Stradbally claimed their 15th Conway Cup following a two-point victory over holders Nire in a thrilling Waterford SFC final at Fraher Field, Dungarvan. Stradbally.2-5 Nire..0-9 Nire played with the aid of a strong wind in the first half, but despite enjoying the lion's share of possession, were locked together with the tenacious opponents at the interval. The holders led 0-5 to 0-2 before Eddie Rockett goaled for Stradbally late in the first half and the teams were level on 1-3 to 0-6 at the break. Nire regained the lead on the restart through David Ryan, but poor defending allowed Stradbally's Robert Ahearne to fist home a 45th minute goal for the challengers. That put Stradbally 2-3 to 0-7 in front, and they went on to seal victory through Trevor Curran's late point. Stradbally - O Costelloe; T Walsh, K Coffey, T Costelloe; T Grey, E Rockett (1-0), A Doyle; J Coffey, J Hearne; T Connors, S Ahearne (0-1), S Cunningham; N Curran (0-2), R Ahearne (1-0), P Weldon. Subs: S Lannon (0-1) for Weldon, T Curran (0-1) for Connors. Nire - T Flynn; P Horkin, T O'Gorman, Mce O'Gorman; J Moore, D Ryan (0-1), J McGrath; B Wall (0-5, three frees), C Guiry, S Walsh; M Walsh (0-1), Ml O'Gorman (0-1); L Lawlor, C Power (0-1), M Moore. Subs: D Wall for S Walsh, D Guiry for C Guiry. Tweet

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