Tralee/St Brendans Senior Football League:
Austin Stacks 1-10 Na Gaeil 0-4
Report by Tim ‘Tiger’ Slattery
Played in heavy underfoot conditions with both wind and rain to contend with on Monday morning,Stacks opened the scoring after six minutes with a Cian Purcell point,then Darragh O’Brien with two pointed frees midway through the half made it a three point game.
Na Gaeil had their first point in the 19th minute and four minutes later had another point to make it a one point game,Shane O’Callaghan and Darragh O’Brien with a point each increased Stacks lead to three points.
Barry Shanahan with a lovely left legged point and a Darragh O’Brien free just on half time made it 7pts to 2pts in favour of Stacks.
Donagh McKivergan with a pointed free early in the second half and a Darragh O’Brien goal in the 40th minute made it 1-8 to 0-2.
Darragh O’Brien had another Stacks point only for Na Gaeil to hit back with 2 points in a minute.
Cillian Litchfield finished the scoring for Stacks with five minutes left in the match.
Austin Stacks Team: Ben Quilter,Luke Chester,Jack O’Shea,Niall Fitzmaurice,Luke Casey,Adam Curran,Eoghan Carroll,Michael O’Donnell,Barry Shanahan (0-1),Donagh McKivergan (0-1f),Jack Morgan,Conor Horan,Cian Purcell (0-1),Shane O’Callaghan (0-1),Darragh O’Brien (1-5,3f).
Subs; Joey Nagle for Michael O’Donnell,David Mannix for Cian Purcell,Cillian Litchfield (0-1) for Conor Horan,Joe Reidy for Donagh McKivergan,Cian Dillane for Luke Casey.
Referee Gary Kissane Kerins O’Rahillys
