St. Saviour's Kevin Boland and Ballinacourty's John Gorman pictured in action during their Waterford senior football championship first round clash, at Leamybrien. Photo: Michael Kiely

St. Saviour's Kevin Boland and Ballinacourty's John Gorman pictured in action during their Waterford senior football championship first round clash, at Leamybrien. Photo: Michael Kiely

Ballinacourty 0-9 St Saviours 1-5

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Last year’s beaten finalists Ballinacourty suffered a serious scare against St Saviours before eventually holding on for a narrow one point win in Leamybrien last Saturday evening. This defeat was a bitter pill to swallow for the city side, who deserved at least a draw for their efforts.

St Saviours suffered a blow in the warm-up to this game when full-back, Kieran Murphy aggravated an ankle injury and this prompted a re-shuffle of the St Saviours defence. T