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Footballers folded
■ Brendan Doyle outfields Carlow captain John Murphy for a first-half mark.
Wednesday March 03 2010
FORGET THE result at Tinryland on Sunday; neither county would be chuffed with an O'Byrne Shield medal - indeed, not even a Cup victory - but the elation of the home triumph was of more morale importance in view of their upcoming NFL date with Wicklow in Aughrim on Sunday next. The final was more of a probe into the value of the second string rather than scooping worthless silver, and for 35 minutes the Barrowsiders looked more suited to a Junior competition than Leinster Senior challengers.
