Dromin-Athlacca defeat Knockaderry in thrilling Limerick U21 hurling championship final

LIMERICK U20 hurler Cian Scully starred as Dromin-Athlacca were crowned County U21 B hurling champions thanks to a hard-fought four-point win over Knockaderry this Sunday afternoon. 

In Ballyagran, it finished Dromin-Athlacca 0-19 Knockaderry 2-9 after three late Scully points - two frees and a point from play - put daylight between the two sides.

A fantastic game of hurling, played in good conditions despite a swirling wind, both Dromin-Athlacca and Knockaderry were level eight times before the eventual winners pulled away in the final four minutes.

Knockaderry's goals came through JJ Condon and Ronan Keating in either half, but it was an impressive return of 0-13, 10 of which were frees for Cian Scullt, that won the game for Dromin-Athlacca. 

After both sides were level five times in the first half, it was Dromin-Athlacca that led by the narrowest of margins at half-time - 0-9 to 1-5.

Both sides were level four more times after the restart before Dromin-Athlacca outscored Knockaderry by 0-7 to 0-2 in the final quarter.

Knockaderry took the lead for only the second time when Ronan Keating raised the green flag six minutes after half time. 

However, three Scully frees in-a-row, either side of a Kieran Storin free, and a Pearse Gavin point, put Dromin-Athlacca ahead by the 47th minute.

The sides were level twice more however with Storin drawing level with a free in the 56th minute before a superb David Griffin point and three Scully scores without response secured the four-point win for Dromin-Athlacca. 

SCORERS: Dromin-Athlacca: Cian Scully 0-13 (10frees, 1 lineball); Pearse Gavin 0-2; Thomas Delahunty, David Griffin, Daniel Scully, Jack Fitzgibbon 0-1 each. Knockaderry: Kieran Storin 0-8 (6frees); JJ Condon 1-0, Ronan Keating 1-0, Enda Moran 0-1.