Minor B Football Championship

 

Minor B Football Championship

Tomnafinnoge 3-5

Michael Dwyer’s 2-14

Eoin Horkan

Coolafancy

 

Monday evening saw the top of the table clash between Tomnafinnoge and Michael Dwyer’s. It was the visitors and table toppers Dwyer’s who ended up victorious in the end.

Dwyer’s flew out of the blocks as straight from the throw in the ball ended up in the hands of centre forward Callum McRea who slotted the first point of the game. The response was immediate from the home side with full forward Eddie Cullen levelling the tie in the next attack. With both sides looking to kick the ball long into the forward line it was Dwyers who scored next with full forward Mark Kinsella gathering a long ball on the d before making his way past two defenders before finishing into the net. The response from the home side was empathic with midfielder Killian O’ Keefe  splitting the posts from range . Ciaran Lambert drove a 45 over the bar to narrow the gap to the minimum. Cullen was moving well at full forward as he  gathered the ball his pointed effort dropped into the corner of the net to extend his sides lead.

The visitors looked in trouble as the home side were piling on the pressure this was until McCrea added two more white flags both coming from play along with Jack  O’ Toole who added two more place balls. Cullen then managed to stem the tide again as he drove in his second goal of the game for his side . With the game heading to the break and both sides scoring freely wing forward for Dwyers Eoin Canna fired over two efforts with the outside of his boot in between a Lambert goal bound effort that was tipped over the bar. This meant the tie was level at the break.

The second half was as free scoring as the first as Kinsella had the ref putting another point to his tally . The home side moved centre forward Conor Byrne to the edge of the square for the second half. This change had an immediate impact as Byrne landed his sides third goal driving low past a number of defenders. Kinsella responded again this time with a well taken mark. Cillian Murphy extended the home sides advantage with another minor . This turned out to be the last score of the game as Dwyers pushed on .

With subs coming on for both teams halfway through the half it was Dwyers sub Mark Tyrell who made an immediate impact with a point. O’ Toole extended his tally with a fine effort from play . Within the space of a few minutes Mark Kinsella a brother of full forward Adam drove through the defence to add another white and then a green flag to his sides tally.  Wing back Andy Corrigan struck a great score from out wide as he drove forward at the end of the game . It was Dwyers full forward Kinsella who finished the scoring with one final white flag for his side.

 

Michael Dwyers: Ross Harmon; Sean Kelly, Matthew Jackson, Ben Keogh; Andy Corrigan (0-1), James Boland, Daniel Byrne; Jack O’ Toole (0-3 2fs), Adam Kinsella (1-1); Eoin Canna (0-2), Callum McCrea (0-3), Alan Ryan; Daniel Nolan, Mark Kinsella (1-3 1m), Sean Walsh.

Subs : Noah Hughes for Daniel Nolan, Mark Tyrell (0-1) for Sean Walsh.

Tomnafinnoge: McDara O’ Neill; Jamie Purcell, Darragh Rawson, Ryan Purcell; Luke Dolan, Ciaran Lambert (0-2 1 45), Jamie Schoeb; Killian O’ Keefe (0-1), Thomas Kelly; Daniel Tighe, Conor Byrne (1-0), Ryan Hilliard; Cillian Murphy (0-1), Eddie Cullen (2-1), Jack O’ Keefe.

Subs: Samuel Driver for Ryan Hilliard, Pearse Byrne for Daniel Tighe, Rioghan O’ Callaghan for Cillan Murphy, Cormac Murphy for Jamie Purcell.

Referee: Max Molloy ( Annacurra)