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Coran Lawlor and Sean Cotter in action when Castlelyons and Ballinacurra played out a draw in the East Cork junior B hurling championship and clocked up no less than 80 points between them!

When Castleyons ran on to the pitch in Ballynoe on Tuesday night to face Ballinacurra in the East Cork junior B hurling championship, who would have thought that the teams would have clocked up a total of 80 points between them - and still no have produced a winner?

The game went to extra time and when they say 'goals win matches', this was not the case for Ballinacurra. They clocked up no less than eight of them with 16 points tagged on while Castlelyons managed a total of 4-28.

High-scoring GAA matches recorded include Armagh Harps who beat Tullysaran 9-34 to 0-2 or perhaps look at the one where Wexford scored 12 goals against Antrim in an All-Ireland semi final in the 1950's - but they were different in that the had a winner. Here, Castlelyons and Ballinacurra will have to do it all over again!

Tweets and texts have been doing the rounds of this game of legends and folklore and already in the history books are the names of Castlelyons' selectors Donal Barry (manager), Ned Fitzgerald, Ciarán McGann and Eoin Maye. Spotting form on the night were the more senior selcetors - Con Lawlor, John Boylan and Ger McCarthy and Mick Spillane, Dave Hoare and Dave Hegarty. It was even rumoured that JBM was there!

The Castlelyons team ranged in ages from 40+ downwards and without wishing to single out any player, it was great to see Timmy McCarthy draw on all his experience to secure a goal at a crucial time and none moreso than his final point in extra time to level the game!

Speaking to The Avondhu, Kieran McGann said he would like to pay special tribute to the referee, Mike Walsh 'for his common sense approach to the game'.

"Not since the days of the great Frank Murphy have I seen the referee let the play flow. We had a tremendous 85 minutes of hurling which included a few minutes of added time, on a pitch that was simply immaculate and in front of a highly enthused and friendly crowd. I can't wait for the replay," Kieran concluded.

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