Galway 2-14 Wolfe Tones 4-11
Goals win games as the saying goes, and it was the Wolfe
Tones who scored 4 of them to kill Galway’s efforts at getting a win in their
first outing of the season. Two goals in
each half kept the Wolfe Tones on top, and a commendable late rally by Galway
was never going to be enough to bridge the gap between the teams.
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After 2 outings, Monaghan native, Shane McGuinness,
has proven to be an important part of the
Tones efforts this season.
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Two first half goals saw the Tones into a half time
lead. Shane McGuinness and Cormac
McWalter each netted in the first 15 minutes.
Galway had started well, and in the first 10 minutes wasted a handful of
early chances to establish a lead while attempting to go for an early goal. It was the Tones who got the early goal from McGuinness
following a point by Ferghal O’Brien.
Ryan Ford got Galway off the mark with a point, only for the Tones to
come storming downfield and Cormac McWalter netted, delivering another early blow
to the Brighton side.
The teams traded points for the remainder of the half, with
the Tones looking the more fluid side, with
McGuinness at center forward full of running and opening the
spaces. O’Brien and McGuinness converted
for the Tones, while for Galway it was Cummins and Ryan Ford with the
points. The Tones had a great
opportunity to put the game to bed early after McGuinness was pulled down in
the box. The Ballybay man stepped up to
take the kick, but his well hit shot cannoned off the foot of the post. At the half the Tones were 2 goals to the
good, 2-5 to 0-5.
The Tones lead ballooned to 11 points early in the second
half. The Tones had netted a third
following a high ball into the box that was picked up by Darren Maguire and the
Kilcock man netted easily. Points were
added by McGuinness and McWalter and the game looked fairly done and dusted. Galway made it interesting late in the second
half, however. The Brighton men started
to play some good football, but had left themselves too much to do and may have
wondered after the game how things might have transpired if the early chances
were taken and the team had settled into the game. Ford and Kennedy pointed, and the
introduction of substitute, Cian McMonagle paid dividends.
The tribesmen moved the ball well to finish the game, and
pointed 6 times on the trot to give themselves some hope. McMonagle’s introduction was a revelation and
the boot of the man from Clogherinkoe, Co. Kildare, pulled Galway back within
range of their opponents. One wondered
why the sharpshooter had not been brought into the fray sooner. With Galway knocking on the door a goal
would have reduced the gap to a point and made the final few minutes very
uncomfortable for the Tones. Jarlath
Boyce put an end to any chance of that as the Tones midfielder pointed, and
then followed with a goal to secure the points.
Tones with the win, Galway left wondering what might have been.
Galway: James Kelly, Dan
Murphy, Rory Greene, Kieran Molloy, Stuart Cullen, Kian Darcy, Sam Linehan,
Ryan Ford, Kevin Cummins, Craig Kennedy, Jamie Keogh, Alex Kenny.
Tones: Darren McDonnell, Jack Smith, James Reilly, Patrick
Collins, Tom Quinn, Darren McGuire, Jarlath Boyce, Garvin Jones, Mike O’Brien,
Shane McGuinness, Ferghal O’Brien, Cormac McWalter, Conor Marsden.
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