By Neil McEnaney
Aidan McAnespies vs Galway Boston
The senior championship kicked off with a great game between Aidan McAnespies and Galway Boston. It was a nervy game throughout with a lot of unforced turnovers for both sides. Galway ended up being the victors in a game that could have went either way at times.
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It was Dara Keenan for Galway who opened the scoring with a well taken point from play. Macs were forced to be patient in their attack as they tried to break down a solid Galway defence. It was Cian Grimes for the Macs who opened their scoring with a great point from just inside the 45.
Galway then upped the intensity with a brave turnover by Mardhc MacGeorail leading to some quick ball movement between Aidan Flanagan and Dara Keenan to set up Eoin Colleran to kick a great score off his left foot. Galway extended their lead to 2 points with wing back Ciaran Potter coming up the field to fist the ball over the bar.
McAnespies battled back with Eoin Gormley using his speed to take on his man from the right wing and fisted it across the goal to give Ruari Gormley the simplest of tasks to palm it into the net.
Galway were quick to reply with 2 unanswered points from MacGeorail and a beautiful point from Paul Carey.
A great turnover by Cormac McKeogh led to Conall Devlin going on a solo run right through the heart of the Galway defence. He released Eoin Gormley with a fist pass who was taken down by the Galway goalkeeper Michael Moylan, resulting in a penalty. Robbie Croft came up from his nets to take the peno. Unfortunately for the Macs, Croft mishit his penalty, kicking it over the bar for a point.
A quick kickout from Moylan let Galway move the ball quickly up the field while Croft was still out of his goals! Colleran rounded his marker before being brought down resulting in a penalty for Galway. Carey stepped up for Galway and made no mistake rifling the ball into the roof of the net.
The Macs didn’t panic and stayed patient on the ball when working their attack. Rory Brolly started getting into the game more kicking two points in a row (one from a free, one from play). Eoin Gormley turned provider once more setting up Ruari Scott for a well taken goal.
Galway, once again had a quick response with Colleran scoring a point to finish off the half.
Half Time Score:
Galway 1-6 Aidan McAnespies 2-5
The Macs won the throw up in the second half and strong running from Ruari Gormley set up Eoin Gormley for a well taken point from the top of the D. Both teams traded scores before Galway got the next goal of the game. Moylan came out of his goals for Galway to give them an extra man in attack. It led to Keenan assisting Carey who did well to find the back of the net.
McAnespies responded with Peter O’Connell taking a point off his left foot. Both teams traded scores and with the game in the melting pot, it really could have went either way coming into the final quarter. 2-10 a piece with 15minutes to go.
Galway then upped it another gear with Carey leading the charge from the front. He kicked a beauty of free with his favored left. Ciaran Potter then overkicked a pass to Carey but a mix up in the Macs defence led to the ball in Carey’s hands with an open net to slot the ball into.
After the fortunate goal, Galway really kicked on putting serious pressure on the Macs Kickouts leading to 4 more unanswered points. Croft did well to save Colleran’s attempt at goal but Galway did well to recycle it to Carey to get the point.
Galway now led by 8 coming into the last 5 minutes of the game. A high ball into the square from a Brolly free ended up in the back of the net for the McAnespies. Brolly then snuck another free over the bar just in off the post. The Macs really pushed up on Galways kickouts and some strong running with Conall Devlin winning the breaking ball and finishing the move with a point.
This left just the goal between the teams coming into injury time. A frantic few minutes ensued with both sides forcing turnovers but not enough time on the clock for McAnespies to create another goal chance.
Full Time Score:
Galway 3-15
Aidan McAnespies 3-12
Man of the Match: Paul Carey (Galway)
Teams and Scorers:
Aidan McAnespies:
Robbie Croft (0-1), Darran Gibney, Cormac McKeogh, Connall Devlin (0-1), Owen Ward, Cian Quinn, Rurai Gormley (1-0), Steven Ward, Cian Grimes (0-1), Eoin Gormley (1-1), Rurai Scott (1-1), Peter O’Connell (0-1), Rory Brolly (0-6)
Galway Boston:
Michael Moylan, Sean Forde, Tom Creen, Ciaran Potter (0-1), Stephen White, Paudi Behan, Aidan Flanagan, Declan Doyle, Mardhc MacGeorail (0-2), Dara Keenan (0-1), Paul Carey (3-6), Conor Lawlor (0-1), Eoin Colleran (0-3)
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