It's 50 years this month since Ballyhale Shamrocks was founded, and there’s never been a more dramatic moment in that half century than TJ Reid’s late, late intervention.
It paves the way for the club to become the first to win three All-Irelands in-a-row in their golden jubilee year against Ballygunner next month, as well as further enshrining Reid’s legend.
Having slotted a penalty minutes earlier to bring his side level, two Conor Cooney frees meant that it was a goal or bust as Reid stood over a free from the 20-metre line but to the right of the posts, the angle increasing the difficulty considerably and pushing the distance out to some 23 metres, with a thicket of St Thomas’s defenders guarding the line to boot.
