AIB Munster GAA Junior Football Semi Final
Templenoe 0-16, Bandon 1-10
A crowd of 1052 people descended on Clonakilty to witness a hard fought battle between Templenoe and Bandon in the Munster Junior Football semi final. Despite the dry afternoon, the match was played on a very heavy pitch, with little or no wind affecting play.
Templenoe had the ideal start to the match and on the 15th minute had opened up a 0-07 to 0-01 lead over Bandon. The Templenoe scores coming from Cian Hallissey, Patrick Clifford, Danny Cahalane, Killian Spillane and Brian Crowley. Bandon’s corner back Brian Crowley received a black card in this period. On the 20th minute, Cork Senior player Mark Sugrue, pointed a free, and picked up the resulting kickout to score a goal. Bandon took great heart from these scores, and both teams exchanges two points apiece, to leave the half time score, Templenoe 0-09, Bandon 1-04.
Templenoe had another good start to the 2nd half, and kicked the first three points through Cian Hallissey and Teddy Doyle (2). Matthey McNamara replied for Bandon, but by the 48th minute, Templenoe had further extended their lead to six points.
The last 10 minutes saw Bandon reduce the deficit to four with 2 Mark Sugrue frees. Bandon started pressing for a goal, and very nearly got one with a goalmouth scramble with the ball ending up wide of the post. A well worked Templenoe move resulted in a Killian Spillane point to lift the siege. There was enough time for Mark Sugrue to point another free before the ref blew for full time, leaving Templenoe victorious on a score of Templenoe 0-16, Bandon 1-10.
Templenoe Scorers: Cian Hallissey 0-05, Killian Spillane 0-04, Danny Cahalane 0-02, Teddy Doyle 0-02, Sean Sheehan 0-01, Pat Clifford 0-01, Brian Crowley 0-01
Templenoe Team: Anthony Sheehan, Kieran O’Neill, Tadhg Morley (Captain), Maik Hallissey, Patrick Clifford, John Spillane, Gavin Crowley, Sean Sheehan, Adrian Spillane, Josh Holland, Brian Crowley, Danny Cahalane, Killian Spillane, Teddy Doyle, Cian Hallissey.
Subs: Stephen O’Sullivan, Shane Cremin
Bandon Scorers: Mark Sugrue 1-08, Jason Hickey 0-01, Matthey McNamara 0-01
Bandon Team: Pat Prendergast (Captain), Brian Crowley, Kevin Lucey, Eoghan O’Donovan, Joe Harrington, Peter Murphy, James O’Donovan, Jason Hickey, James Walsh, Philip Crowley, Alan Johnson, David Aherne, Darren Crowley, Ronan Crowley, Mark Sugrue
Slicker Templenoe set up final date with Coolmeen (Taken from the Irish Examiner)
Monday, November 23, 2015 By Ger McCarthy
Templenoe (Kerry) 0-16 Bandon (Cork) 1-10:
Templenoe qualified for this year’s AIB Munster JFC decider after an intense battle with Bandon in Clonakilty on Saturday.
The Kerry side proved too strong for a Bandon team that began without the services of injured trio Donough Lucey, Barry Collins and Joe Harrington.
A slicker Templenoe kept the scoreboard ticking over throughout the hour while Bandon relied heavily on star forward Mark Sugrue to stay in touch.
“We knew it was going to be tough and that we were in for a battle coming down to Clonakilty,”
“Winter conditions are never easy to play in but in fairness to our lads they started well before getting drawn into a bit of a dogfight. People talk about our forward line a lot but we have a fairly mean back division as well. They showed that when things got tough. Semi-finals are games you have to win and in fairness to Bandon, they put in some effort. They could have stolen a late goal to level it so we are just delighted to be in the Munster final.”
Despite the defeat, opposing manager Colm Aherne paid tribute to his team’s efforts and their commitment throughout a long year.
“I’m immensely proud of the entire squad but sometimes you meet a team that’s better than you on the day,” said Crowley.
“Losing the three lads to injury didn’t help but the guys who came in did very well.
“Templenoe got off to a very good and start and we found it hard to claw them back. We just couldn’t reel them in during the closing stages.”
An attendance of over 1,000 witnessed a thrilling finale in which Bandon emptied their substitute’s bench and reduced the deficit to a goal with time ticking down.
Templenoe’s impressive defense stood firm and ensured their progress to a Munster final against Coolmeen (Clare).
Scorers for Templenoe:C Hallissey 0-5 (4 frees), K Spillane 0-4 (1 free), D Cahalane and T Doyle (1 45’) 0-2 each, P Clifford, B Crowley and S Sheehan 0-1 each.
Scorers for Bandon:M Sugrue 1-7 (0-6 frees), J Hickey 0-2, M McNamara 0-1.
TEMPLENOE:
A Sheehan; K O’Neill, T Morley, M Hallissey; P Clifford, J Spillane, G Crowley; S Sheehan, A Spillane; J Holland, B Crowley, D Cahalane; K Spillane, T Doyle, C Hallissey.
Subs:S O’Sullivan for B Crowley (29), S Cremin for J Holland (36).
BANDON:
P Prendergast; B Crowley, K Lucey, E O’Donovan; P O’Brien, P Murphy, J O’Donovan; J Hickey, J Walsh; P Crowley, A Johnson, D Aherne; D Crowley, R Crowley, M Sugrue.
Subs:C Dullea for B Crowley (9, bc), M Prendergast for J O’Donovan (24), M McNamara for D Aherne (32), J Mulcahy for R Crowley (48), C O’Mahony for P Crowley (48), B Collins for A Johnson (59).
Referee: Sean Lonergan (Tipperary).
Audio: Radio Kerry post Match interview - Timmy Clifford
