Rathdowney-Errill v The Harps
Laois JHC ‘C’ Final in the Centre of Excellence at 7.15pm
The second piece of adult hurling championship silverware is up for grabs this year as Rathdowney-Errill and The Harps meet tonight.
Clough-Ballacolla defeated Borris-Kilcotton for Junior B glory two weeks ago.
And now it is time for the Junior C final as the fourth strings of both clubs go head to head.
Unusually for this type of competition, both of these teams actually started it in the same group.
Rathdowney-Errill topped it after defeating The Harps by 2-15 to 1-12 in Round 2.
That game was played in mid-July and probably has little relevance to what will happen this evening.
Both sides defeated Clough-Ballacolla and Trumera which meant they emerged from the group.
The Harps defeated Clonad 1-18 to 2-10 in one quarter final with Rathdowney-Errill running out 6-10 to 2-12 winners over Mountmellick in another.
In the semi finals, The Harps went up against Clonaslee-St Manman’s in an extremely tight affair.
In the end, a goal from sub Tadhg O’Sullivan helped them to a 1-13 to 2-8 win.
It was far more comfortable for Rathdowney-Errill who were 3-15 to 3-7 winners over Camross.
The Harps won this competition in 2022 when they defeated Park-Ratheniska/Timahoe after extra time.
Oisin Conroy, Shane Brophy, Alan O’Connell, Tom Ryan, Alan Guilfoyle, Damien Houlihan and Padraig Walsh all played that day and will be hoping to collect a second medal.
Brian Bowe, Brian Meehan, Darragh Ryan and Ray Kelly have all been excellent for Rathdowney-Errill so far and they may just have enough.
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