Corks Sports Sunday 01/11 Erins Own Oran O'Regan post match v Carrigtwohill

Yeah, we're absolutely delighted.

We were well aware last year of the hurt and embarrassment that we felt blowing Ballyhoolie after losing to Newtown Chandram.

But I'm very proud of how we got together as a club.

We put the head down, we got back to work.

We're delighted to come through every battle that was blown in this grade, but we do feel like we're back to where we belong.

It was important to get a good start today and that's exactly what you got.

Yeah, it didn't feel like that on the pitch to be honest.

Carragher are unbelievable, they bring unbelievable work rates.

I got a yellow card after about 20 seconds and then I was turned over again straight after that so it didn't feel like the fast start but we kept plugging away, we got back to basics and we grew ourselves into the game.

Yeah, to get an early yellow card obviously would put the frighteners in the fella, but you had some game.

Yeah, Matthew Barrett there, he's a little hurler, and he got the break on me and he was gone.

So I thought an early yellow card would be better than an early goal for them.

They were so intense in the first 15, I couldn't imagine what they'd be like if they had three points on the board early on.

So I think I made the right decision, but yeah, if I had it back I would have won the ball the first time.