We had a disappointing result in the under 21 C hurling championship final against St. James',  Ardfield which was played in Rossmore on Friday evening.. 25th August, although the opening minutes of the game could have indicated a different result.

The Ardfield boys were first to score  - a point within a minute of the throw in. Gavin Hunt's equaliser came quickly and then on the five minute mark we had a scoring chance which on another day would have yielded a goal.

Two well taken points from Donnacha Collins made it 0-3 to 0-1 wth almost ten minutes gone.

An Ardfield point was followed by a goal, which was game changing score, giving them a lead of 1-2  to 0-3. It was a lead that they never lost. A brilliant save by Ted Nyhan deprived them of a second goal around the twenty minute mark but  it came a few minutes from half time.

The half time score was  St. James'  2-9  Randal Og  0-5.  Owen O'Sullivan, from a sixty five and Gavin Hunt  had scored for Randals.

It was a low scoring third quarter. Two points from Gavin Hunt and two Ardfield scores left it with the same margin as at half time,  2-11 to 0-7.

A succession of Ardfield points in the last quarter saw them increase their lead again and a third goal came late in the game.

It was :  St. James' 3-18  Randal Og  0-9 at full time.

Team:  Ted Nyhan, Seamus Murphy, Seamus Crowley, Cian O'Neill, Conor O'Donovan, Tomas White, Owen O'Sullivan, Donnacha Collins, Mark Shanahan, Padraig Galvin, Kevin Dullea, Gavin Hunt,

Subs:  Daniel O'Sullivan,  Jamie Kearney,  Diarmuid Hayes.