Watergrasshill manager Eddie Enright hailed his players and their opponents Tynagh-Abbey-Duniry after an epic All-Ireland intermediate club hurling final.
Captain Sean Desmond snatched the victory for the Cork side in the dying moments of the game, scoring a last-gasp goal having latched onto an unfortunate break from a Tynagh perspective.
Extra-time appeared to be on the cards until Desmond bore down on goal before finishing past Brendan Lynch in the Hill 16 end goals.
Watergrasshill led by four at half-time but Tynagh rallied inspired by Shane Moloney even though he was clearly curtailed by a back injury. But Adam Murphy responded for the Cork men before Desmond won it.
After the game, their manager Eddie Enright gave a sporting interview where he said hurling was the winner.
"What a game. Hurling won today," said Enright, the Tipperary man who won an All-Ireland and an All-Star in 2001.
"It was a really tough game all the way through," he told TG4.
"A battle, as you'd expect from an All-Ireland final. A really high standard of hurling, a really high standard of defending. Just delighted to get out the other side."
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The Thurles Sarsfields club-man praised Tynagh for their guile and physicality, saying it took a lot of character from his side to overcome the challenge.
"What a team (Tynagh-Abbey-Duniry) They brought all their guile and physicality.
"We got that break in the second half and no better man than Seanie to put it away."
"We showed a bit of patience today, a lot of character.
"We stuck with it and got the break with the goal.
"The physicality Tynagh brought to it was incredible, something we hadn't come across up to now and it took us a while, especially in the third quarter, to adjust to that."

12 January 2025; Watergrasshill captain Seán Desmond takes a moment for himself after he scored the winning goal in the fifth minute of injury-time in the AIB GAA Hurling All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship final match between Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry of Galway and Watergrasshill of Cork at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
Work took the Tipperary man to Watergrasshill in 2002, where he now has a family, and this is his second stint in charge of the club which he also played with for four years at the end of his career.
"Look, the family are there and we love the community down there," he told the Echo, "Watergrasshill and Glenville are just so supportive for everything we did and I couldn't believe the crowd here for a small place.
He says this victory has been a long time coming.
"This has been building for a long time to be honest.
"There's 20 years of work gone into this between all of the underage coaches. We pushed them this year, pushed their fitness levels, pushed the structure.
"We did some things that helped behind the scenes. We've 35/40 players training, and that whole ecosystem with the club, the players, the community and the management team, I think it really worked this year, it clicked."
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