Group B
Donegal 3-13 Wolfe Tones 2-7
Donegal kept Group B open with a win over Wolfe Tones in
their first outing of the season. The
northerners took a while to get going, and once they did, pulled away in the
last quarter of the game.
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| Mark Canny on the ball for Donegal. |
Lee Carr was the playmaker for Donegal in the forward
line. The diminutive wing forward
created openings for his teammates, and on occasion took the score
himself. Sean Hume and Sean Donnelly
capitalized on the opportunities with four first half points between them,
while Carr popped over two himself. The
Tones were still very much in the hunt with a Shane O’Rourke first half goal,
while Gavin Walsh pointed twice from his corner forward berth.
The Tones netted early in the second half through Cormac
Joyce-Power after a great Aaron Moore run made the opening for the big Limerick
man. Donegal kept picking off their
points however. Donnelly and Hume, along
with some great play from Louthman, Derek Maguire, eventullay tipped the scales
in Donegal’s favour. Maguire and
Donnelly netted to cancel out the Tones goals, and now a win, or a draw, for
Donegal next week against Christopher’s, sees them into the final of the
competition.
Donegal: Pauric
Miskell, Mark Canney, Paul McNulty, Neil McEneaney, Sean Tim, Derek Maguire,
Brian Donnelly, Declam McBride, Darren Doherty, Sean Donnelly, Lee Carr, Sean
Hamill, Sean Hume.
Tones: Shane Hayes,
Fergal O’Brien, Darren McDonnell, Aaron Moore, Darren Maguire, Mike O’Brien,
Gerry Troy, Jarlath Boyce, Joey Farrell, Cormac Joyce-Power, Shane O’Rourke,
Garret Byrne, Gavin Walsh.
Group A
Aidan McAnespies 9-13 Galway 0-2
Aidan McAnespies made it 2 for 2 in the early season, and
pretty much had the game out of reach for Galway before half time. Goals were the order of the day for the Macs
with Brian Breslin and Robbie Croft in the corners.
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| Robbie Croft shoots between the posts for Aidan McAnespies. |
Breslin had a hat trick before the break and Croft tallied 6
points, both from play and from dead balls.
Galway managed a couple of points from Kevin Cummins, however with Jimmy
Rigney on top of his game at corner back and JP Gallagher likewise at center
back, Galway never settled into the game.
The second half was more of the same, with Breslin ending
the day with 5 goals to his name. The
result leaves McAnespies in pole position to reach the final with a win or a
draw against the Gaels next week.
Macs: Paddy Coakley,
Jimmy Rigney, Paul Clifford, Seamy Breslin, JP Gallagher, Tom Brereton, Marty
Mongan, Niall Donahy, Ciaran Wallace, Eoin Delmer, Che O’Donnell, Brian
Breslin, Robbie Croft.
Galway: Jamie Kelly,
Craig Burke, Colm Tummon, Tom Davey, Paul Cummins, Greg Lundy, Tom Walsh,
Stewart Cullen, Peter Herlihy, Jamie Keogh, Kieran Gallagher, Kevin Cummins,
Cian Marley.
Connemara Gaels 0-6 Shannon Blues 1-11
Shannon Blues looked impressive in their outing Saturday
afternoon. Kieran Hurley was
instrumental in much of the good work from the Blues, and Glenfesk man, Lee
O’Donoghue also impressed for the Blues.
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| Pat Moriarty tries to gather for the Blues. |
After an opening 10 minutes which saw Coleman Mulkerrins and
Kevin McGrath point for the Gaels, while Darren Wallace and Hurley put 3 over
between them for the Blues, a three point spurt saw the Blues into the half
with a four point lead. Liam Henry and
Hurley the scorers.
The Gaels closed the gap shortly after the break, McGrath
with a lovely effort from a tight angle.
However, the Blues regained hold of the game, and Hurley was involved in
each one of three unanswered points to restore the Blues lead. With the Gaels goal under fierce attack a
goal eventually come for Pat Murray late in the game to seal it for the Blues.
Gaels: Eoin Connolly,
David Black, Niall McGinn, Damien Doolan, Niall Collins, Joe O’Shea, Ryan
Caffrey, Tom Duggan, Sean Connolly, Coleman Mulkerrins, Ian Heanue, Kevin
McGrath, Paddy McGee.
Blues: Dara O’Shea,
Fionn O’Herlihy, Derek O’Brien, Conor Kerins, Steven Henry, James Maher, Barry
Hartnett, Pat Murray, Liam Henry, Darren Wallace, Conor Fitzgerald, Lee
O’Donoghue, Kieran Hurley.
By Rory O'Donnell
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