Ballygunner justified their favouritism when running out 4-20 to 1-12 winners against Passage at Walsh Park today.

An attendance of 3,811 witnessed the Gunners capture their third title in-a-row and goal from Tim O'Sullivan, Billy O'Keeffe, Stephen Power and Pauric Mahony were vital ingredients in their winning formula.

Full-back Noel Connors opened the scoring for Passage but O'Sullivan and the prolific O'Keeffe raised green flags in the first-half and the winners led by the narrowest of margins - 2-5 to 0-10 - at the halfway stage.

Backed by a strong wind, a commanding second-half display put the end result beyond any doubt from a long way out.

Ballygunner outscored their opponents by 2-15 to 1-2 after the resumption and Mahony finished as top scorer with an individual haul of 1-11.

They will now face Thurles Sarsfields in the Munster Club championship next Sunday.

Ballygunner - S O'Keeffe; E Hayden, B Coughlan, I Kenny; H Barnes, Philip Mahony, S Walsh; D O'Sullivan (0-1), B O'Keeffe (1-0); S O'Sullivan, Pauric Mahony (1-11, 0-7f), C Power; T O'Sullivan (1-0), B O'Sullivan (0-4), P Hogan (0-3). Subs: W Hutchinson for B O'Keeffe, S Power (1-1) for H Barnes, M Mahony for C Power, JJ Hutchinson for T O'Sullivan, J McCarthy for P Hogan.

Passage - E Lynch; D Lynch, N Connors (0-1), J Flood; A Roche (0-1), J Roche (0-1), S Mason; P Walsh, G Cullinane; O Connors (0-2, 1f), C Carey, S Hogan; T Connors (1-1), E Kelly (0-2), K Fitzgerald (0-4, 3f). Subs: J Whitty for G Cullinane, R Hurley for C Carey, C O'Neill for S Mason, P Donnellan for A Roche.

Referee - M O'Brien.

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