Gaeil Colmcille 1-15 Curraha 1-8

Gaeil Colmcille made the trip south of the County to take on Curraha, both sides had mixed fortunes last week with the Gaeils overcoming Donaghmore/Ashbourne by two points while Curraha suffered a sizeable defeat to Navan O'Mahony's.

Gaeil Colmcille had the opportunity to get off to the best possible start when a quick thinking free by Seamus Mattimoe played Martin Barrett through on goal and as he went to strike the ball the Curraha defender took him down and the referee raised his arms to signal for a penalty. Up stepped Brian Hanlon but his effort rattled the crossbar.

Hanlon did get the opening score of the game with a point on five minutes, Curraha responded in excellent fashion when they goaled one minute later. Kells were level on nine minutes after two Hanlon frees but Curraha retained the lead in the 11th minute. Gaeil Colmcille stepped up their efforts and the direct running was causing Curraha problems in the backs and Hanlon was on hand to pop over two more frees to see Gaeil Colmcille lead 0-05 to 1-01 at the water break.

Seamus Mattimoe got the next score of the game before Hanlon extended Kells lead to three points. Curraha kept in touch and struck for two points in the 29th and 30th minute. Gaeil Colmcille did strike for a goal just before half-time, Martin Barrett saw his shot saved with Hanlon following up with a left footed half-volley to the back of the net. Hanlon got his seventh point of the half just before the referee blew for the break to see Gaeil Colmcille lead 1-08 to 1-03.

The opening 13 minutes of the second half was a fortuitous for Curraha as they outscored Kells four points to one. Two pointed frees Mattimoe took Gaeil Colmcille to the water break four points to the good. In the 51st minute the hosts put one score between the teams with a point and it could have been level but for an excellent save by Justin Carry-Lynch.

Gaeil Colmcille closed the game out with points from substitutes Oisin Reilly and Fionn Ferguson as well as two points from Mattimoe to ensure Gaeil Colmcille remained unbeaten as the welcome Moynalvey to Grangegodden for Round 3. After the game The Gaeils Podcast spoke to selector Niall Flanagan which will be available on next week's episode.

Gaeil Colmcille: J Carry-Lynch, A Lawal, B Tormay, J Reilly, D Farrelly, J Muldoon, A Browne, C Courtney, P Ward, E Sheridan, M Barrett, S Mattimoe (0-05), D McGovern, R Farnham, B Hanlon (1-08).

Subs: O Reilly (0-01), S Curran, F Ferguson (0-01) C Ferguson, F Smith

Curraha report

Curraha 1-08 Gaeil Collmcille 1-15

Curraha produced a much improved performance from last week when they hosted last years beaten Keegan Cup finalists. Still short of a number of players, the lads raised their game considerably and the result was very much in the balance until the final few minutes.

Curraha were unlucky to lose Niall McLarnon to a black card after only 3 minutes, with the resulting penalty coming back off the crossbar. The Kells outfit opened the scoring with a point soon after before Ben Heagney finished smartly to the net after great work from Neil Shortall and James McEntee.

Gaeil Colmcille responded with a couple of quickfire points, before a James McEntee free in the 11th minute put Curraha back in front. Gaeil Colmcille pushed on after the water break and opened up a lead , before another couple of points from James Mcentee kept Curraha within reach, but a goal and a point late in the half for the visitors left Curraha trailing by 5 points at half time.

Curraha started the second half brilliantly with 2 points each for James McEntee and substitute Conor Moriarty before the water break. With the lead reduced to just 3 points at one stage, Curraha continued to press to try and find a way back into the game, but the Kells defence was well organised and managed to keep Curraha at bay. This included an excellent save from their keeper to prevent a goal after a well worked Curraha move.

Conor Moriarty got his 3rd point of the game to keep the scoreboard ticking over, but it was the Kells side who finished the stronger, adding 3 points in injury time to put a bit of a gloss on the scoreline. This was a tight game throughout, and certainly closer then the final score might suggest. Andrew Coyle, James McEntee and Niall Murphy were all excellent for Curraha, and a number of the younger panel members got some much needed game time.

Next up for Curraha is the short trip to face Donaghmore/Ashbourne next Wednesday evening.

Curraha Scorers: Ben Heagney 1-00, James McEntee 0-5, Conor Moriarty 0-3

Curraha: Liam Hogan, Mark Jackson, Matthew Webb, Seamus Hogan, Andrew Coyle, Niall Murphy, Oisin Fay, Neil Shortall, Niall McLarnon, Sean Keogh, James McEntee, Conor Joyce, Ben Heagney, Evan McGovern, Gavin Coyle

Subs: Conor Moriarty for Mark Jackson, Matthew Brennan for Ben Heagney, Eric O'Donoghue for Niall McLarnon, Jamie Cleary for Gavin Coyle, Daniel Doran for Conor Joyce

 

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