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24th November 2019
04:57pm GMT

61 minutes says the clock when he darts over to the stand-side to pick up a loose ball before firing it down the other end of the field.
It felt like a seismic moment. The crowning of a peerless performance. The Borris crowd went wild, just like any set of supporters would when their talisman steps up with a big play yet again on a day of days.
He's been phenomenal. Seven points, six of them nerveless frees on a wet-grip sort of day. The point from play was outlandish, showed off one of the most exquisite touches you'll see and a strike that was only ever going over the bar.
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But even after 61 minutes, even after that heroic stand-side intervention, Brendan Maher had more to give. He wasn't going to stop until Borris-Ileigh were Munster champions. And so with injury time almost up, another schemozzle forms. That's been the story of the day.
Jerry Kelly could win it. He's a rampaging bull-dozer of a player. He jostles, he hits and he slogs it out like a fella who's been waiting his whole life for this. You wouldn't think he's only 21. His stamina is deceptive.
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James Devaney is there too. He's been the star of their year, scorer of extraordinary goals galore. He hasn't had it his way this Sunday, but he hasn't stopped either. None of them stop.
Brendan Maher wins it. Somehow plucks it from about ten bodies and wins the free. That's it. He's done it again. Ends with a fist-pump. A year and a half after tearing his cruciate ligament, Brendan Maher has followed up his All-Ireland and All-Star with Tipp, with a county championship and Munster championship with his club.
What a year. What a player. What a team.
"We're no fancy Dans," said Ray McCormack after the game.
You can print that. Borris-Ileigh will take some beating.
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