Intermediate
Championship
A
strong second half was enough to see Kilmeena come away with all two points on Sunday in Crossmolina.
It
was the All-Ireland junior winners from 2021 who got off to the better start in
this midday tie as John McGlynn and Caolach Halligan fired them into a two
point lead early on. Within five minutes there was controversy as a Justin
Healy effort was waved wide by the umpire even though everyone on the bank side
of Crossmolina believed it had gone inside the post. Just to pile more misery
due to the sideline frustrations McGlynn added a second to his tally from a
free. After this early set back David Walker was sprung from the bench and
within five minutes he had fired over five points, a two pointer from a dead
ball along with another orange flag from play. This was the end of the scoring
for eight minutes even though Conor Kelly and Jack Carney both had goal chances , but
the post and Cian Gallagher kept them out. The lead was extended when Joe
Curduff drove up from wing back to slot over. Just as it looked like the west
Mayo side were in trouble, up stepped Kevin Ryder to fire over from outside the
arc before McGlynn added another from play. The Gaeltacht’s side's final effort
of the half was another dead ball from Walker who added two more to his tally.
The final five minutes belonged to the opposition as Kelly, Jack Mulchrone and
a McGlynn strike had them going in at the break one up.
The
second half started with a bang as Healy managed to hit the back post with a goal that was worth the admission fee
alone. It was then the turn of the opposition led by Halligan and McGlynn to
level the tie. It was then third time lucky for Kelly as he finally raised a
green flag with a clever finish under the onrushing Gallagher. A Joe Mason
effort stemmed the tide ever so slightly before sub Darragh Slattery along with
Kelly and Colin Hastings had extended the gap just before the midway point of
the half.
With
the game heading into the final ten minutes a second long distance score from
Ryder had widened the gap. It was the Healy’s Justin Matthew and Aaron, none of
them related, who got the last three scores for their side. While down the other end Mulchorne fired over from
distance along with a double from O’ Donnell and a final effort from Slattery
to ensure the victory.
Cill
Chomain:Kian Gallagher ;Sean Flannery ,Lorcan McGrath,Seamus Mason;Joe
Corduff(0-1) ,Liam Maloney,Lorcan Mason;Mark Tadhg,Seán Murphy(c) ;Cathal
Doherty,,Joe Mason(0-1),Eoghain McGrath;Adam O Conroy,Justin Healy(1-1) ,Jack
Healy.
Subs
Used: David Walker(0-7 2 2pfs) for Cathal Doherty, Matthew Healy (0-1) for
Lorcan McGrath, Aaron Healy(0-1) for Sean Murphy,Cathal Doherty for Lorcan
Mason,Gearóid Ruddy for Adam Conroy ,Kyle Maguire for Joe Mason.
Kilmeena:
Paul Groden;Luke Durkan,Ciaran Kilcoyne,John Ryan;Colin Hastings(0-1),Stephen
Staunton,Jack Mulchrone(0-3);Jack Carney, Kevin Ryder(0-4);Conor Kelly(1-2),
Caolach
Halligan(0-2),Ronan O Donnell(0-2);Darragh Keavney,John McGlynn ©(0-5 2fs) ,
Daniel Kelly
Darragh
Slattery (0-2) for Caolach Halligan, Cormac O’Malley for John McGlynn,DJ Keane
for John Ryan,Michaél Regan for Kevin Ryder,Josh Browne for Conor Kelly
Referee
Frank Flynn
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