Avondale 0-15
Eire Óg Greystones
1-19
Eoin Horkan
Pearse’s Park
A proper end to
end championship encounter took place in Arklow Saturday evening.
Avondale fired
over the opening point of the through corner forward Ross Ward. Eiré óg
responded in kind with a score of their own from opposing number 13 Shaun
Cranley. Avondale big full Eamon Kearns opened his account for the evening
firing over from play before James Cranley responded for the opposition with a
great score from play. Avondale then managed to score three frees in a row, two
of these coming from Eamon Kearns before midfielder Zach Cullen hit a dead ball
over from his own half. James Cranley managed to stop the Avondale scoring
dissecting the posts from close range. Avondale added to their lead through
midfielder Gearoid Murphy from play before Kearns fired over another free. The
younger of those Cranley Shaun scored again from play. Avondale hit their final
score of through centre forward Dean Gahn. Eiré Óg hit a purple patch heading
towards the break scoring 5 unanswered four of these coming from that man Shaun
Cranley again one of these coming from play and the others coming from dead
balls. Corner forward Hugh O Neil added the other score to leave the minimum
between the sides at the break.
Eire Óg flew out of the box at the start of
the second half. Centre back
Andy Walsh one a high ball in his own half
and lashed a ball over the bar,
not
too be outdone by his brother midfielder Michael Walsh lashed over
another long range point. Kearns responded
with another free. Sharpshooter
Shaun Cranley got two more points one from
a dead ball before he added
another from play. With the game been so
end to end the sliotar was near the
sideline with both sides going full blooded
to gain control of the ball, this led to
a bit of a ruck which ended up with the ref
sending off two players off in which
was a widely disputed decision on the
sideline. Eire Óg midfielder Kristin Flynn
and Avondale wing forward Paul Gahn giving
their marching orders. Avondale
midfielder Zack Cullen fired over another
score to narrow the margin. Eire Óg
then went to finish the game off which they
duly did through bustling centre
forward Anto Byrne managed to break through
the opposition defence to bat
the ball into the net with Cranley hitting
another from play. Kearns yet again
responded with a clever score from play.
Eire Óg forwards were clinical with
both corner forwards scoring from play
first was from Cranley before Hugh O’
Neil slotted another score. Wing forward Cranley
weaved his way through the
defence to put another ball over the bar
Kearns was doing his level best to
keep Avondale in this scoring three more
quick fire points one from play and
two dead balls. Byrne, Cranley and O’ Neil
hit Eire Óg last 3 points of the game
to finish the game off as a contest.
Avondale lashed over final consolation
through Ryan Nolan to finish the games
scoring.
Eire Óg Scorers;
Shaun Cranley 0-10 4fs , James Cranley
0-4, Anto Byrne 1-1, Andy Walsh 0-1, Michael Walsh 0-1, Hugh O’ Neil 0-2
Avondale Scorers;
Eamon Kearns 0-9 5fs, Ross Ward 0-1,
Zack Cullen 0-2, Gearoid Murphy 0-1, Dean Gahn 0-1, Ryan Nolan 0-1
Eire Óg; Dan O’
Neil; Dan O’ Connor, Billy Cuddihy, Michael Arrigan; Peter Keane , Andy Walsh,
Eoghan Potts; Michael Walsh, Kristin Flynn; Brian Lawless, Anto Byrne, James
Cranley; Shaun Cranley, Daniel Salmon, Hugh O Neil
Subs Used; Gavin
Parslow for Daniel Salmon, Kevin Byrne for Brian Lawless, Eoin Dorgan for Hugh
O’Neil
Avondale; Thomas
Finn; Niall Heffernan, Conor Sheehan, Keith Byrne; Jack Manley, Shane Byrne,
Eoin Baker; Gearoid Murphy, Zack Cullen; Paul Gahn, Dean Gahn, Ryan Nolan; Ross
Ward, Eamon Kearns, Kevin Kinsella
Subs Used; Seamus
McGraynor for Kevin Kinsella, Michael O’ Toole for Ross Ward, Anthony O’ Toole
for Niall Heffernan
