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ANOTHER sigificant scalp for Tub- ber who maintained their unbeaten start to the year with a comprehen- sive victory on Saturday. A powerful second half display in which they outscored their opponents by 2-8 to Q-1 eased Tubber to another valauble two points in their push for promo- tion but essentially it was their work- manlike opening half performance against the gale that laid the founda- tions for this win.
Led by their half-back line of county minor Patrick O’Connor, and Conor and Mark Earley, Tubber defied the storm to lead by the minimum at the break and really from that point on, it was only a matter of how big the winning margin would be.
It did take the home side a while to settle though as despite having a large share of the possession, they played
right into Corofin’s hands early on by hitting everything down the cen- tre that Gerry Quinn easily mopped up. In fact, Corofin could have go- aled with their very first attack when Quinn’s long clearance was not dealt with and Kevin Heagney should have finished to the net but Tubber some- how survived. Corofin led by O-3 to Q-2 by the turn of the opening quar- ter but with Barry O’Connor moving deeper out the field, Tubber finally came to life in the 17th minute when O’Connor converted a penalty after Jack Neylon was fouled. It had an inpsirational effect and points from David O’ Donoghue and a Clive Ear- ley free pushed Tubber four points clear by the 23rd minute.
It caused Corofin to shuffle the pack themselves, bringing out Kevin Heagney to the half forward line and in their most productive period of the game, that switch yielded three
late points as Corofin cut the deficit to only a point by the interval at 1-4 Kone nor
Any thoughts of a Corofin rebel- lion were son put to bed on the re- start as Jack Neylon opened the scor- ing with a goal in the 36th minute. After a number of wides, that goal kickstarted Tubber’s challenge once more and a flurry of points followed, with Corofin having to play the ma- jority of the second period in their OD seme lee
To signify their dominance, Tub- ber tacked on a further 1-8 for the remainder and could even afford to hit nine second half wides. Typifiy- ing their luck at the moment, an out of sorts Corofin could not even take advantage of three 20 metres frees awarded in the final ten minutes as they shipped their second successive heavy defeat of the campaign, a total contrast to high flying Tubber who
continue to lead the way in the divi- sion.