Sixmilebridge made no mistake at the second attempt when scoring a convincing victory over Clooney-Quin in Ennis.

The sides couldn't be separated last week but today's replay finished 1-20 to 1-14 in Sixmilebridge's favour.

The 'Bridge wasted no time in racing into a 0-3 to 0-0 lead but with Peter Duggan continuing where he left off in the drawn encounter, Clooney-Quin stayed in touch.

Duggan sent over six points (five frees and one sideline) in the opening period and the underdogs went in at half-time trailing by 0-7 to 0-9.

The eventual winners enjoyed the best possible start to the second-half with Brian Corry finding the back of Clooney-Quin's net and that set the tone for what was to follow.

Michael Corry scored an injury-time consolation goal for Clooney-Quin.

The evergreen Niall Gilligan registered two points for the winners while Jamie Shanahan took the scoring honours with 0-5.

Sixmilebridge - D Fahy; N Purcell, P Fitzpatrick, B Fitzpatrick; A Quilligan (0-1), C Morey, S Morey; C Deasy (0-1), J Shanahan (0-5, 3f); C Malone (0-1), N Gilligan (0-2), S Golden (0-5); B Corry (1-1), A Morey, A Mulready (0-3). Subs: C Lynch (0-1) for N Gilligan, G Whyte for A Morey, B Carey for C Deasy, K Lynch for C Morey.

Clooney-Quin - K Hogan; R McNamara, S McNamara, B McInerney; C Duggan, C Harrison, D Murphy; P Ward, P Duggan (0-10, 6f, 2'65, 1sl); R Taylor (0-1), M Corry (1-1), T Shanahan; R O'Donnell, F Lynch (0-1), J Corry (0-1). Subs: D Hannon for T Shanahan, D Kennedy for D Murphy.

Referee - R Hickey.

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