An injury-time goal from a free by Kevin Ivers gave Our Lady's, Templemore, a dramatic draw in a thrilling Dr Harty Cup Munster Colleges senior hurling semi-final against Tipperary neighbours Nenagh CBS at the Ragg yesterday.
After a shaky start, Nenagh made the running most of the way, but Templemore were never far behind them thanks to the accuracy of John Sweeney.
Nenagh led 1-5 to 0-7 at the interval. Their goal was a quality strike by Niall McGrath who slipped two tackles to put Nenagh 1-0 to 0-2 in front.
In the second half, Nenagh were never headed but were under constant pressure. Three McGrath points on the trot gave Nenagh a four-point lead and they seemed on course for victory. Templemore never gave up, however, and their persistence paid off when in injury time midfielder Kevin Ivers buried a 20-metre free in the Nenagh net to level the game.
Nenagh: D Lawlor; L Kelly, D O'Brien, S Ryan; D Hogan, M Ryan, S Tynan; N Ryan, T Connolly; D Hackett (0-3), B Quinn (0-1), D Kennedy (0-1); N McGrath (1-6), W Keogh (0-1), C Gleeson.
Templemore: E Sweeney; B Corcoran, D Bolger, MJ Murray; P Bourke, A Ivers, M Costigan; K Ivers (1-0), P Brennan; D Bergin (0-1), J Sweeney (0-7), D Bourke; P Shortt (0-3), C D'Arcy, E Kelly. Sub: K Fogarty (0-1) for D Bergin.
