They had to go 25 minutes without a score in the second half at Mallow on Wednesday, but St Francis College of Rochestown more than earned their TUS Corn Uí Mhuirí semi-final spot.
When Cathal Lowney pointed for the Cork side early in the second half, it put them 1-10 to 0-2 ahead of IS Killorglin but, against a brazing wind, they found themselves on the back foot for much of the rest of the game.
Where the first half had been about building a lead, this was about containment and, though five scores were allowed to Killorglin’s danger-men Adam O’Neill and Tomás Joy (one two-pointer for the latter), a…