Templenoe 2-15, Scartaglin 2-08
Two late goals gave Templenoe another good win in a match played in perfect conditions on Saturday evening.
A pointed free each by Daniel Murphy & Brian Crowley opened the scoring for both teams. Scartaglin went ahead with two more points from Denis Linehan & Daniel Murphy. Patrick Clifford responded with a great point after a Templenoe team move and this was followed by a Cain Hallissey free. Templenoe eventually went ahead through a Pat Spillane point under pressure.
A great run by centre back Padraig Reidy saw Daniel Murphy hauled down for a penalty. The same player dispatched the ball in the net for Scartaglin opening goal. A point by Mike Horan was followed by a Pa Rahilly point put Scartaglin in the driving seat, leaving the score Scartaglin 1-05, Templenoe 0-04. However before the break a free by Brian Crowley and a Denis O Neill point saw the half time score Templenoe 0-06, Scartaglin 1-05.
A Daniel Murphy free opened the second hand scoring for Scartaglin, and this was quickly followed with their second goal when a Padraig Reidy free dropped short and was fisted to the net by Mike Coakley. Scartaglin responded with another point to leave seven points between the sides with 25mins left. Templenoe battled on and got scores from Cian Hallissey (2), Shane Cremin and Brian Crowley.
A point from Denis Linehan kept Scartaglin in front but Patrick Clifford responded with his second point. Templenoe kept applying pressure and four points in a row from Cian Hallissey saw Templenoe edge ahead coming to the dying minutes of the match. With time almost up Templenoe got two late goals through Martin Reilly and Sean Sheehan to leave the final score Templenoe 2-15. Scartaglin 2-08.
Templenoe Scorers: Cian Hallissey 0-07, Brian Crowley 0-03, Sean Sheehan, 1-00, Martin Reilly 1-00, Patrick Clifford 0-02, Shane Cremin 0-01, Pat Spillane 0-01, Denis O’Neill 0-01
Scartaglin Scorers: Daniel Murphy 1-03, Mike Coakley 1-00, Denis Linehan 0-03, Mike Horan 0-01, Pa Rahilly 0-01
Templenoe Team: Anthony Sheehan, Daniel O’Neill, John Spillane, Joe Sheehan, Gavin Crowley, Mike Hallissey, Kieran McCarthy, Donal Casey, Cian Hallissey, John Rice, Shane Cremin, Pat Spillane, Denis O’Neill, Sean Sheehan, Brian Crowley.
Subs: Patrick Clifford, Martin Reilly, Josh Holland
Scartaglin Team: David Kerins, Alan Horan, Pa Murphy, Pat O’Sullivan, Sean Tagney, Padraig Reidy, Tom Culloty, Mike Coakley, Daniel Mahoney, Pa Rahilly, Denis Lenihan, Mike Horan, JJ Murphy, Fred Connor, Niall Casey
Subs: Alan Dineen, Bernard Cronin
