NA PIARSAIGH and Patrickswell are through to the Bon Secours Hospital Limerick Senior Hurling Championship Final, following respective weekend wins over Doon and Kilmallock at the Gaelic Grounds.
In the opening semi-final, the teams had finished level – Na Piarsaigh 2-23, Doon 0-29 – after extra-time and in ‘a result on the day’ scenario, it came down to a dreaded penalty shoot-out.
With respective goalkeepers Shane Dowling of Na Piarsaigh and Doon’s Tomás Lynch both stopping three out of the regulation five each, the contest went to sudden-death in which 2018 All-Star forward again blocked after then Kevin Downes blasted home the winner.
In the second semi-final, captain Aaron Gillane grabbed a sensational 1-12 as Patrickswell surprised Kilmallock, 2-25 to 1-15.
The winners had looked in control all through, and were 0-12 to 0-5 ahead at the interval.
The Final is listed for the same venue on Saturday evening week, October 28.
It will be the third final meeting of the pair, with Na Piarsaigh winning in 2015 and Patrickswell four years later.
