Keating Cup Round 1
Tinahely
1-14
Bray
Emmett’s 2-13
Tinahely
Eoin Horkan
Bray
Emmett’s come out on top away to Tinahely in the opening round clash in the
Keating cup on Sunday morning.
Tinahely
flew out of the blocks on there home patch in this clash with full forward Alan
Dillon gathering the ball in the large square and with a swivel of his hips the
ball hit the back of the net to open the scoring in this game. The away side
responded with a point from county star Paul Cunningham from a tight angle. The
home side then added four scores on the bounce with Eoin Darcy opening his
account with a free from the top of the d. Dillon added a minor to his tally
before Darcy added a free before Tony Darcy added a fourth point on the trot.
Bray’s response came from Aaron Murphy who landed a long-range effort before
wing back Daire Lohan made his way up the field to dissect the post. Tinahely
added two more points from Dillon who added one from play before slotting a
free before the first wate break.
After the
break Bray narrowed the gap with two frees from Cunningham. Dillon was on fire
inside on is home turf adding another two points from play. Lohan and Murphy
finished the scoring in the half with Lohan fisting his effort over just before
the half time whistle.
With only
four points between the side frees became a huge source of scores after the
whistle with Dillon notching another free while Brian Walsh made his way up the
field before firing over from the twenty-one-yard line. Cunningham’s frees were
keeping his side in the game as he added two more place balls. Cathal Magee
then managed to narrow the gap for Emmett’s as the game was becoming a much
tighter affair. Darcy added yet another free in the quarter. Dillon landed
another effort for his side. Cunningham finished the scoring in this quarter
with two more place ball which left only a goal between them at the second
water break.
The game
took a huge swing in the final quarter after substitute Jack Treacy managed to
raise a white flag. With only two between the sides Bray piled forward and a
goal bound effort dropped short and way palmed into the net by Murphy to give
his side the lead against the run of play. The home side levelled the game as
Dillon got his final score of the game. With the game level Bray launched
another attack. Dara O hAnnaidh fired an
effort towards the goal as it dropped short and somehow landed in the net
despite the best efforts of the keeper.
The home side started to pile forward to narrow the gap which Darcy duly
did with a place ball. In the final attack they hit the bar and the ball came
back out into the square and the home side were awarded a penalty which would
have won them the game. Eoin Darcy stepped up to take it, but it was well saved
by Paul O’ Keefe in the opposition net to give his side a real smash and grab
win in this first round game.
Tinahely:
Alan Nolan: Noel Mulhall, Michael Byrne, Bradley Hickey; Adam Hadden, Curtis
Keating, Shane Hogan; Stephen Dillon, Brian Walsh (0-1); Rory Stokes, Eoin Darcy
(0-5 4f), Killian McDonald; Matthew Ging, Alan Dillon (1-72f), Tony Darcy (0-1)
Subs Used:
Eamon Wolfe for Stephen Dillon, Eoghan Byrne for Tony Darcy, Jason Cush for
Curtis Keating, Daniel Ging for Matthew Ging
Bray
Emmett’s: Paul O’ Keefe; Adam Benson, Sam Kearney, Cathal O’ Dualleachain; Ben
Kearney, Shane Lohan, Daire Lohan (0-2); Rory Breslin, Mark Cullen, Ben
McCormack, Des Kelly, Aaron Murphy (1-2); Paul Cunningham (0-7 6f), Cathal Magee
(0-1), Dara O hAnnaidh (1-0)
Subs used:
David Martin for Ben McCormack, Jack Treacy (0-1) for Sam Kearney, Eoin
McCormack for Mark Cullen, Gavin Rochford for Cathal Magee
Referee: Stephen Fagan
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