Jack English is the toast of Adare this evening after his late goal secured their first Limerick SFC success at the Gaelic Grounds.

With three minutes of injury-time played, English found the back of the Newcastle West net before Charlie McCarthy tagged on a point to clinch a remarkable 2-10 to 1-10 victory.

Hugh Bourke's 17^th minute goal separated the sides at the break (Adare 1-6, Newcastle West 0-6) but an Iain Corbett goal had Newcastle West back on level terms inside six minutes of the restart.

Joe Lee's men looked to be heading for a second success in three years but English and his team-mates - who were intermediate champions just 12 months ago - had other ideas.

Adare - J Hickey; O Collins, A O'Connor, E Costello; E Ryan, D Connolly, P Maher; R Bourke (0-2f), S Keeley; S Doherty, J English (1-0), M Lyons (0-2); N Mulvihill, M Connolly, H Bourke (1-5, 0-3f). Subs: S O'Connor for E Costello, A O'Connell for P Maher, C McCarthy (0-1) for M Lyons (BC).

Newcastle West - A Ruddle; M O'Keeffe, B O'Sullivan, S Browne; M O'Leary, S Nix, P Hannon (0-1); C Sheehan, I Corbett (1-2); T Quilligan (0-1f), S Kelly (0-1), S Murphy; J Lee (0-4f), M McMahon, J Kelly. Subs: AJ O'Connor for T Quilligan, D Woods for S Murphy, E Murphy for B O'Sullivan, M Quilligan (0-1) for S Kelly, E Hurley for M McMahon.

Referee - J Murphy.

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