Sechele happened to be his tribe's rainmaker as well as kgosi, and Livingstone's stay coincided with the worst drought ever known, so Sechele's decision to stop makingrain was predictably unpopular.
Glenullin had the better of the first half in horrendous conditions, wind and rainmaking the pitch difficult for both teams, the Mitchel's ahead 0-06 to 0-04 at the break.