Eirball.International – Shinty and International Rules

Cork took the first game 21-7 [30:35 at Video Reference 4], with Catríona O'Casey and Aisling O'Keeffe leading 10-5 at the first Galway Timeout [15:30 at VR-4] and 16-7 at the second Galway Timeout. Despite Cork taking a commanding 5-0 lead in the second game [37:46 at VR-4], Galway's Ciana NíChurraoin and Niamh Heffernan were able to come into the game, leading the second game 8-5 [43:07 at VR-4] and 16-12 [57:55 at VR-4]. Cork levelled at 16-16, sending the Cork fans wild [1:02:21], but the Galway pair were able to close out the game 21-16 [1:06:19]. The Match went into a Tiebreak up to 11, with Galway leading 5-1 at the first timeout [1:18:43 at VR-4]. Cork won the serve back at 8-1 down [1:18:43 at VR-4], Galway missed two match points at 10-10 before a killshot to right corner gave the Cork pair the game and match at 11-10 [1:34:27 at VR-4]