Junior C Football – Barrett Cup
Austin Stacks 1-16 Kerins O’Rahillys 2-3
Our C team began their defence of the Barrett Cup with a potentially difficult assignment at home against Kerins O’Rahillys on this Wednesday evening (15th Aug) and, after shaking off two come backs by the Strand Road boys, went on to win with ten points to spare.
We were well in command during the first half and lead by 0-7 to 0-3 as half time approached but Rahillys got through for a goal which cut our lead to just one at the break.Then, after we increased our lead to three with early second half points by Danny Carroll and Eamon McAllen, the visitors drew level for the first time in the game with a 42nd minute goal. This turned out to be their only score of the second half. With two more points from Danny Carroll the game was still in the balance until Frankie Murphy’s 52nd minute goal (his 2nd in as many days – he also scored with the U21s the previous evening) gave us a five points breather and we took complete control after that, adding five more points, to give us a comprehensive win in the end.
Playing well as a unit there were also some brilliant individual performances, most notably from Shane Durran, Tom McLoughlin, Shane Walsh, Timmy Lynch, Danny Carroll, Padraig Breen, Eamon McAllen and from Man of the Match, Conor Jordan.
It was also good to see Sean Murphy and Thomas Moore back in the fold after an absence.
One other feature of the game, one we can’t recall happening before, our three half backs got on the score sheet in the same game.
Team: Brian Horgan, Ritchie Conway, Nessan Crean, Shane Durran, Conor Jordan (0-1), Anthony Shanahan (Capt) (0-1), Tom McLoughlin (0-1), Shane Walsh, David Hanafin, Paul McCannon, Timmy Lynch, Joey O’Connor (0-1), Danny Carroll (0-6 – 1 free), Michael O’Leary, Padraig Breen (0-3).
Subs: Eamon McAllen (ht) (0-3), Frankie Murphy (37m) (1-0), Sean Power (45m), Sean Murphy (57m), Thomas Moore (57m).
We now play Listry in the Co. Championship quarter final and we understand that this has been fixed for Friday week (24th Aug).