Aidan McAnespies 0-17 Galway 2-15
The senior football championship is well and truly underway. Galway tallied their first 2 points of the
season, while it was the first loss of the 2017 for McAnespies. The game was tight all the way through, with
no more than 2 points between the teams.
It was not until Kevin Cummins netted in injury time for Galway that
there was any semblance of distance between the sides, and the tribesmen could
enjoy what was a hard fought win.
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There was little quarter given as Ruairi Greene
is tight on Che O'Donnell.
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Two points stood between the teams at the end of a lively
first 30 minutes. MacAnespies worked
hard on both sides of the ball in the early going, and were rewarded with a 4
points to two lead. Croft with 2 points,
and the other coming from Brian Breslin and corner forward, Dean Flood. With Galway trying to get into the game, a
goal came from the tribesmen from the foot of Alex Kenny. Kenny’s angled shot found the far corner of
the net and put Galway into a 1-2 to 0-4 lead and it came slightly against the
run of play.
The goal buoyed Galway’s confidence and the Brighton based
side played some nice football for the remainder of the half. Jamie Kelly’s kickouts found their men as it
was a possession strategy. Kieran Molloy
did well at wing back and covered a lot of ground, as did corner back Ruairi
Greene. Galway tallied a further 6
points from Kenny, Cian McMonagle, Cian Darcy, and Jamie Keogh.
McAnespies played the ball well out of defence and attacked
in spurts, and will have rued a handful of missed opportunities. Michael Walsh at wing forward was full of
running, while Seamie Breslin in the middle of the field was involved in most
things happening for McAnespies. Points
from Adam McKenna, Seamie Breslin, Che O’Donnell, and Croft kept McAnespies in
touch, while a Walsh shot at the end of the half that came off the foot of the
post would have put McAnespies into a one point lead at the break. As it was it Galway went in 2 to the good at
the half.
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| Seamie Bresling shoots with Cian Molloy in attendance. |
The second half continued with each side vying for the
edge. With the corner forwards on both
sides struggling to get involved, the corner backs had the edge for both
sides. Croft, Flood and O’Donnell
brought McAnespies closer with a point each as points from Forde and McMonagle
held Galway’s slender one point lead intact.
After Darcy had pointed for Galway, Brian Breslin was issued a black
card and with a premier home based defender off the field the challenge for
McAnespies would be all the greater.
The teams traded scores, with McAnespies drawing level on
two occasions coming into the final few minutes, but could not find that go
ahead score. Galway introduced Craig
Kennedy to the fray after Ruairi Greene was given a black card, and the Kildare
man pointed twice shortly after entering play.
Points from Croft and Walsh drew McAnespies level with full time upon us. It was a smashing McMonagle point that proved
to be the winning score. The Kildare man
from Clogherinkoe pointed from a tight angle to restore Galway’s lead with the
game on the line. The score was followed
by a Cummins goal in injury time that captured the points for Galway and
allowed the tribemen to celebrate their first win on the season.
Macs: Thomas Brerton,
Eoin Delmer, Brian Breslin, Paul Clifford, Niall Rooney, Adam McKenna, Martin
Mongan, Seamus Breslin, James Rigney, Che O’Donnell, Michael Walsh, Robbie
Croft, Dean Flood.
Galway: Jamie Kelly,
Ruairi Greene, David Murphy, Kieran Molloy, Dylan McHugh, Stuart Cullen, Cian
Darcy, Jamie Keogh, Sam Lenihan, Alex Kenny, Ryan Forde, Cian McMonagle, Kevin
Cummins.
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