Carnaross 6-8 Seneschalstown 2-11

Carnaross secured their place in the last four following a scrappy encounter with Seneschalstown in a sunny Drumconrath.

Dermot McGee opened the scoring in the first minute with a point from play but Seneschalstown hit back to take the lead with two points in a row. They could have been further in front but Conor Kenny made a fine stop in the Carnaross goal. Dermot McGee levelled matters in the tenth minute and things got better two minutes later when Cian O'Reilly found the net following good build up play from Charles Brogan. Seneschalstown were dealt a blow when they had a player dismissed for a second yellow and Carnaross took full advantage when Frank O'Reilly netted their second goal. Niall McDonnell added a point before Charles Brogan scored a third goal for Carnaross to extend their lead to eleven points after twenty minutes. Seneschalstown hit back and scored three unanswered points before the half time whistle, leaving Carnaross with a 3-4 to 0-5 lead.

Seneschalstown continued to add pressure after the restart and outscored Carnaross 0-4 to 0-1 with Patrick Nugent hitting the target for Carnaross. However, the Seneschalstown cause was severely hampered during this period as they received two more red cards to leave them with twelve men on the field. Dermot McGee pointed for Carnaross before two goals in the space of a minute from Charles Brogan and Frank O'Reilly put them well in control. Carnaross then had a red card when substitute Cian Yore received his marching orders midway through the half. To their credit Seneschalstown never gave in and continued to cause problems for Carnaross adding 2-2 before full time. However, Carnaross kept the scoreboard ticking over with a point each for Frank O'Reilly and Paul Donoghue, while Charles Brogan completed his hat-trick for his sides sixth goal.

Carnaross: Conor Kenny; Peter Carpenter, Thomas Nugent, Cian Gillic; Peter S Farrelly, Tomás Plunkett, Liam Brogan; Dermot McGee (0-3), Cillian Comaskey; Niall McDonnell (0-2), Cian O'Reilly (1-0), Michael Brogan; Charles Brogan (3-0), Patrick Nugent (0-1), Frank O'Reilly (2-1); Subs: Ian Donoghue for Peter S Farrelly; Cian Yore for Cian Gillic; Aidan Lynch for Liam Brogan; Dean Connell for Charles Brogan; Paul Donoghue (0-1) for Michael Brogan (BC); Dillon Fox for Cillian Comaskey;

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