Carnaross 1-14 St. Brigid's 1-13

Carnaross produced a performance of real character to pick up their first championship win following a thrilling clash with St. Brigid's in Ballinlough.

Going into the game Carnaross were still in search of their first win of the year in all competitions, so to say the pressure was on was an understatement. They certainly made their intentions clear in the early stages and raced into a four point lead after ten minutes thanks to points from Niall McDonnell and three frees from John L McGee. St. Brigid's broke through the Carnaross defence in the thirteenth minute and registered the game's opening goal to leave just a point in it. A well taken point from Niall McDonnell edged Carnaross two clear but the Brigid's hit back with two quickfire points to bring the sides level ten minutes before the break. Carnaross continued to push forward and during a three minute period opened up a three point lead with Tomás Plunkett, Frank O'Reilly and Dermot McGee all pointing from play. Carnaross could have been further ahead but John L McGee had a goal attempt kept out by the Brigid's keeper. The Ballinacree men converted a free before the lively Niall McDonnell brought the first half scoring to an end to leave Carnaross with a fully deserved 0-9 to 1-3 half-time lead.

When the action resumed Carnaross continued where they left off and landed two early points from Liam Brogan and John L McGee to stretch their lead to five. A St Brigid's fightback was inevitable and they began to hit back with three points in a row. Carnaross responded well with a point apiece from Niall McDonnell and Frank O'Reilly. However, St Brigid's continued their resurgence and went on to dominate proceedings and six unanswered points turned a four point deficit into a two point lead. Carnaross were under severe pressure but they battled on and were rewarded with a penalty when corner-back Liam Brogan was brought down with four minutes remaining. John L McGee stepped up and made no mistake from the spot firing low past the keeper. However, Carnaross still had eight minutes of added time to contend with. Niall McDonnell pointed for Carnaross but St Brigid's hit back with a point in the next attack. As time ran out the Carnaross defence stood strong and they held on for a narrow and valuable first victory.

Carnaross: Conor Kenny; Peter Carpenter, Thomas Nugent, Liam Brogan (0-1); Peter S Farrelly, Ian Donoghue, Cian Gillic; Dermot McGee (0-1), Cillian Comaskey; Niall McDonnell (0-4), Tomás Plunkett (0-1), Michael Brogan; Frank O'Reilly (0-2), John L McGee (1-5, 3f, 1 pen), Charles Brogan; Subs: Patrick Nugent for Cian Gillic; Brian Comaskey for Tomás Plunkett;

St Brigids Report

Thrilling Encounter at Ballinlough

St Brigids 1-13 Carnaross 1-14

St Brigids and Carnaross served up a thrilling contest in this junior football championship match at Ballinlough.

Carnaross opened the match with a long range point in the first minute this seemed to give them confidence and they pushed on to open a lead of 4pts after 11 mins. The Brigids got their first attack on 13mins  when Peter Skelly fielded well and passed on to M Flood who tore through the Carnaross defence  and his pass across the face of the goalmouth  for the  incoming Kevin Gilsnean to fist to net, Brigids followed with 2 more points to leave it a 1pt game after 15 mins. The teams exchange 2 more points each but Carnaross finished the half stronger with 3 unanswered points to leave half time score St Brigids 1 - 03 Carnaross 0 -09

The 2nd half resumed with Carnaross scoring 2 good points to give them a commanding lead of 5pts, however on 35 mins Killian Kiernan gave the Ballinacree side a lift with an excellent taken point with Kiernan, Kevin Gilsenan and Flood in good form the Brigids added 3 more points to draw the sides level for the first time on 40 mins. Carnaross regained the lead with 2 well taken points but Tony Brady's men fought hard and scored 3 good points to give Brigids a 2pt lead with 5 mins remaining It was at  this point the game changed when Carnaross were awarded a penalty which they duly converted followed by a point from their tally's man John L McGee with 5 mins on the clock Brigids surged up field and A J Gilsnean cut the deficit to the minimum but time ran out to give Carnaross the victory

St Brigids had good performances from Karl Kiernan, Michael Flood, Kevin Gilsnean and Killian Kiernan

St Brigids Team: F Hennessy, B Briody, C Kiernan, F Heery, S Connell, M Flood (1pt), I Brown (1pt), P Skelly, R Tighe (1pt), P Plunkett, A Kiernan, K Gilsnean (1-02), K Kiernan (5pts), S Skelly and A J Gilsnean (2pts).

Subs: A Geraghty, (for Connell) S Gilsnean,P Moore, C Farrelly, M Briody, A Moore, B Gibson, and D Mullhall.

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