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A STORMING second half display saw Clarecastle ease comfortably to their third win in the Clare Cup.
Cratloe led by a point at half time but were soon cast adrift by a spell of swift, incisive hurling from Clare- orale
Facilitated along the way by some very careless defending in the Crat- loe full-back line, Clarecastle picked off eight unanswered points in 11 minutes after the break.
Full forward Derek Quinn top scored with 1-8, with 1-4 of his to- tal coming from play. Apart from Quinn there were noteworthy con- tributions from the very impressive Aaron Considine and wing forward Sean Talty.
And with their tails up, the Mag- pies defended well to restrict Cratloe to few openings.
Even the introduction early in the second half of Martin Ogie Murphy, Liam Markham, Damien Browne and Michael Hawes failed to prevent Cratloe succumbing to their second league defeat.
Both sides lined up without their re- spective county players who were ab- sent due to commitments with Clare. There was nothing to choose between the teams in the early stages.
Aided by a swirling breeze, Crat- loe posted three points through Sean Chaplin, Conor McGrath and a mighty effort from Philip Gleeson.
Clarecastle stayed close, with points from Patrick Kelly and two Quinn frees.
The Magpies then edged 0-6 0-3 clear thanks to a brace from Sean Talty and a point from Eamon Call- suerte
Driven on from midfield by Sean
Chaplin, Cratloe regained the lead points from Chaplin (S), Barry Glee- son, Gearoid Ryan and McGrath. Quinn converted a free to leave Cla- reacastle trailing O-8 to O-7 at half time.
Clarecastle made Cratloe wait a few minutes out on the pitch before breaking from their half time huddle to take the field.
Whatever was said certainly had the desired effect. Two points from Quinn and a well-worked individual effort from Considine put Clarecas- tle O-10 to 0-8 ahead. Even allowing for Cratloe’s poor defensive display, the link up play between the Magpies during this period was very easy on the eye.
Callinan could have goaled, but
struck over the bar after being teed up by Quinn’s handpass.
Cratloe flooded the pitch with sub- stitutes but the scores kept coming for Clarecastle. Considine picked off a Short puck out to point before Jamie O’Connor was allowed in for another handy Clarecastle point.
McGrath posted the visitor’s first point of the second half in the 42nd minute.
The Cratloe defence then froze un- der Talty’s high ball and were pun- ished by Quinn’s goal from close eR Oem
Sean Chaplin tapped over a free and Ryan pointed in the 52nd minute to complete Cratloe’s scoring.
Clarecastle gave Conor Plunkett a run out at full forward as the Magpies signed off with points from Consid- ine, Quinn and Jonathan Clancy.