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Twelve years on from guiding Nenagh CBS to the Harty Cup final, manager Donach O’Donnell led the school back to the promised land in dramatic fashion in Cappamore.
Excitement was certainly not in short supply in the Limerick venue with both Nenagh and Charleville serving up another tight encounter and definitely an upgrade in the drama stakes.
O’Donnell has been involved in the school hurling at Nenagh CBS for quite some time and he had this to say in his post-match reaction.
“Our players stick together and work for each other, with guys willing to run 50 or 60 yards to get a hurley in.
“I think that was the difference in the end. Obviously, Charleville got off to a good start and really cleaned us off in the first quarter. We kinda got back into it, were six points down at half time and then in the second half got it together a bit.
“The last 10 to 15 minutes was just a dog fight. It was an arm wrestle to see who would come out. It's very hard to put a finger on our slow start to the game.
“We started very well the last day and I thought that we were a little bit edgy today. Charleville were so sharp early on. They cleaned us off really in the first quarter.
“We set up slightly different for the second half. We were a bit lax during the first half. We tightened up a lot on their puck outs for the second half,“ he finished.
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