Mary Immaculate College 2-21
Trinity College 3-19
Eoin Horkan
DCU Sports Ground
It wasn't to be for the ten Mayo boys in the Mary I squad on Wednesday evening as the Dublin college ran out victors by the narrowest of margins in extra time.
The home county side got off to the perfect start as Ryan O'Dwyer kicked over a two point free inside two minutes. The Limerick side had managed to take the lead before the tenth minute mark as Ciaran McCarthy fired over twice in between an effort from Daire Culligan.
In the next ten minutes the Dublin based college hit a purple patch with a minor from Padriag Boyle before his teammate Tom McCarroll raised his sides first green flag of the day. This was followed up with another orange flag from O’Dwyer along. The tide turned again briefly when Dunmore’s Colm Costello flicked an effort into the net. This was a slight reprieve as two more white flags came from Con Smith and Ciaran Lennon putting four between the sides with ten left before the break.
The onslaught on the Mary I goal continued up until the break as Darragh Dempsey and a double from Lennon had there side well in control.With three left on the clock a goal from wing back Boyle added to by Jack Burke had the College ten up at the break.
The second half produced a comeback for the ages as Mayo senior Bob Tuohy was introduced off the Limericks sides bench An early orange flag from Costello was added to by that man McCarthy .A Lennon strike from the angle calmed the Dublin sides nerves alongside another O’Dwyer strike .
With a quarter of the half gone it looked like all hope was lost for Mary I as they were still nine points down. This was until a Costello effort had the gap down to eight before an exhibition of long range shooting resulted in a flurry of orange flags in a row all from the boot of Breaffy’s Aidan Cunnigham which sent the crowd in St Claire’s into raptures.
Just as it looked like Mary I had the momentum it was halted as Dempsey and O’Dwyer kept the scores ticking over the far side. The final minutes of normal time began to Costello as he fired over another two pointer before Lennon raised what looked like it was going to be the insurance score. The Dunmore man had other ideas as he slicked over yet another effort from range to send the game to extra time.
The extra time proved tough for the Mary I men as they started the half with fourteen players. It was Roscommon man Lennon who opened the scoring for the Dublin side. From the rustling play Claremorris man Adam Beirne had this pulsating final level.
With the man advantage Trinity pushed forward and a minor from Ciaran Flanagan before a splendid goal from captain and Sligo man Luke Casserly before the half time whistle
With the numbers level in the second period Costello who was on fire rattled the back of the net for a second. This goal unfortunately was the last score of the game for the Treaty men as a final insurance score from the boot of Dempsey ensured a one point victory for Trinity.
With ten Mayo lads in the Mary I panel and only losing one of these for next year's Trench cup campaign the future bodes well for these aspiring young men.
Two Trench Cup medals are set to make their way to Mayo, as Ballina’s David Feeney and Westport’s Ciaran Murphy were both members of the Dublin College extended panel.
Mary Immaculate College;Shane O’Connell; Gavyn McManamon, Beirne Coen, David Slattery; Shane Cunningham,Daithí Kilcommins Fionnan O’Reilly; Conor Mulroy, Evan Cahill, Aidan Cunningham(0-6 3 2pt), Darren Keane, Sean Conneely; Ciaran McCarthy (0-3), D Culligan(0- 4 2pt 1m), Colm Costello (2-6 2 2pt)
Subs: Bob Tuohy (0-1) for D Keane, Adam Beirne (0-1) for S Conneely,Pearse Deane for A Cunningham, Jude Lavin for F O’Reilly, Ronan Heffernan for D Kilcommins .
Trinity College;Sean O’Mullane;Luke Casserly,Tom Hughes,Michael McGrath;Padraig Boyle(1-1),Conor Leonard,Conal Cunningham;Ciaran Flanagan(0-1),Tom McCarroll(1-0);James Burke(0-1),Ryan O’Dywer(0-6 1 2pf),Rory McErlean;Darragh Dempsey(0-4),Con Smith(0-1),Ciaran Lennon(0-5 3fs).
Subs: Tynam Neville for R McErlean,Emmet Rogers for C Smith,Liam Fenton for T Neville,James McBreen for J Burke
Referee Conor Durneen
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