County Senior Football League Division 1 Round 11:
Kerins O'Rahillys 2-12, Templenoe 2-14.
Templenoe rounded off their county league campaign with an away win over Kerins O'Rahilly's last Sunday. This was an entertaining game played in warm conditions.
Templenoe started well and were ahead by 0-3 to 0-1 after 5 minutes with Brian Crowley, Stephen O'Sullivan and Teddy Doyle all hitting the target. Kerins O'Rahillys responded strongly with four unanswered points through the boots of Barry John Keane, Rory Molloy and two from Tom Hoare, which included a 45 from the latter. This put the home side one point in front at the end of the first quarter. Both sides had goal chances in between, with Anthony Sheehan making a good save from Barry John Keane, while Teddy Doyle had a goal bound effort denied by KOR Keeper Gary Kissane. Templenoe took the initiative again in the second quarter with Josh Crowley Holland and Stephen O'Sullivan popping over two points, before Brian Crowley split the posts through a fisted effort to put the visitors back in front. However, the first half ended with Tommy Walsh and Barry John Keane restoring the host's advantage with two well taken scores.
Half Time Score: Kerins O'Rahillys 0-7 Templenoe 0-6.
The second half began with Tommy Walsh extending the Tralee's side lead with another point, but Templenoe's response was immediate, when the lively Brian Crowley broke through the O'Rahilly's defence to neatly dispatch the ball to the top corner of the net for the visitor's first goal. Kerins O’Rahilly’s hit back with two scores from County star David Moran, but his withdrawal soon after was to prove a big blow for the home side. Templenoe now started to get on top around midfield and they made their dominance count with the next five scores in a row coming from Killian Spillane (0-2F), Cian Hallissey (0-2) and Adrian Spillane, to put them four points ahead at the end of the third quarter. Kerins O’Rahilly’s replied with two pointed frees from Barry John Keane to keep them in touch. However, the Kenmare District side then put their foot on the accelerator once more with well worked scores from Cian Hallissey and Killian Spillane to add to their tallies. With time almost up, Templenoe looked to have secured the win when substitute Pat Spillane drilled a low shot to the net, but to their credit Kerins O’Rahilly’s fought to the end and struck two goals through Gearoid Savage and Barry John Keane. However, there was time for no more as Templenoe came away with a deserved win.
Final Score: Kerins O’Rahilly 2-12, Templenoe 2-14.
Teams and Scorers:
Kerins O’Rahillys:
Gary Kissane, Tommy Begley, Shane Brosnan, Danny O'Sullivan, Darragh McElligott, Cormac Coffey, Ryan Carroll, David Moran ( 0-2), Con Barrett, Padraig Griffin, Tommy Walsh ( 0-2), Rory Molloy ( 0-1), Tom Hoare 0-2 (0-1 45), Barry John Keane 1-5 (0-3F), John Ferguson.
Subs: Gearoid Savage (1-0), Gearoid Dillane, Jason O'Leary, David Murphy and Donagh O'Brien.
Templenoe:
Anthony Sheehan, Joseph Sheehan, Gavin Crowley, Kieran O’Neill, Tadgh Morley, Patrick Clifford, Danny Cahalane, Sean Sheehan, Adrian Spillane 0-1, Teddy Doyle 0-1, Cian Hallissey 0-3 (0-1F), Josh Crowley Holland 0-1, Stephen O’Sullivan 0-2, Killian Spillane 0-4 (0-3F), Brian Crowley 1-2
Subs: John Spillane, Kieran McCarthy, Pat Spillane 1-0, Martin Reilly and Shane Cremin
