Piercestown 3-15 Gorey C.B.S 1-5 Last Wednesday evening saw a near perfect performance by Piercestown as they defeated Gorey C.B.S to claim the Rackard League Hurling title on a sun drenched Wexford Park. Both teams had topped their respective leagues in the run up to the final and Gorey C.B.S was aiming for a fourth title in a row. Piercestown playing with the wind in the first half had the better of the early exchanges with their centre forward Joe Coleman in fine form confidently striking over a 65 to send Piercestown into an early lead. For most of the first half both defences were on top with both centre backs in dominant form. Piercestown however began to win the midfield battle with Jake Firman and Aaron Maddock pulling the strings. Firman was to finish the half with four points to his credit alongside points from Kenny (1), Walsh (1), J Coleman (3), and C Coleman (1). Gorey C.B.S to their credit continued to hurl well and replied with points from Eoin McGuikin and the impressive Aobahn Doyle. The second half in truth belonged to Piercestown and especially to Joe Coleman who seemed to be able to pull out scores from every conceivable angle. As well as scoring 1-5 in the second half he had a hand in Piercestown's two other goals with some neat hand passing. Gorey C.B.S tried their best to stay in touch but with the Piercestown full back line in formidable form they were kept out though Ben Egan the Gorey centre back put over three lovely 65's . Conor Levingstone added a late consolation goal for Gorey but Piercestown were not to be denied and when Dickie Murphy blew the final whistle most in the crowd would admit that the better team had won. Tweet

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