Four-in-a-row chasing Sarsfields wobbled, and a Patrick Horgan-less Glen Rovers took full advantage to claim a four-point victory at Riverstown on Friday evening.
Winners of the last three RedFM Divison 1 Hurling League titles and with eight of the starting team that pipped Midleton in last year’s county championship final lining out, they packed bite. But still came up short.
The northsiders were the last team to beat Sars in a league matchup – doing so in round three of last year’s competition – and they were full value for it again here.
The hosts had started stronger but Rovers were never further than two, and that’s what the…