Match Report by Tim Slattery
Mitchels opened the scoring with a point from Alan O’Donoghue and Greg Horan had Stacks level within a minute.Mikey Kelliher with a pointed free and Paddy Lane from a pass by Barry Shanahan made it two points each.
Joe O’Connor had Stacks first goal when he drilled a low shot past the keeper. Paddy lane from a mark and Alan O’Donoghue exchanged points in the 13th minute.
Halfway through the first half Stacks were awarded a penalty when one of the Mitchels backs picked the ball off the ground,Paddy Lane took the penalty but it was saved by Peter Nammock in the Mitchels goals.
Mikey Kelliher from a free had a Mitchels point and then we had two points in a minute from Cian Purcell and Mikey Kelliher to leave the score 1-4 to 0-5 in favour of Stacks.
Then in the 25th minute Jack O’Shea with a point after great through ball from Rolo and within a minute Cian Purcell had our second goal after good work from Donagh making it a six point game.
Conor Horan from a Greg pass had a point and Peter Nammock from a 45 had the last score of the half.
Half Time Austin Stacks 2-6 John Mitchels 0-6
The game had three early points in the second half from Greg Horan after a good run by Jack Morgan and Paddy Lane with Alan O’Donoghue from a free replying for Mitchels.
We had to wait for fourteen minutes for the next score from Conor Hurley and then Jack O’Shea started and finished the move with a great point.
Stacks had three in a row points from Armin Heinrich,Michael O’Donnell and Paddy Lane to leave twelve points between the sides.
Cian Holden had a Mitchels point only for Shane O’Callaghan to kick a fine point on his 50th Championship appearance for the Rockies.
Daniel Kirby and Paddy Lane two of the younger brigade who were making their Championship debut finished the scoring with a point each.
Austin StacksTeam: Michael Tansley,Colin Griffin,Jack O’Shea (0-2),Joey Nagle,Armin Heinrich (0-1),Dylan Casey,Ronan Shanahan,Barry Shanahan,Joe O’Connor (1-0),Donagh McKivergan,Darragh O’Brien,Conor Horan (0-1),Paddy Lane (0-5,1m),Greg Horan Capt (0-2),Cian Purcill (1-1).
Subs Jack Morgan for Ronan Shanahan,Michael O’Donnell (0-1) for Darragh O’Brien,Daniel Kirby (0-1) for Conor Horan,Shane O’Callaghan (0-1) for Greg Horan,Fiachna Mangan for Donagh McKivergan.
Referee Padraig O’Sullivan Firies