Intermidiate Football Wicklow

 

Intermediate Football

 Annacurra 0-15

 Laragh 0-12

 Eoin Horkan

 Avondale

 

After having drawn last week Annacurra needed to win this third-round tie and this they did with the aid of Frank Clune and Gearoid Murphy, who did not start last week's tie.

 

After winning the toss Annacurra managed to open the scoring with a Ronan Brenna effort that split the posts. Within a minute the opposition had the tie level when Eric Olohan found his range from the edge of the exclusion zone. Both forward lines inside lines were looking dangerous as James Doyle fired over to give the south Wicklow side the advantage once again. The opposition then hit a purple patch with four scores in between a Frank Clune effort. The full forward line all got on the score sheet with Andrew Nolan firing over a place ball and Mark Cullen slotting over alongside an effort from Olohan to double his tally. The final score of this flurry for Laragh saw John Nolan open his account for the day. As the midway point of the half drew closer a Gearoid Murphy effort along with Euan Harper finding his range had leveled the contest. From midway to the end of the half it was all the side in green and gold as Murphy slatted two efforts, before Clune and Glenn Austin got in on the act. With the final kick of the half the gap had narrowed to three when Andrew Brancanto hit a forty-five.

When the contest resumed Clune extended the gap with two dead balls as it looked like Laragh were in trouble. This was not the case as they managed to narrow the gap considerably with midfielder Damien Hanlon raising a white flag alongside Cullen and Nolan before John Murphy got his name on the scoresheet. It was Clune who stepped up again to stem the time this time with an effort from play. The final scores of the game for Annacurra came from that man Clue adding two more before substitute Kevin Healy made an immediate impact. The opposition were going for goals as the tie entered the final minutes, but Annacurra held strong as John and Andrew Nolan fired over efforts. Laragh could not manage to break through the defense to score that all important goal as the opposition held out for a three-point victory.

 Annacurra: Robert Fitzgerald; Eliot Robinson; Alan Byrne, James Keenan; Euan Harper (0-1), Glenn Austin (0-1), Pauric Doyle; Dylan Doyle, Evan Doyle; Martin O’ Brien, Frank Clune (0-7 3fs); Stephen Murphy; Ronan Brennan (0-1), Gearoid Murphy (0-3), James Doyle (0-1).

Subs Used: Michael Healy for Stephen Murphy (45), Conor Byrne for Ronan Brennan (48), Kevin Healy (0-1) for Euan Harper (50),

 Laragh: Shane Duffy; Alex Olohan, Andrew Brancanto (0-1f), Luke Kearney; Cian McHugh, Peter Merrigan, John Murphy (0-1); David McDonald, Damien Hanlon (0-1); Ryan Delamere, John Nolan (0-2), Aran Lynham; Andrew Nolan (0-3), Eric Olohan (0-2), Mark Cullen (0-2).

Subs Used: Craig McCoy for John Murphy (48), Myles Conway for Cian McHugh (51)

 

Referee John Keenan