St Michael’s / Foilmore 1-06, Templenoe 2-11
Templenoe advanced to the semi-final of the County Intermediate Football Championship with a hard fought win over a strong St Michael’s / Foilmore outfit. The match was contested on a very windy pitch in Ballinskelligs, but it remained dry throughout the 60 minutes.
The match opened up with a frantic pace, and Templenoe who were playing with the wind took a good while to settle into proceedings. By the 10th minute a solitary point had been kicked by Cian O’Connor for the home team. St Michael’s / Foilmore having the better of the exchanges, and picking up a lot of the breaks around midfield.
The visitor’s first score came on the 10th minute, and this was part of a hat trick of points scored in 3 minutes from Stephen O’Sullivan, Pat Spillane and Killian Spillane. A free from Bernard Kelly reduced the deficit soon afterwards. John Spillane kicked a great point from 40 metres but Bernard Kelly again responded with a free
The last 10 minutes of the half saw Templenoe gain dominance in the match, and kicked 5 unanswered points from Stephen O’Sullivan (3 frees, 1 from play)) and a 45 metre from Teddy Doyle.
This left the half time score St Michael’s / Foilmore 0-03, Templenoe 0-09, with Templenoe knowing that a 6 point lead might not be good enough playing into the 2nd half wind.
The first attack of the 2nd half for St Michael’s / Foilmore yielded a goal from Cian O’Connor which unsettled Templenoe. The match became very scrappy at this stage, with players from both teams coughing up turnovers. Mark Griffin capitalized on one of these to kick another point on the 43rd minute. It took until the 48th minute before Templenoe got their first point of the half from Danny Cahalane. Soon after a great kicked pass from John Spillane found Brian Crowley who kicked a goal for Templenoe. This relaxed the Templenoe players and with 5 minutes left, Killian Spillane rounded the goalkeeper for another goal to finish off the contest.
St Michael’s / Foilmore kicked 2 consolation points, but Templenoe emerged victorious on a score of St Michael’s / Foilmore 1-06, Templenoe 2-11.
St Michael’s / Foilmore Scorers: Cian O’Connor 1-03, Bernard Kelly 0-02, Mark Griffin 0-01
St Michael’s Team: Michael Galvin, Emmett Curran, Darragh Scanlon, Alan Smith, Kevin Cronin, Mark Griffin, Ciaran Clifford, Padraig King, Matthew O’Sullivan, Sean O’Shea, Bernard Kelly, DJ Moran, Darren O’Sullivan, Cian O’Connor, Damien Kelly.
Subs: James Moran, Chris O’Sullivan, Sean O’Connor, Sean Garvey, Barry O’Connell
Templenoe Scorers: Stephen O’Sullivan 1-06, Killian Spillane 1-01, Teddy Doyle 0-01, Danny Cahalane 0-01, John Spillane 0-01, Danny Cahalane 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, Martin Reilly, Denis O’Neill, Kieran McCarthy
