O’Neill hat-trick helps St Joseph’s to well-earned victory

St Joseph’s 4-10   Scariff  1-12

St Joseph’s came away from Scariff with a comfortable win on Saturday evening in Division 1 B.

With inter-county panellist Alan O’Neill in scoring form, the Doora-Barefield men were 1-2 to 0-2 in front after 10 minutes, the goal coming from a 20m free by O’Neill.

Scariff battled back and a Barry Nash goal drew them level at 1-5 each.

Alphie Rodgers hit a brace to put the home side ahead but an Ivor White goal helped the winners to go back in front.

When the half-time whistle sounded, it was 2-6 to 1-8 in favour of the eventual winners. The Doora-Barefield men hit 2-2 in the opening seven minutes of the second half and this scoring burst proved decisive on the day. Both goals came from O’Neill, with the first in this half from another 20m free.

Scariff hit back with points from Alan ­Corbett and Conor McNamara, whose effort for a goal from a 20m free was deflected over. Shortly before the full-time whistle, both sides were reduced to 14 men when Matthew Horan (Scariff) and Aaron Landy (St Joseph’s) were dismissed.

The home side continued to battle to the finish but the goals proved decisive for St Joseph’s and they emerged worthy winners.

 

St Joseph’s: Paul Madden; Kevin Meaney, Kenneth Kennedy, Brian Collins; Jarlath Colleran, Kevin Dilleen, Conor Lyons; Mark Hallinan, Niall Deloughry; Gary Hassett, Ivor White (1-5,4f), Donal O’Halloran (0-1); Alan Duggan, Alan O’Neill (3-4, 2-2f), Aaron Landy.
Subs: Mark Hanrahan for Hassett.
Scariff: Shane Mulvihill; Cathal Madden, Darragh Kelly, Jim Minogue; Matthew Horan, Cathal Nash (0-1), Diarmuid Nash; Alphie Rodgers (0-7, 5f), Michael Scanlan (0-1); Barry Nash (1-0), Shane Corry (0-1), Conor McNamara (0-1); Austin Madden, John Scanlan, Alan Corbett (0-1).
Subs: Martin Cunningham for Minogue, Michael O’Brien for Madden, Paul O’Sullivan for Corbett.
Referee: Rory McGann, Newmarket.

Tulla 3-19   Ruan 2-8

A stronger Tulla team were comfortable winners at home to Ruan on Saturday.

The winners took an early three-point lead but then conceded a goal to Aidan Lynch. Tulla responded with some good points before conceding a 20m free, which Lynch blasted to the net.

Soon after, a puckout from Ruan was intercepted by Tulla’s Aidan Lynch, who passed to brother, Mark, who found the net. It proved a killer blow for Ruan, who found themselves 1-14 to 2-2 behind at the break.

In the second half, the winners had further goals from substitute Colin Corbett and Darragh Corry, who caused a lot of problems for last year’s intermediate champions on the day.

Tulla: Kieran Brennan; John Fahy, Sean Torpey, Eugene Cooney; David McInerney, John Brennan, Paul Lynch; Cian McInerney, Niall Bolton; Darragh Corry, Donnacda McNamara, Trevor Vaughan; Mark Lynch, Aidan Lynch, Cathal; Dinan.
Subs: Shane McNamara for C McInerney, Felix Hegarty for Torpey and Colin Corbett for A Lynch.
Ruan: Pakie Roughan; Gary Bell, Niall O’Connor, Damian Brohan; Killlian Ryan, Jonathon Clohessy, Damian McDonnell; Tadhg Hanrahan, Eoin Hanrahan; Michael Vaughan, Aidan Lynch, Alan Bell; Patrick Keegan, Sean Cullinan, Brendan Lyons.
Subs: Caimin Howard for Cullinan and Karl Mahoney for Brohan.

O’Callaghan’s Mills 1-17   Kilmaley 2-12

O’Callaghan’s Mills laid the foundations for this victory in the opening half, at the end of which they were a point in front, 1-9 to 1-8, after playing against the breeze.

