U19 A Hurling

 Michael Dwyers 3-9

Bray Emmetts 3-9

Eoin Horkan 

Knockananna

A late comeback in the final twelve minutes from Dwyers saw both sides bring home a point each in this enthralling encounter on Sunday morning.

In what was a shootout between both sides centre forward’s it was Conor Boland who got off the mark first slotting over from play.Within two minutes his counterpart Willie Cash had a dead ball which with the aid of the sun found its way into the net inside five minutes.

A Boland effort this time from a free had the gap to the minimum before Sean Craig fired over from out wide before Cash managed to put over an outrageous sideline, another Craig point had put the Emmetts in early control.Just after  the quarter hour mark the momentum was stopped when the home side’s Taylor Ryan raised a white flag before another Cash free canceled it out.

Both sides were finding scores from play hard to come by and the last five minutes both scores came from frees from Cash first before Boland did the same against the slight breeze. Leaving four between the sides going in at the break.

In what was a dream opening ten minutes of the second half tfor Bray it looked like they had taken complete control. It began with two expertly taken frees from Cash before Ryan Harrison split the posts with an effort from out wide. A second green flag of the day came when Conor Broderick stormed through to fire home. This purple patch was halted by another Boland free as it looked like the tie was headed out of the home side's reach. A final effort from Cash before the dangerous Tristan Doherty managed to slide the ball into the net giving his side a thirteen point lead. 

The Emmetts started to empty the bench and this seemed to turn the game as Boland came into his own with a fine strike off his weak side before his team mate Matthew Doyle had the gap to eleven with ten left.

In what was a comeback for the ages Boland added another free to his tally before his sides first green flag of the day. Moments later Doyle managed to find himself in the right position to kick into the net leaving four between the sides with four left on the clock.

The final two plays of the game landed to the right man as a Boland free meant there was only the minimum between the teams. With the whistle at the lips of the referee, that man Boland managed to find enough space to complete the comeback with a monster point leaving the crowd and Bray stunned. 

Michael Dwyers:Liam McRae;Jack Manifold,Malachy Byrne,Eoin Tallon;Jack Whelan,Sean Byrne,Saoirse Scully;Nathan Landon,Matthew Jackson;Daniel Byrne,Conor Boland(2-7 4f)s,Taylor Ryan(0-1);Matthew Doyle(1-1),Eanna Waters,Alan Ryan.

Subs Used:Taylor Fagan for Alan Ryan, Joe Manifold Eanna Waters 

Bray Emmetts:Conor O’Sullivan;John McCarthy,Ronan Hogan,Niall Eglington;Liam Egan,Darragh Shannon;Conor Broderick(1-0),Luke Cotter;Sean Craig(0-2),Willie Cash(1-6 5fs),Ryan Harrison(0-1);Senan Croke,Tristan Doherty(1-0),Joe Keeshan.

Subs Used:Aodhan Heaney for Ronan Hogan,Joshua Delaney for Ryan Harrison,Eanna Hayes for Niall Eglington,Donnacha MacMaoláin for Joe Keeshan, Paul Farrell for John McCarthy.

Referee:John Keenan