The 1st XV took on Kanturk at home in Round 2 of the County Cup. With a lot of personnel changes from last season, the team settled well and for these committed players to the club, they showed that their belief in each other was rewarded with a hard fought victory over a very much fancied Kanturk team. Within 10 minutes from some good ruck ball in the opposition half, the quick hands of Brendan Ronan, Mark Cronin and John Barry Murphy let Alan Langford strike from wide to open the scoring. This was followed within 5 minutes with another try from a forward effort close to line where John O'Malley dotted down. The game entered a period where Kanturk bossed the show both sides for the interval to take a 13 - 10 lead with 15 minutes remaining. Having a sparky game from full back, Rob O'Donovan, collected the scraps from a turnover in the tackle to sprint 50 meters with a bit of work to do and evaded two covering tackles to score in the corner to give a 15 - 13 going into injury time. Joseph Hoyne stepped up on the stroke of full time to slot a penalty, to finish 18-13 and home 1/4 final against Skibbereen later in the season.