Stradbally 0-11 Loughmore-Castleiney 1-7 Waterford champions Stradbally held on for a one-point win over Loughmore-Castleiney in the Munster club football championship despite being reduced to 14 men late in the first half at Dungarvan on Sunday 7th November. Stradbally had centre back Trevor Costelloe sent off minutes before the interval but the Waterford side held a slender advantage at the interval 0-4 to 0-3. A free by Michael Walsh stretched Stradbally's lead early in the second half but the Tipp champions came back to draw level with points from Declan Laffan and Martin Gleeson. Niall Curran fired over for Stradbally before Laffan scored from a penalty to put the visitors in front by two points. Stradbally fought back and scored four unanswered points. Both sides exchanged scores but the Stradbally defence held firm for the remaining minutes of the match to secure a well earned win and a place in the semi final. Stradbally - E Cunningham, E Cummins, K Coffey, T Walsh, O Costelloe, T Costelloe, D Doyle, G Walsh 0-1, J Hearne 0-1, J Coffey, G Power, S Cunningham 0-2, N Curran 0-5, M Walsh 0-1, S Lawlor. Sub: S Lennon 0-1 for Lawlor Loughmore-Castleiney - D Brennan, G Sweeney, N Ryan, D McGrath, E Connolly, D Kennedy, T King, M Webster, M Gleeson 0-3, C McGrath, S Bohan, T Ormond 0-2, E Sweeney, D Laffan 1-1, J Egan 0-1. Subs: M Ormond for Bohan, D Burke for Egan Referee - A Mangan (Kerry) Tweet

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