Templenoe 3-14, St Pats Blennerville 4-05
Templenoe advanced to the 2nd round of the Castleisland Co-Op County Junior Football Championship in a very high scoring match played in a sun drenched Templenoe GAA Grounds.
St Pats opened the scoring with a pointed free from full forward Kieran Hurley. Templenoe responded quickly, and had points from the boot of Killian Spillane and Teddy Doyle, but this was cancelled out by another Kieran Hurley point.
Kieran Hurley put the away side ahead with a good point from play, and on the 13th minute, Gary Savage scored the visitors first goal. St Pats won the next kick out and the subsequent long ball into the square resulted in a penalty. Kieran Hurley dispatched to ball low and left to extend St Pats advantage. On the 15 minute mark, the score was Templenoe 0-02, St Pats 2-03.
Both teams exchanged points, and Templenoe missed a glorious chance when Killian Spillane spun his man and passed to his brother Adrian but the shot missed the target. They were not denied a few minutes later, and Killian Spillane got Templenoe’s first goal.
Teddy Doyle got two points in a row with the 2nd point resulting from a free where Teddy was hauled down. The ref issued a black card to St Pat’s midfielder Michael O’Sullivan.
Killian Spillane added to the scoring, and soon after, great work from Daniel O’Neill found Stephen O’Sullivan in space. The corner forward attacked the goal at pace and crossed the ball to Danny Cahalane who got Templenoe’s 2nd goal. This was late in the 1st half, but the scoring was not done. Another St Pats high ball from a sideline saw Kieran Hurley fouled in the square, and this time he scored the penalty to the right of Anthony Sheehan.
The half time score in an exciting 1st half was Templenoe 2-06, St Pats 3-04 but it was a costly half for the visitors as they lost David O’Callaghan and Liam Poff to injury as well as the black card.
Templenoe had the slight advantage of the breeze in the 2nd half, and got the first two points from Cian Hallissey and Stephen O’Sullivan. Liam O’Sullivan missed a point opportunity for St Pats, and soon after a Templenoe point attempt rebounding off the crossbar fell into Gavin Crowley’s hands who finished it to the net.
This left the score on the 40th minute, Templenoe 3-08, St Pat’s 3-04, but again St Pat’s responded with a goal when Kieran Hurley got his hand to a high ball and flicked it home.
John Spillane scored a very good point on the run, which was cancelled out by another Kieran Hurley point. This proved to be the last score by St Pats, and Templenoe pushed on to score the last five points of the match. The pick of these scores came from Gavin Crowley, pointing a 40 meter kick out by the right sideline.
Templenoe advanced to the next round of the County Junior Football Championship, winning on a scoreline of Templenoe 3-14, St Pats Blennerville 4-05.
Templenoe Scorers: Killian Spillane 1-04, Gavin Crowley 1-01, Teddy Doyle 0-03, Stephen O’Sullivan 0-03, Danny Cahalane 1-00, Cian Hallissey 0-02, John Spillane 0-01
Templenoe Team: Anthony Sheehan, Daniel O’Neill, John Spillane, Mike Hallissey, Patrick Clifford, Tadgh Morley, Gavin Crowley, Sean Sheehan, Cian Hallissey, Teddy Doyle, Danny Cahalane, Shane Cremin, Stephen O’Sullivan, Adrian Spillane, Killian Spillane,
Subs: Kieran O’Neill, Joseph Sheehan, Kieran McCarthy
St Pats Scorers: Kieran Hurley 3-05, Gary Savage 1-00
St Pats Team: John Fitzgerald, Jordan Conway, Paul McMahon, Luke Mulligan, Liam Poff, Kevin O’Shea, Andy Byrne, Jeffrey Foley, Michael O’Sullivan, Liam O’Sullivan, Adrian Greaney, David O’Callaghan, Gary Savage, Kieran Hurley, Willie Hurley.
Subs: Tommy O’Connor, Brendan Poff, Joe Costello
