Leitrim’s Keith Beirne has been tearing it up as of late and currently leads the Allianz Football League’s scoring charts across all four divisions after five rounds.
The Mohill sharpshooter struck 1-9 in the Connacht men’s victory over Carlow last weekend to keep them in the promotion hunt in Division 4 while raising his own personal tally for the league thus far to 1-40.
That tally takes Beirne above Louth’s Sam Mulroy who leads the way in Division 3 with 2-35 to his name, while in Division 2 it’s Derry marksman Shane McGuigan that is out in front with 1-27 although, as it stands, he is suspended for the Oak Leafers’ crunch clash with Galway at Owenbeg on Sunday.
Leading the way in the scoring stakes in Division 1 are Kildare’s Jimmy Hyland (2-21) and Mayo’s Ryan O’Donoghue (1-24), while it’s no surprise to see Kerry star David Clifford (3-16) is in hot pursuit as the Kingdom are in pole position for an Allianz League final berth.
ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1
Jimmy Hyland (Kildare)......2-21 (0-7 frees, 0-3 mark)
Ryan O’Donoghue (Mayo)..1-24 (0-19 frees, 0-2 mark)
David Clifford (Kerry)...........3-16 (0-4 frees)
Sean O Shea (Kerry)............1-17 (0-9 frees, 0-1 s/l)
Rian O’Neill (Armagh).........1-16 (0-9 frees, 0-1 ‘45’)
ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 2
Shane McGuigan (Derry)...... 1-27 (0-20 frees)
Shane Walsh (Galway)... .......2-20 (0-13 frees, 1-0 pen, 0-1 mark)
Steven Sherlock (Cork)..........0-20 (0-13 frees, 0-1 ‘45’)
Keelan Sexton (Clare)............1-16 (0-11 frees, 1-0 pen, 0-2 ‘45’)
Donie Smith (Roscommon)...0-19 (0-11 frees)
ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 3
Sam Mulroy (Louth)............2-35 (0-28 frees, 0-3 ‘45s)
Sean Quigley (Fermanagh)...4-23 (0-14 frees, 0-2 mark)
John Heslin (Westmeath).....1-26 (0-17 frees)
Gary Walsh (Laois)...............2-17 (0-13 frees, 0-1 mark)
Josh Ryan (Limerick).............1-17 (0-11 frees, 0-1 ‘45s’)
ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 4
Keith Beirne (Leitrim).................1-40 (0-25 frees, 0-2 s/l)
Conor Sweeney (Tipperary)........4-22 (0-18 frees, 0-2 mark).
Niall Murphy (Sligo).....................2-22 (0-9 frees)
Darragh Corcoran (Waterford).....1-19 (0-16 frees, 0-1 mark)
Colm Hulton (Carlow)...................1-16 (0-5 frees, 0-1 mark)
Sean Carrabine (Sligo)..................0-19 (0-8 frees, 0-1’45’)
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