The wind made things difficult for both sets of players and resulted in a number of missed chances.

Conor ‘Rocky’ Cooney was the scorer of the winner’s first-half goal while Diarmuid McMahon found the net for the home side.

The teams were level on a number of occasions in the second half when Kilmaley’s second goal came from Pádraig Talty. However, the visitors converted some good, long-range points, which proved decisive in ensuring they were two points ahead when the final whistle sounded.

Adrian Flaherty was the winner’s top scorer with 0-7 while Conor Cooney contributed 1-2.

O’Callaghan’s Mills: John Cooney; Michael McGrath, Diarmuid Hehir, Gerry Cooney; Kevin O’Callaghan, Pat Donnellan, Niall Donovan; Aidan O’Gorman, Bryan Donnellan; Adrian Flaherty, Conor Cooney (Ermhill), Jonathon Lyons; Cathal McKeogh, Conor Cooney, Colin Crehan.
Subs: Gary Neville for McKeogh and Jamie Lynch for Crehan.
Kilmaley: Kieran Dillon; Martin O’Connor, Colin McGuane, Sean Talty; Eoin Enright, Daire Keane, Conor Cleary; Kenneth Kennedy, Eoin O’Malley; Alan Markham, Brian McMahon, Michael O’Neill; Niall McGuane, Diarmuid McMahon, Pádraig Talty.
Sub: Killian McNamara for O’Malley.

Ballyea 0-20   Whitegate 0-13

Ballyea travelled to Whitegate on Saturday evening and recorded a merited win over the home side.
They were ahead by double scores at half-time.

Tony Kelly was, again, the team’s top scorer, contributing 0-8 of their tally.

The home side were guilty of a number of missed chances early in the second half.

Whitegate were without the injured Brendan Bugler, but they welcomed back George Waterstone and Ian Fahy, who has just returned from Australia

Ballyea: Shane O’Neill; Brian Carigg, Kevin Sheehan, Brian Murphy; Jack Browne, Niall Keane, Stan Lineen; Paddy O’Connell, Tony Kelly (0-8, 4 frees); Francie O’Reilly (0-4), James Murphy (0-1) Francie Nealon, Niall Deasy (0-3); Aonghus Keane (0-2), Martin O’Leary (0-2).
Subs: David Sheehan for Lineen, Barry Coffey for O’Leary and Frankie Griffin for Nealon.
Whitegate: Andrew Fahy (0-3); Gareth Bleach, John Bugler, Colin Bleach; Eric Minogue (0-1), Eoin Quirke (0-3), Christy Jones; Patrick Minogue (0-1), Michael Dooley; Ian Fahy (0-1), Jason Malone, Patrick Burke; Michael O’Brien (0-4), Enda Durack, Niall Hayes.
Subs: George Waterstone for Durack and Trevor Kelly for Niall Hayes.

Tubber 2-13   Wolfe Tones 1-9

Tubber continued their unbeaten run when they proved too strong for Wolfe Tones at Tubber on Saturday. Helped by a goal from Blain Earley, they were six points in front when the half-time whistle sounded, 1-9 to 1-3. They continued to hold the upperhand in the second half and sealed victory when Clive Earley got through for their second goal.

Tubber: Ronan Taaffe; Paul Fogarty, Ger Brohan, Fergal O’Grady; Mark Earley, Conor Earley, Francis McCormack; Pat O’Connor, Darragh O’Connor; Justin McMahon, Eamonn Taaffe, David Donoghue; Blain Earley, Shane O’Connor, Clive Earley.
Sub: Lorcan O’Grady for McCormack.
Wolfe Tones: Trevor O’Donnell; Damian O’Toole, Jamie Roughan, Sean Reidy; Andrew Shanagher, Bobby McPhillips, Brian O’Connell; Daithí O’Connell, Kevin McCafferty; David Dunne, Brendan Hughes, John Guilfoyle; Gary Leahy, Johnnie Bridges, Barry Loughnane.
Subs: Ciarán Argue for Bridges, Stephen Tuohy for Reidy and Martin O’Connell for Shanagher.