Tír na nÓg 6-8 Connacht Ladies 1-15
Six goals for Tír na nÓg matched Connacht Ladies total score
in points, and ensured that the Brighton side
remained unbeaten so far this season. A
hat trick for Jenny Byrne at full forward, and two goals from Caroline Nee put
the daggers into Connacht Ladies, who played well in spells and tallied a
respectable total of 16 scores.
Conceding goals can kill a team however, especially six of them.
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| Tir na nOg banged in the goals to keep Connacht Ladies at bay. |
The game started with a goal for each side. Jenny Byrne opened Tír na nÓg's account with
a well taken goal, and Sinead Greene answered for Connacht Ladies. The sides traded points thereafter, Greene,
Catriona Smith and Catriona Foley hitting the mark for Connacht Ladies, and
Tessa Mullen and Shauna Jackson for Tír na nÓg.
The Brighton side then opened the gap
with two goals in quick succession.
Caroline Nee and Byrne netted back to back goals, and at the break it
the Brighton side in a 3-6 to 1-5 lead.
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| Connacht Ladies kept it interesting till the final few minutes. |
Another two goals early in the second half put them in the
drivers seat. Nee put away her second,
and Byrne her third. Connacht Ladies
kept plugging away in the points department.
Foley, Smith, and Jane Ward inched their side closer and the 2013
champions drew within six points. Tír na
nÓg dug in at the back and held off their opponents until Tessa Mullen got the
insurance goal with a minute left, and put the game out of sight. Tír na nÓg back with a bang in 2014 after a
few years on the outside looking in.
Tír na nÓg: N. Hynes,
E. Healy, L. Brick, A. Potts, N. O'Neill, A. Taylor, N. Daly, J. Moore, S.
Jackson, T. Mullin, C. Nee, L. Bergin, L. Leonard, J. Byrne, C. O'Connor. Connacht Ladies: C. Heraty, K. Cunningham, A. Edgan, A. Kerr, E. Mulgrew, S. Polly, K. O'Brien, C. McDonald, J. Ward,
C. Smith, S. Greene, J. McDonagh, K. Kenneally, C. Foley, N. Morgan.
By Rory O'Donnell
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