At a glance

Man-of-the-Match

Niall McNamee (Rhode) Stephen Fisher started well for O’Mahony’s, Conor Martin and Shane Brennan held their own at midfield and Mickey Clarke had a fine outing in defence, but Niall McNamee has been the inspiration behind so many Rhode victories over the years and Sunday was no exception. The county star kicked eight points and oozed class.

Talkingpoint

Perhaps it isn’t even a ‘talking point’ anymore, but this was the final game of the season in Drogheda and another year looks set to pass without an announcement on the proposed Gaelic Grounds redevelopment. Just a few weeks after the GAA offered the IRFU eight state-of-the-art stadia for their World Cup bid, Leinster Council revealed Louth will play their ‘home’ Leinster Championship games in Parnell Park in 2017. Go figure...

Stats

WIDES: Rhode 4 (all in first-half); O’Mahony’s 3 (2 in first-half) FREES: Rhode 21 (12); O’Mahony’s 19 (10) 45s: None YELLOW: Rhode - N Darby (23), A McNamee (40); O’Mahony’s - J Connolly (35), C Martin (43), D Dowling (45), C Crawley (48), R Byrne (60+), K McLaughlin (60+) BLACK: None. RED: None

Whatnext...

Rhode head for Portlaoise on Sunday week to take on St Vincent’s in a repeat of the 2014 decider. They’ll be hoping it’s fifth time lucky having contested, and lost, four Leinster finals since 2006. O’Mahony’s can wind down and plan for 2017, although a select few will be reporting for Louth duty in the coming weeks.