“We were very much in, played good hurling but I suppose the two goals were the killer, obviously.

“One being from a free twenty-five metre free or maybe it was twenty metres. And then of course, an intercepted puck-out; that’s gifting them two goals. Heading into half-time, well four minutes into injury-time we were only two points down and they got four points then.

“So it was always a mountain to climb. We brought it back then to three points, but we never really managed to bring it back below that. But credit where credit is due, they’re a team of good hurlers, strong all over the field.

“We’ve a lot of young lads playing and I couldn’t fault them for effort and we were just a bit unlucky then at times. That’s the way it goes.”

That Imokilly burst before half-time had the Glen reeling but they managed to compose themselves during the break and were left puzzled over a disputed effort for a point from Conor Dorris that came at a crucial time.

“It would have been every easy to lie down at half-time when you’re two goals down. You’re seeing if you can get off to a good start in the second half, and we did get off to a good start.

Then we thought we’d brought it down to two points, play had carried on with the puckout but I think the linesman brought the ref’s attention to it.

“Now if it was wide it was wide but I don’t know, it seemed a strange decision that two umpires would give it, but hey, we’re not complaining about that.

“At the end of the day, they were a stronger team and they’ve a lot of experience throughout the field, they’re a good team but we were very, very proud of the effort that our fellas put in.”