CBC Kilkenny and Colaiste Mhuire Mullingar serve up Leinster thriller

CBC Kilkenny and Colaiste Mhuire Mullinagar served up a thrilling Leinster PPS A Semi-Final in a wet SETU Carlow on Wednesday where the Kilkenny outfit had to withstand a late fightback to book a spot in the provincial final.

The winners will play either St Kieran's College or Good Counsel in the decider. Their semi-final was postponed due to an unplayable pitch in the Ferns with no re-fixture confirmed as of yet.

After a competitive first half which the CBC shaded (1-7 to 0-9) through a Cian Byrne goal after just 30 seconds, the second period delivered a goals frenzy leaving supporters glued to the action.

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A brace of goals from Joe Dowling as well as a second green flag from Cian Byrne  and Adam Maher appeared to put the winners out of sight by the 44th minute (4-11 to 0-11).

However, a brave Colaiste Mhuire Mullinagar had other ideas and hit back with a hat-trick of goals (Cian Loughlin x2 and Finn Higgins) to narrow the CBC advantage to six points with eight minutes to play (5-11 to 3-11).

But despite the scare, last year's beaten finalists weathered the storm to advance to the next round.

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