Glenflesk 2-08, Templenoe 3-14
Templenoe did all the damage in a brilliant opening 25 minutes, where they registered 3 goals and 8 points which ultimately put too much daylight between the teams. It was a perfect afternoon for football, with little or no breeze and dry underfoot conditions.
The visitor’s goals all came in a 10 minute burst from Stephen O’Sullivan, Pat Spillane and Teddy Doyle. They were well on top in this period and kicked some great points as well. The pick of the points came from a Teddy Doyle shot from the outside of his right boot on the 45 meter line. Glenflesk had the opening score from a Michael O’Shea free and their only other score came from Dara Roach form play.
Towards the end of the half, Adrian Spillane had to come off with an injured arm, and Glenflesk started to come into the match. Jeff O’Donoghue scored 1-01 to reduce the deficit coming into half time. Glenflesk 1-03, Templenoe 3-08. One notable aspect to the half was the amount of wides kicked by Glenflesk. They could have been much closer coming into the interval.
The 2nd half started off at a much slower pace and by the 45th minute, both teams had registered 2 more points apiece. A brace of points from Brian Crowley helped extend Templenoe’s advantage and another point from a Stephen O’Sullivan free left the scores on the 50th minute, Glenflesk 1-05, Templenoe 3-12.
Glenflesk kept trying to eat into Templenoe’s lead and kicked the next 2 points from Jeff O’Donoghue and Cian Horan. Templenoe again responded through the boot of Sean Sheehan. The last few minutes witnessed Jeff O’Donoghue kick another 1-01, with the goal coming from a penalty. Stephen O’Sullivan finished out the scoring with a pointed free leaving Templenoe through to the next round of the County Intermediate Championship on a score of Glenflesk 2-08, Templenoe 3-14.
Templenoe Scorers: Stephen O’Sullivan 1-05, Pat Spillane 1-02, Teddy Doyle 1-02, Brian Crowley 0-03, Sean Sheehan 0-01, Killian Spillane 0-01
Templenoe Team: Anthony Sheehan, Mike Hallissey, Tadhg Morley, Kieran O’Neill, Patrick Clifford, John Spillane, Gavin Crowley, Sean Sheehan, Adrian Spillane, Teddy Doyle, Brian Crowley, Danny Cahalane, Killian Spillane, Pat Spillane, Stephen O’Sullivan.
Subs: Josh Holland, Kieran McCarthy, Joseph Sheehan, Denis O’Neill
Glenflesk Scorers: Jeff O’Donoghue 2-05, Micheal O’Shea 0-01, Cian Horan 0-01, Dara Roach 0-01
Glenflesk Team: Kenny Cronin, Shane Courtney, Jerry Kennedy, Daniel O’Brien, Donal O’Sullivan, Cian Horan, Ciaran O’Mahony, Kieran Murphy, Padraig Healy, Danny Lucey, Jeff O’Donoghue, Brian O’Donoghue, Lee O’Donoghue, Dara Roach, Michael O’Shea
Subs: Adam O’Reilly, Eoin O’Meara, Ciaran O’Mahony, Gavin Kelly
Ref: Paul Hayes
