Opening-round victory for Ennistymon

Ennistymon 2-9   Éire Óg 0-7

ENNISTYMON scored a comprehensive Round 1 Cusack Cup win over Éire Óg in Ennis last Sunday.

The winners started well and an early Joey Rouine goal helped them into an early lead. They led 1-5 to 0-4 at half-time with Clare U-21 panellist Cathal McConigley pointing twice in the opening half, while Joey Rouine, Alan Horan and Brian Conway also pointed.

Shane Daniels, Graham Glynn and Seán O’Meara pointed for the Ennis team in the opening half. The game was still there to be won 15 minutes from time, although Ennistymon led 1-7 to 0-7 at that stage.

A late goal from Willie Murphy finished the game and secured the result for Ennistymon, while Conway and Joe Dowling had added earlier points.

Ennistymon: Paudie Brennan; Seán O’Driscoll, Brian McDonagh, Michael Devitt; Enda Ralph, Michael Houlihan, Aidan Slattery; Ciarán Devitt, Alan Horan; Willie Murphy, John McInerney, Cathal McConigley; Joe Rouine, Brian Conway, Joe Dowling.
Subs: Gerry Coote for Ciarán Devitt, Oisín Vaughan for McDonagh, Seán McConigley for Conway and Dara Ralphy for McConigley.
Éire Óg: Eoin Slattery; Dean Ryan, Brian Dolan, Conor Brennan; David Russell, Shane Daniels, Shane Browne; Cian Darcy, Brian Frawley; Seán O’Meara, Eoin Glynn, Liam Corry; Graham Glynn, Darren O’Neill, Stephen Hickey.
Subs: Darren O’Meara for Corry, Conor Dolan for Dolan, Danny Russell for O’Meara, Ciarán Russell for Browne and David Neylon for Darcy.
Referee: John Brew, Kilmurry Ibrickane.