Nemo Rangers and St Finbarr's must meet again to decide who will take home the Cork senior football silverware.

The two city rivals finished levelled on 0-14 apiece after the 'Barr's staged a Lazarus-like second-half comeback.

Seven points down early in the second-half, the Ian Maguire captained outfit displayed great heart to fight their way back into contention and their efforts were rewarded with three late points from Stephen Sherlock.

Left corner-forward Sherlock sent over eight points in total but the signs were ominous early on for his team as Nemo raced into an 0-8 to 0-0 lead.

At the half-way stage, Nemo had 0-10 on the board compared to St Finbarr's 0-4.

With Maguire prominent, the 'Barr's' threw caution to the wind in the second-half and fired over five points without reply to cut the deficit to 0-10 to 0-12 by the 47th minute.

Colin O'Brien stopped the rot with a point for Nemo but Sherlock ensured that the 'Barr's live to fight another day.

Nemo Rangers - M Martin; A O'Reilly, A Cronin, C McWhinney; T O Se, S Cronin, K Fulignati; A O'Donovan (0-1), J Horgan (0-2); B O'Driscoll (0-2), P Kerrigan, C O'Brien (0-2); C Dalton (0-1), P Gumley (0-2), L Connolly (0-4, 2f). Subs: J O'Donovan for K Fulignati, M Dorgan for J Horgan, C Horgan for B O'Driscoll.

St Finbarr's - D Murphy; A McCarthy, G O'Connor, D Quinn; C Lyons (0-2), S Ryan, J Burns; I Maguire (0-1), E Comyns; D O'Brien (0-2), M Shields, E Dennehy; C Myers Murray (0-1), R O'Mahony, S Sherlock (0-8, 6f). Subs: R Leahy for R O'Mahony, C Keane for D O'Brien, A O'Connor for C Lyons.

Referee - C Lane.

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