South Kerry League Group A Round 3:

Templenoe 1-15, St Michaels/Foilmore 0-6.

Templenoe comfortably overcame the challenge from St Michaels/Foilmore last Sunday, to give the home side their second win in the competition.

Templenoe raced into a three points lead with Stephen O’Sullivan and Pat Spillane (2) hitting the target. St Michael/Foilmore replied with an effort from former Kerry Under 21 star Matthew O’Sullivan. The remainder of the half saw the hosts completely dominate proceedings, with scores from Stephen O’Sullivan (2), Brian Crowley and John Rice putting Templenoe 0-7 to 0-1 ahead after 15 minutes of play. Soon after the visitors task got even harder, when they had to replace Matthew O’Sullivan, after he picked up a back injury. Templenoe duly kept their foot on the pedal and a brace of points from Stephen O’Sullivan, John Rice and Brian Crowley extended the home side’s lead to nine points. Pierce McGill did split the posts for St Michaels/Foilmore in the closing minutes of the first half, but Templenoe immediately responded with a point from Pat Spillane. Then came the best move of the match, which started with a long kick out from Templenoe Keeper Danny Cahalane to find Josh Crowley Holland with pinpoint accuracy, who in turn fed Pat Spillane to dispatch the ball to the roof of the net, for a superb finish.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 1-11, St Michaels/Foilmore 0-2.

To their credit St Michaels/Foillmore did stage a bit of a rally in the opening minutes of the second half with Cian Goggin and Pierce McGill finding the range. However, Templenoe were in no mood to let their lead slip and pushed on with Stephen O’Sullivan, Josh Crowley Holland and Pat Spillane all raising white flags, to leave the home side 1-14 to 0-4 points in front with 12 minutes remaining. Both teams used the opportunity to give a few subs game time and it was of one of the St Michaels/Foilmore substitute’s Darran O’Sullivan, who stepped up to slot over a close in free for the South Kerry side. The match ended with Luke O’Shea and Stephen O’Sullivan trading points.

Final Score: Templenoe 1-15, St Michaels/Foilmore 0-6.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Pat Spillane 1-4, Stephen O’Sullivan 0-6 (0-4f), Brian Crowley 0-2, John Rice 0-2, Josh Crowley Holland 0-1.

St Michaels/Foilmore: Pierce McGill 0-2, Matthew O’Sullivan 0-1, Cian Goggin 0-1, Luke O’Shea 0-1, Darren O’Sullivan 0-1.

Teams:

Templenoe: Danny Cahalane, Joe Sheehan, Kieran O’Neill, John Moriarty, Josh Crowley Holland, John Spillane, Kieran McCarthy, Sean Sheehan, Tom Spillane, Pat Spillane, Martin Reilly, Teddy Doyle, Stephen O’Sullivan, John Rice, Brian Crowley.

Subs: Dan O’Connor, Colm Breen.

St Michaels/Foilmore: Ciaran O’Shea, Stephen Cronin, Cian Goggin, Emmet Curran, Jason O’Shea, Darragh Scanlon, Alan Smith, Mark McCarthy, Stephen O’Connor, James Moran, Pierce McGill, Kevin Cronin, Luke O’Shea, Matthew O’Sullivan, Brian Smith.

Subs: Declan Moran, Darren O’Sullivan, Alan Goggin