane, W Martin Smith, J Hayes, J Kennedy, T O'Brien.

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Referee: P Roche.