WATCH: Adare senior hurling manager Mark Foley: 'It's a long time since we have been in knockout hurling'

"'It's a long time since we have been in knockout hurling, it is probably bonus territory as far as we are concerned. A performance like that and there is only going to be one result really, it's going to be a huge a step up. And on top of that, we have seemed to pick up a good few injuries so it looks like Declan (Hannon) is out for next week and Mark Connolly went over on his knee they'll have to go away and get scans. It's going deep into our panel but we have been there before and we will definetly have to better in terms of our performance that won't be good enough," said Adare senior hurling manager Mark Foley. 

Adare defeated Newcastle West 2-17 to 1-18 in round five of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship in Mick Neville Park on Saturday afternoon to book their place into the quarter-finals of the championship. Mark Foley's side will face Kilmallock or Ballybrown in the quarter-finals next weekend.

After failing to qualify out of group two last year, Adare have bounced back excellently to secure their place into the knockout stages of the championship. Newcaslt West have retained their senior status after earning promotion from premier intermediate last year.

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Adare showed tremendous character to keep battling away especially when it looked as if this game was going away from them. In the last five minutes of the second half, Adare outscored Newcastle West 1-4 to 0-2 and ultimately John Fitzgibbon's goal from the penalty proved to be the difference between the sides. Fitzgibbon and Patrick Kearney were in impressive scoring form hitting 1-13 between them for the winners. 

After Adare's victory over Newcastle West, Leader Sport caught up with Mark Foley.