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AIB Munster GAA Junior Football Semi Final

Templenoe 0-16, Bandon 1-10

A crowd of 1052 people descended on Clonakilty to witness a hard fought battle between Templenoe and Bandon in the Munster Junior Football semi final. Despite the dry afternoon, the match was played on a very heavy pitch, with little or no wind affecting play.

Templenoe had the ideal start to the match and on the 15^th minute had opened up a 0-07 to 0-01 lead over Bandon. The Templenoe scores coming from Cian Hallissey, Patrick Clifford, Danny Cahalane, Killian Spillane and Brian Crowley. Bandon’s corner back Brian Crowley received a black card in this period. On the 20^th minute, Cork Senior player Mark Sugrue, pointed a free, and picked up the resulting kickout to score a goal. Bandon took great heart from these scores, and both teams exchanges two points apiece, to leave the half time score, Templenoe 0-09, Bandon 1-04.

Templenoe had another good start to the 2^nd half, and kicked the first three points through Cian Hallissey and Teddy Doyle (2). Matthey McNamara replied for Bandon, but by the 48^th minute, Templenoe had further extended their lead to six points.

The last 10 minutes saw Bandon reduce the deficit to four with 2 Mark Sugrue frees.  Bandon started pressing for a goal, and very nearly got one with a goalmouth scramble with the ball ending up wide of the post.  A well worked Templenoe move resulted in a Killian Spillane point to lift the siege. There was enough time for Mark Sugrue to point another free before the ref blew for full time, leaving Templenoe victorious on a score of Templenoe 0-16, Bandon 1-10.

Templenoe Scorers: Cian Hallissey 0-05, Killian Spillane 0-04, Danny Cahalane 0-02, Teddy Doyle 0-02, Sean Sheehan 0-01, Pat Clifford 0-01, Brian Crowley 0-01

Templenoe Team: Anthony Sheehan, Kieran O’Neill, Tadhg Morley (Captain), Maik Hallissey, Patrick Clifford, John Spillane, Gavin Crowley, Sean Sheehan, Adrian Spillane, Josh Holland, Brian Crowley, Danny Cahalane, Killian Spillane, Teddy Doyle, Cian Hallissey.

Subs: Stephen O’Sullivan, Shane Cremin

Bandon Scorers: Mark Sugrue 1-08, Jason Hickey 0-01, Matthey McNamara 0-01

Bandon Team: Pat Prendergast (Captain), Brian Crowley, Kevin Lucey, Eoghan O’Donovan, Joe Harrington, Peter Murphy, James O’Donovan, Jason Hickey, James Walsh, Philip Crowley, Alan Johnson, David Aherne, Darren Crowley, Ronan Crowley, Mark Sugrue

Slicker Templenoe set up final date with Coolmeen (Taken from the Irish Examiner)

Monday, November 23, 2015 By Ger McCarthy

Templenoe (Kerry) 0-16 Bandon (Cork) 1-10:

Templenoe qualified for this year’s AIB Munster JFC decider after an intense battle with Bandon in Clonakilty on Saturday.

The Kerry side proved too strong for a Bandon team that began without the services of injured trio Donough Lucey, Barry Collins and Joe Harrington.

A slicker Templenoe kept the scoreboard ticking over throughout the hour while Bandon relied heavily on star forward Mark Sugrue to stay in touch.

“We knew it was going to be tough and that we were in for a battle coming down to Clonakilty,”

“Winter conditions are never easy to play in but in fairness to our lads they started well before getting drawn into a bit of a dogfight. People talk about our forward line a lot but we have a fairly mean back division as well. They showed that when things got tough. Semi-finals are games you have to win and in fairness to Bandon, they put in some effort. They could have stolen a late goal to level it so we are just delighted to be in the Munster final.”

Despite the defeat, opposing manager Colm Aherne paid tribute to his team’s efforts and their commitment throughout a long year.

“I’m immensely proud of the entire squad but sometimes you meet a team that’s better than you on the day,” said Crowley.

