Kildorrery have the talent and desire to carry them to final

the semi finals when accounting for Kilbrittain after a replay.

Given that they had struggled to make an impact at junior level in the city with this team last year, it was felt that the Glen might be punching above their weight in intermediate ranks, having availed of the opportunity - resulting from the County Board’s decision to revamp the various championships – to move up a grade.

The long-awaited county senior success last year has obviously impacted positively on the Glen’s second team, but they are in bonus territory at this stage, and the odds are that they will find Kildorrery just a bit too hot to handle.

With former senior players like David Goggin, Donal Cronin and Alan Dunlea on hand to provide the leadership for a team that’s nicely blended with youth and experience, they are entitled to command a certain amount of respect of course, but this is an ideal opportunity for Kildorrery to advance to the decider.

Providing such as Shane Fitzgerald, Michael Walsh, Finbarr Stapleton, Andrew O’Brien and their talismanic attacker Peter O’Brien perform to their potential, it can be safely said they won’t allow it to pass them by.

Verdict: Kildorrery THE perennial problems that divisional teams have to contend with in terms of preparation and player availability meant that Avondhu wouldn’t have been ranked among the leading contenders for county SFC glory at the start of the season.

There was no doubting the depth of quality at the disposal of the team management, but getting the players to click as a unit was always going to be difficult, especially since collective training was virtually a non-runner, with club commitments the obvious priority