Drom-Broadford 0-13 Newcastle West 2-7:MICHAEL REIDY, with a point in stoppage time, earned a draw for Drom-Broadford in a superbly entertaining Limerick football final which was marred by a fracas after referee Richard Moloney blew for half-time.

James Kelly was the Newcastle West hero and scored 2-2 of their tally. Two minutes before the interval Newcastle West claimed a penalty as Kelly raced through but play was waved on and that led to the halftime protests; Kelly was one of two players shown yellow.

Then two minutes into stoppage time Kelly was shown a second yellow.

There sides were level three times in the first half at the end of which Drom-Broadford led by a point. Kelly’s goal came after 16 minutes to put his side 1-4 to 0-4 in front. Derry McCarthy responded with a brace to edge in front until Kelly had his second goal.

DROM-BROADFORD: K Noonan; D OLeary, T McLoughlin, C Fahy; G Noonan (0-1), E Barry, M Boyce; S Buckley (0-1), J Stokes; M Brosnan (0-2), P Donnelly, D McCarthy (0-4, one free); R Lynch, G Egan, M Reidy (0-5, two frees). Sub: B Noonan for O’Leary (23 mins).

NEWCASTLE WEST: JJ Sheehy; M OKeeffe, D Woods, M Dowling; S Browne, S Nix, M McMahon; I Corbett, S Lyons; S McAuliffe, T Quilligan (0-1), J Lee; M Quilligan (0-4 three frees, one 45), Stephen Kelly, J Kelly (2-2). Subs: B O’Doherty for McAuliffe (27 mins), P Hannon for Lyons (52 mins), Shane Kelly for Browne (61 mins).

Next Up . . .

Munster Club Football Championship

First Round (Nov 4th) – Kilmurry (Clare) v Dr Crokes or Dingle (Kerry), Clare venue; Castlehaven (Cork) v Drom- Broadford (Limerick), Cork venue.

Semi-finals (Nov 18th) – Tipp champions v Kerry/Clare club; Stradbally, The Nire or Clashmore (Waterford) v Cork/Limerick club.

Final – Dec 2nd.