 After failing to secure a fifth successive title in 1945, Lotty won a fifth provincial championship winners' medal after lining out at centre-back in the 3-08 to 1-03 defeat of Limerick in the 1946 Munster final.For the fifth time in six seasons, he lined out in the subsequent All-Ireland final with Kilkenny providing the opposition.Lotty claimed a fifth All-Ireland winners' medal after again lining out at centre-back in the 7-05 to 3-08 victory.