Kerry Petroleum Senior Football Club Championship, Group 1, Round 2.
Templenoe 1-11, Rathmore 2-09.
Rathmore have made it through to the semi-final stages of the senior club championship after they withstood a late rally from Templenoe to win by the narrowest of margins at Templenone GAA Grounds on Sunday.
There was a large crowd in attendance for this game. Templenoe had wind advantage for the first half and immediately opened the scoring with a pointed free from Killian Spillane. A few minutes later a counter-attack from Rathmore ended with Andrew Moynihan rising highest to fist the ball to the net after a precision pass across the square from John Moynihan. Killian Spillane replied with another pointed free for Templenoe, but then the hosts suffered a second sucker punch when John Moynihan got goal number 2 for Rathmore, after he finished the ball soccer style to the net. Two minutes later a long range point effort from Adrian Spillane dropped just short with a combination of the goalkeeper and the crossbar keeping it out, but then the vigilant Josh Crowley who kept following the ball in was rewarded when he reacted fastest to palm the ball to the net. Templenoe subsequently added a point from play from Killian Spillane to make the score all square Templenoe 1-03, Rathmore 2-00 at the end of the first quarter.
A purple patch from Rathmore between the 17th minute and 23rd minute saw them hit four unanswered points, with Shane Ryan (2), James Darmody and Fionn Murphy all contributing. It could have been more only for Templenoe keeper Mark Looney to pull off a superb save from Shane Ryan. To their credit Templenoe finished the first half well, with Aidan Crowley from a 45 and Killian Spillane (2) reducing the margin to the minimum once more. However, Templenoe would ultimately regret their six wides tally in the first half, while Rathmore only hit one wide against the wind.
Half Time Score: Templenoe 1-06, Rathmore 2-04.
The third quarter saw Rathmore outscore Templenoe by three points to one, with James Darmody, Shane Ryan (f) and Ciaran Collins all splitting the posts to really put it upto the hosts. In between Adrian Spillane had a goal bound effort cleared from the line, but they did pull one point back with Killian Spillane thumping over a placed ball to make the score 1-07 to 2-07 at the end of the third quarter.
There was still plenty of time, but Templenoe just seemed to be a little over-anxious at times in the second half and had possession turned over on numerous occasions as a result. Nonetheless, no one could question their resolve and two points in quick succession from Adrian Spillane and Aidan Crowley put just one point between the sides with 10 minutes of normal time remaining. Soon after Shane Ryan nailed another free for the visitors, but then was a break in play after an injury to the unfortunate James Darmody of Rathmore, who to be taken off the field on a stretcher. A point from Cathal Ryan three minutes into injury time, looked to have sealed the deal for Rathmore, but Templenoe were not finished and they so nearly had a goal when Sean Sheehan got the ball in a great position only to pull his side wide of the posts. Two pointed frees followed from Killian Spillane which gave Templenoe hope that they could still salvage a result from this game, but it was not to be as Rathmore won possession of the last kick out with that the referee blew for full time.
Final Score: Templenoe 1-11, Rathmore 2-09.
Scorers:
Templenoe: Killian Spillane 0-08 (6f), Josh Crowley Holland 1-00, Aidan Crowley 0-02 (1 “45”), Adrian Spillane 0-01.
Rathmore: Shane Ryan 0-04 (3f), John Moynihan 1-00, Andrew Moynihan 1-00, James Darmody 0-02 (1f), Cathal Ryan 0-01, Fionn Murphy 0-01,Ciaran Collins 0-01.
Wides:
Templenoe: 7
Rathmore: 5
Teams:
Templenoe: Mark Looney, Kieran McCarthy, Kieran O’Neill, John Rice, Mark Casey, Tadhg Morley, Martin Reilly, Sean Sheehan, Gavin Crowley ©, Colin Crowley, Josh Crowley Holland, Adrian Spillane, Killian Spillane, Brian Crowley, Aidan Crowley
Subs Used: Patrick Clifford, Michael Hallissey.
Rathmore: William Casey, Ciaran Collins, Andrew Moynihan, Dan Murphy, Fionn Holohan, Paul Murphy, Thomas Holohon, Brendan O’Keeffe, Cathal Ryan, Darragh Nagle, Fionn Murphy, Brian Friel, James Darmody, Shane Ryan, Darragh Nagle.
Subs used: Chrissy Spiers, Alan Dineen, Brian Moynihan.