“Losing the three lads to injury didn’t help but the guys who came in did very well.

“Templenoe got off to a very good and start and we found it hard to claw them back. We just couldn’t reel them in during the closing stages.”

An attendance of over 1,000 witnessed a thrilling finale in which Bandon emptied their substitute’s bench and reduced the deficit to a goal with time ticking down.

Templenoe’s impressive defense stood firm and ensured their progress to a Munster final against Coolmeen (Clare).

Scorers for Templenoe:C Hallissey 0-5 (4 frees), K Spillane 0-4 (1 free), D Cahalane and T Doyle (1 45’) 0-2 each, P Clifford, B Crowley and S Sheehan 0-1 each.

Scorers for Bandon:M Sugrue 1-7 (0-6 frees), J Hickey 0-2, M McNamara 0-1.

TEMPLENOE:

A Sheehan; K O’Neill, T Morley, M Hallissey; P Clifford, J Spillane, G Crowley; S Sheehan, A Spillane; J Holland, B Crowley, D Cahalane; K Spillane, T Doyle, C Hallissey.

Subs:S O’Sullivan for B Crowley (29), S Cremin for J Holland (36).

BANDON:

P Prendergast; B Crowley, K Lucey, E O’Donovan; P O’Brien, P Murphy, J O’Donovan; J Hickey, J Walsh; P Crowley, A Johnson, D Aherne; D Crowley, R Crowley, M Sugrue.

Subs:C Dullea for B Crowley (9, bc), M Prendergast for J O’Donovan (24), M McNamara for D Aherne (32), J Mulcahy for R Crowley (48), C O’Mahony for P Crowley (48), B Collins for A Johnson (59).

Referee: Sean Lonergan (Tipperary).

Audio: Radio Kerry post Match interview - Timmy Clifford

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Published: 21 November 2015

Templenoe 0-11, Gneevguilla 0-03

Templenoe became Division 2 County SFL champions with a comfortable win over Gneevguilla. The match was played in poor weather conditions, with the Templenoe pitch cutting up after a long year of football.

The home side led from the start with Killian Spillane kicking four points in the first ten minutes, with replying with only a solitary point in this half. The next three scores came from the boot of Templenoe corner forward Stephen O’Sullivan, and further points from John Rice and Killian Spillane left the half time score, Templenoe 0-09, Gneevguilla 0-01.

Not much changed in the second half, and a straight red card for a Gneevguilla player ended the game as a contest. Both teams only pointed two points apiece in this half,, with Templenoe running out winners on a score of Templenoe 0-11, Gneevguilla 0-03.

Templenoe Team: Anthony Sheehan, Mike Hallissey, Tadhg Morley, Kieran O’Neill, Patrick Clifford, John Spillane, Gavin Crowley, Sean Sheehan, Josh Holland, John Rice, Danny Cahalane, Pat Spillane, Killian Spillane, Teddy Doyle, Stephen O’Sullivan.

Subs: Shane Cremin, Martin Reilly, Jonathan Egan, John Moriarty

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Published: 12 December 2015

Templenoe 2-17, Coolmeen 0-03

Temple of doom for Coolmeen as Templenoe inflict hammering (Taken from the Irish Examiner)

Templenoe (Kerry) 2-17 Coolmeen (Clare) 0-3: Josh Holland, with the second last kick of this Munster final contest, billowed the Coolmeen net with a rasping left-footed drive.

The result had long since been wrapped up, but Holland’s goal drew, arguably, the loudest cheer of the afternoon from the blue and white clad supporters resident in the main stand.

Holland, up until the 62nd minute, was the sole member of the Templenoe starting front six not to have etched his name onto the scoresheet and when his gilt-edged goal chance on 55 minutes was well saved by Coolmeen ‘keeper Aidan Corry, it appeared the left half-forward would finish the hour without a pen stroke beside his name.

His injury-time goal then, in which he was set-up by sub Colm Breen, was Templenoe’s 19th score from play and brought to nine their number of scoreboard contributors.

