County League Div 4 round 1
Templenoe 0.11 St. Senans 0.09
In a game that was leave on five different occasions it took some late scores to secure Templenoe the points.
The match was played in good conditions before a large crowd in Templnoe and was keenly contested throughout. Templenoe opened the scoring through Patrick Palmer and Danny Cahalane. St Senans drew level with points by Sean O Connell and Darragh Kennelly. Both teams exchanged frees with Patrick Palmer for Templenoe and Sean O Connell for St. Senans. The sides were tied for the third time after Cian Hallissey landed a point from play before Sean O Connell over the equaliser from a free 0.04 each.
Cian Hallissey added a free before Templenoe’s goal keep Anthony Sheehan made a point blank save with five minutes to go before the interval. As half time approached Templenoe won a free which Patrick Palmer slotted over the bar leaving the score Templenoe 0.06, St. Senans 0.04 at the short whistle.
Early in the second half John Spillane kicked over a long range point to extend Templenoe’s lead to 0.07 to 0.04. However St. Senans weren’t finished yet, Sean O Connell added free and then their wing forward Paudie Quille kicked a superb point from play. Soon after that another free by Sean O Connell had the teams all square 0.07 apiece.
St Senans went in front for the first time in the match when Sean O Connell was again on target from a free kick. Cian Hallissey from a free had teams level again 0.08 to 0.08 as the game entered the closing stages. Templenoe’s half forward Brian Crowley fisted over the bar after a good team movement and this was followed by 2 points by John Rice putting Templenoe 0.11 to 0.08 in front.
With time almost up St. Senans were awarded a close in free which Sean O Connell drilled over the bar leaving the final score Templenoe 0.11, St. Senans 0.09
Scorers:
Templenoe: Patrick Palmer 0.03, Cian Hallissey 0.03, John Rice 0.02, John Spillane 0.01, Danny Cahalane 0.01, Brian Crowley 0.01.
St. Senans: Sean O Connell 0.07, Paudie Quille 0.01, Darragh Kennelly 0.01
Teams:
Templenoe: Anthony Sheehan, Gavin Crowley, Kieran O Neill, Mike Hallissey, Daniel O Neill, Joey Sheehan, Kieran McCarthy, Shane Cremin (c ), Adrian Spillane, Brian Crowley, Danny Cahalane, John Spillane, Cian Hallissey, Martin Reilly, Patrick Palmer.
Subs: John Rice, Denis O Neill, Donal O Sullivan Casey
St. Senans: John Summers, Mark Behan, Brendan Whelan, Pa Quill, Paudie Whelan, Sean Weir, Con O Keeffe, Jason Browne, Damien Summers, Paudie Quill, Joe Twomey, John Barry, Sean O Connell, John B O Halloran, Darragh Kennelly.
