Ireland 9
Jamaica 5
UL Sports Fields
Eoin Horkan
Saturday afternoon saw the Irish u21 lacrosse team take to the field for the second game of the world championships being played on home soil in Limerick.
Jamaica managed to gain early control winning the first face of the game. After a period of pressure on the home side’s goal they weren’t able to make the breakthrough as the Irish defence stood strong led by goalkeeper Joe Walsh.
With nearly five minutes gone in the quarter and against the run of play the home side took the lead as Jack Songer managed to fire into the opposition net. The Jamaicans kept the pressure on they even managed to level the tie just before the whistle for quarter time . This goal was not allowed due to an illegal stick. With moments to go on the clock Aidan Dempsey doubled his sides lead.
The second quarter was a much more open affair as both sets of attackers were starting to get the better of their defensive opponents. Within minutes of the resumption Dempsey added a third goal for his side as the Irish team were starting to control this tie. Ireland’s attack was looking dangerous this time it was the stick of Conor Foley who finished into the net for a four goal lead. With five minutes left on the clock and against the run of play Jamacia started to pressure the Irish defence. This pressure paid off as they netted twice in the space of a few minutes as a comeback looked on the cards. In the last minute of the quarter Ireland broke forward on the counter. It was Foley again who netted right on the whistle to give his side a three goal lead at half time.
After the break Jamacia managed to narrow the gap again. With the quarter only meant to be fifteen minutes this one ended up nearly half an hour with all the stoppages. These stoppages were due to indiscipline from both sides. It was after one of these stoppages when Ireland were a man up Dempsey managed to goal again. Foley added another at the end of the quarter to extent further increase the pressure on Jamacia .
The final quarter was a tough affair after what had just happened in the previous one. Fionn Kinsella broke through the defence after a great pass from Jack Doherty to goal. The final goal for the home side was from the stick of Sean Loftus after an assist from Sean Horkan. Jamaica managed to pull back to consolation goals to leave four between the sides at the full time whistle.
Ireland final pool game will be against Latvia and lunchtime Sunday before they head to the knockout stages.
Ireland: Conor Breen; Matthew Brennan, Ben Collins , Gavin Conlan; Finn Daly. Aidan Dempsey, Jack Doherty, Conor Foley, Jack Galvin, Joseph Gehle Sean Horkan, Liam Horkan, Ridley Horton, Aedan Kearns, Fionn Kinsella , Matt Loftus, Sean Loftus, Patrick McKee, Brady Morin, Kevin Somerville, Michael Songer, Jack Songer, Joe Walsh, Ronan Walsh.
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