Referee James Bermingham sounded the final whistle from the ensuing kick-out, Templenoe celebrating Munster glory with 20-points to spare. This was a stroll in the park for Mike Crowley’s young side.

“I don’t care who does the scoring,” quipped the winning manager. “If I have a half-forward who doesn’t score, but does the job he is asked to do for us and keeps the lads buzzing inside, that is enough.” Yesterday afternoon in Mallow, not one of Crowley’s troops failed to shine.

“We had the football and once our fellas were up to the pitch of the game, there was only going to be one outcome after that. It is a big achievement for a very small club. Templenoe have had some very bad days.

“We were in Division 5 of the league for a long time. The attitude of this squad is good, their form is good and this is a great day for Templenoe because we don’t get many days like this.

“We have seen plenty of Kerry junior club teams walking up the steps of Croke Park and it is a great incentive for the boys. We could do it the same as anybody else.

“I know we are a small club, but we seem to have a decent team. We are going to milk it wherever we can.”

Heavy favourites arriving into this game, the Kerry champions were out of sight as early as the 20th minute. Of the opening eight chances created, both teams enjoyed four apiece. The difference was that Templenoe raised four white flags; Coolmeen, on the other hand, managed just the solitary minor.

With Teddy Doyle hugely influential at centre-forward and Adrian Spillane similarly dominant at midfield, Coolmeen spent a large portion of the first period trapped in their own half.

The Clare champions were cleaned out under their own kick-out and were always struggling to counter Templenoe’s direct and fluent style.

Their passing was remarkably sharp, with Killian Spillane, Danny Cahalane and Stephen O’Sullivan able and confident in finding the target, irrespective of space or angle.

Doyle (0-3), Gavin Crowley, Cian Hallissey (0-2) and Adrian Spillane (0-1) also got in on the act as Templenoe returned to the dressing room 0-12 to 0-1 ahead.

A Cathal O’Connor free on eight minutes marked Coolmeen’s sole first-half score and although the losing captain struck their first from play 10 seconds upon the restart, the Clare side would find the target on only one further occasion in the second period – O’Connor again the provider. Just the one scorer and just the one score from play told the full tale of Coolmeen’s difficulties and while their opponents were a far tamer outfit in the second-half, the gap between the teams continued to widen.

Danny Cahalane, set-up by Holland, struck the opening goal on 33 minutes, with Stephen O’Sullivan (0-2), near-impenetrable full-back Tadhg Morley and sub Pat Spillane (0-2) their most impressive second-half performers.

“Their tempo was unbelievable,” said Coolmeen manager Martin Daly of the newly crowned Munster champions. They are an exceptional team and more than likely these guys are going to win the All-Ireland.”

Scorers for Templenoe:D Cahalane (1-3); T Doyle, S O’Sullivan (0-3 each); J Holland (1-0); P Spillane, K Spillane, C Hallissey (0-2 each); A Spillane, G Crowley (0-1 each).

Scorers for Coolmeen:C O’Connor (0-3, 0-2 frees).

Templenoe:A Sheehan; K O’Neill, T Morley, M Hallissey; P Clifford, J Spillane, G Crowley; S Sheehan, A Spillane; D Cahalane, T Doyle, J Holland; S O’Sullivan, C Hallissey, K Spillane.

Subs:J Rice for C Hallissey (34 mins), P Spillane for A Spillane (38 mins, inj), S Cremin for Clifford (45), C Breen for M Hallissey (55), J Sheehan for Morley (58), K McCarthy for Crowley (60).

Coolmeen:A Corry; D Cleary, V McMahon, K McMahon; M Meaney, E O’Connor, G Meaney; N Meaney, B Cleary; A Normoyle, C Murphy, J Corry; D Neenan, B Markham, C O’Connor.

Subs:M McMahon for D Cleary (40 mins), S McMahon for Neenan (41), M Brooks for B Cleary (45), S McMahon for Corry (55), T Coffey for C Murphy (56), P Corry for M Meaney (59).

Referee:J Bermingham (Cork).

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Published: 07 December 2015