KINAWLEY assistant manager Sean Leonard admits that they could not have asked for any more than a win and a home draw in the quarter-final of the championship as they edged out Ederney in a close encounter on Sunday.

Two late Tomas Corrigan points proved decisive for the Borus as they claimed second place in Group B and Leonard says they were pleased with the outcome.

“Going into the game that would have been the best scenario for us, so we are happy with it,” said Leonard.

This was a game of two halves with Kinawley dictating the first before Ederney got on top in the second and Leonard was delighted with the character they showed to dig in and win the game after falling behind late on.

“The first half we controlled the game, we were in the ascendancy for most of it and had a lot of good turnovers and a lot of good transitions up the pitch and some great scores.

“The second half though the gale and the wind built up and it propelled Ederney on and they pushed on well in that second half and got ahead with a couple of minutes to go.

“Look, it was great character and resilience on our behalf to come the other side of it,” said Leonard who felt Kinawley responded well to the loss to the Enniskillen the previous week.

“We needed it, we knew ourselves we had to up our game big time if we were to compete and we were just glad that we did.”

Kinawley will now have to wait to discover their opponents with Roslea v Belnaleck postponed until this Sunday, the winner to take on Kinawley.

Ederney boss Chris Kelly expected a close game going into Sunday but he was disappointed that they did not see it out after getting their noses in front late on.

“We played the in the league earlier in the year and it finished as a draw so we knew it was going to be tight – there is not much between Ederney and Kinawley at the best of times, anyway.

“It could have gone either way, they certainly dominated the first half and were the better team and we were the better team in the second half.

“We would ultimately be disappointed that we got into the lead towards the end of the game and were leading going into injury time but didn’t hold on to win the game or at least take a draw.”

He stresses though that Ederney are where they wanted to be at the outset of the championship and that is through to the knockout stages. The St Joseph’s outfit will travel to Belleek to face Erne Gaels with a place in the last four the prize for the winner.

“The ultimate goal at the start of the championship was to be in the knockout round of it so we have achieved that and that’s a big thing, it’s the first time Ederney have done that in this format.

“The game has been put back a week which is good for us as we have a few injuries to try and get cleared up and hopefully this will give us time for that.

“You had to be in the knockout stages if you wanted to try and win the championship which we are and we will prepare as best we can to face Belleek and we will certainly go up there with the aim of winning the game,” he stated.