Glenflesk came out all guns blazing after half time and had reduced the Stacks lead to the minimum with two excellent points from play by Tommy Bowler and Killian O’Sullivan. Shane O’Callaghan steadied the ship with our first point of the second half after two minutes. The sides exchanged points once more, ours from the boot of Cillian Litchfield. Then the turning point of the game came when team Captain, Shane O’Callaghan, who had given his marker a tumultuous day throughout, in typical ‘Calla’ style rounded the keeper and his low shot found the back of the net. Austin Stacks 1-10 Glenflesk 0-9. Glenflesk responded immediately with a point from play but this was quickly cancelled out by a point from play by the hardworking Sean Quilter. Donagh Mc Kivergan, added his name to the point scorers in the 39th minute, before that same man again, Shane O’Callaghan, chipped in with another from play in the 44th minute. The home side hit Stacks for three points in a row in the next six minutes, 2 converted frees by Darragh Roche and one from play from Ian Roche to leave the scoreboard Glenflesk 0-12 Austin Stacks 1-13 with ten minutes remaining. Then came another twist in the tale as Glenflesk were reduced to fourteen men following a second yellow card for Darragh Roche. Austin Stacks controlled the game expertly in the remaining ten minutes, managing to hold Glenflesk scoreless while adding five more points to their total tally, Micheal O’Donnell 0-3 (2 frees) and 2 excellent points from play by substitute David Mannix. FT Austin Stacks 1-18 Glenflesk 0-12.
