St Brigid's Loughrea - 1-13 Scoil Ruain, Killenaule 0-12 Specialists St Brigid's powered their way past Scoil Ruain to chalk up their fourth All-Ireland Vocational Schools Senior Hurling title on the trot at Semple Stadium, Thurles, yesterday.
The Galway boys struggled in the first half against a lively Tipperary outfit but once Loughrea settled into their stride after the break they dominated.
A major upset had looked on the cards in the first half as Scoil Ruain forced the pace and led 0-10 to 0-5 at the interval, though they had been fortunate twice not to concede a goal.
The second half belonged to Loughrea. Inside 15 minutes they had turned the five-point deficit into a three-point lead. Niall Healy helped with a smashing goal in the 12th minute.
Healy, winning his fourth medal, was the star of the show for Loughrea. Others to shine for the winners were Michael Broderick, also winning his fourth medal, Mark Herlihy, Dermot Ryan, Alan Callanan and Liam Geraghty.
Scoil Ruain's best were Gerry Kennedy, Niall Teehan, Jamie McCormack, Shane Long and Keith Holohan.
SCORERS
LOUGHREA: N Healy 1-4; M Callanan 0-4; A Callanan 0-3; L Geraghty, F Burke 0-1 each.
KILLENAULE: K Holohan 0-5; S Long 0-3; N Teehan, W Coleman, J Holohan, J McCormack 0-1 each.
