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CLARE County Chairman Michael O’Neill has given a guarded welcome to the new structures for the 2012 National Hurling League, following the move by the National Hurling Development Work Group decision to back proposals to change this year’s four divisions to five groups of six.

Clare will take part in Division 1B of the league, a revamp of the competition that will give them a much higher quality of games as they are grouped with Wexford, Limerick, Offaly, Antrim and Laois.

“We were advocating change and from that point of view we welcome it. I can understand how Wexford and Limerick would be frustrated and suddenly they find themselves back down again,” O’Neill told The Cla re People this week.

“We would have lukewarm welcome for it. As an executive we haven’t discussed it since Saturday, but I think quarter-finals would have been a better option, with the second and third teams in Division 1 played the first and second in Division 2. That would have been our preferred option and it was more or less the gist of option two,” he added.

Division 1A is made up of Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Waterford, while the top teams in each division will face each other in a final, while the bottom two would contest a relegation play-off.

O’Callaghan’s Mills 3-14 – Wolfe Tones 0-15 at Cusack Park, Ennis

THESE are trying times for the hurlers of Wolfe Tones.

Going into this game they were without a win from ten senior games this year – it became 11 by the end of this 60 minutes play 9ed out before a very meagre attendance at headquarters on Tuesday night as O’Callaghan’s Mills cruised to victory and their first brace of points in this year’s championship campaign.

That it was so easy for the Mills didn’t seem probable at half-time, as the Tones had been more than competitive in that first 30 minutes. However, an inspired performance from Jonathon Lyons in the second half when he scored 1-4 was the catalyst for a Mills victory that has catapulted Peter Carmody’s charges back into contention in Group 3.

It was Lyons’ goal six minutes into the second half that had the Mills on their way – it came Niall Donovan was thwarted by a thundering shoulder from Patsy Keyes only for the ball to break to Lyons who slammed an unstoppable shot past Ronan Hehir in the Wolfe Tones goal.

The Tones did bounce back with points from Garret McPhillips and Aaron Cunningham to leave the sides level by 39th minute, but 30 seconds later their resolve was finally broken when Niall Donovan bagged the Mills’ third goal of the hour to put them 3-5 to 0-11 clear.

For the Tones it was too big a gap to bridge, even though they had shown admirable fighting qualities in the first half to stay in contention after Adrian Flaherty banged home the first goal of the contest after 18 minutes.

The sides were deadlocked at 0-4 apiece prior to the strike from the former Éire Óg man, with Flaherty (2), Adrian Donovan and Gary Neville on the mark for the Mills, while Garret McPhillips (2) and Declan O’Rourke (2) found the range for the Tones.

That goal looked to be a gamechanger, coming as it did after a slick move up the right flank before Flaherty found himself in space in on the 14-yard line and gave Ronan Hehir no chance with a high drive that cannoned back out the field off the back stanchion of the post.

When Gary Neville tacked on a free in the 20 minute the Mills were 1-5 to 0-4 clear, only to be reeled in by the break thanks to Tones points via a Garret McPhillips free and efforts from play by Dáithí O’Connell and Gary Leahy (2).

A Stephen McInerney point two minutes after the restart edged the Tones clear, but in the end it was the Mills ability to get goals that set them apart. After Niall Donovan’s put them three clear, Jonathon Lyons’ purple patch continued with two points by the 41st to put the Mills five clear.

The Tones did make it a three-point game by the three-quarter stage, but by the 50th minute the Mills had eased ahead again thanks to points from Lyons, Neville and Flaherty as the game petered out to its inevitable conclusion.

Mills can still see their way into a quarter-final; for the Tones it’s all about staying afloat at senior.

O’Callaghan’s Mills
John Cooney (7), Ger Frost (7), Conor Cooney (8), Jonathon Lyons (9) (1-4), Patrick Donnellan (7), Bryan Donnellan (7), Gary Neville (7) (0-3, 2f one 65), Sean O’Gorman (7),Adrian Donovan (7) (0-2), Declan Donovan (7), James McMahon (7), Eoin Pewter (7), Niall Donovan (7) (1-0),Adrian Flaherty (7) (1-4, 3f).

Subs
Alan Duggan (7) (0-1) for Pewter, Kevin O’Callaghan (7) for Neville

Wolfe Tones
Ronan Hehir (6), Joe McGauley (7), Patsy Keyes (8), Brendan Hughes (7), Barry Loughnane (7), Bobby McPhillips (7) (0-1, one 65), Stephen McInerney (7) (0-1), Kevin McCafferty (6), Dáithí O’Connell (7), Declan O’Rourke (7) (0-2), Gary Leahy (7) (0-3, 1f), John Guilfoyle (7),Aaron Cunningham(7) (0-2), Garret McPhillips (7) (0-5, 2f).

Subs
Richie Lillis (6) for McInerney.

Man of the Match
Jonathon Lyons (O’Callaghan’s Mills) Referee Ger Lyons (Ruan)

Kilmurry Ibrickane 1-14 – Kilrush Shamrocks 0-7 at Shanahan McNamara Memorial Park, Doonbeg

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Clooney/Quin 3-15 – Ballyea 1-14 At Clarecastle

BALLYEA came with an expected charge but it was Clooney/Quin who showed their maturity to weather the storm and eventually power to victory on Tuesday.

Ballyea, with an enviable collection of the last two year’s county minors including Tony Kelly, Gearoid O’Connell, Jack Browne, Niall Deasy, Cathal Doohan and Paul Flanagan allied to the experience of Tony Griffin, began at a blistering pace.

However, despite leading for the majority of the half, their eleven wides were to prove costly when fatigue set in as the game developed.

Instead, Clooney/Quin, led by their county minor Peter Duggan who ended the evening with 1-9, finished the game with a 2-6 to 0-1 last quarter flourish that finally got them off the mark in the championship.

The winners were at sixes and sevens early on however as Ballyea opened up a 0-5 to 0-2 advantage with Tony Kelly to the fore with two of those scores.

They also had a glorious goal opportunity which Gearoid O’Connell sent just wide of the post but their profligacy in front of the posts allowed Clooney/Quin to settle with four successive frees giving them a brief 0-6 to 0-5 advantage by the 17th minute.

After putting so much into the game. Ballyea were not about to let their advantage slip and while the wides kept coming and Francie Neylon struck the post with an optimistic effort, they did hit back, helped by Tony Kelly’s 26th minute goal from a 20 metre free to restore their advantage at 1-8 to 0-7.

Crucially however, Clooney/Quin were given a major boost before the break with a stunning Mike Daffy strike in injury-time to cut the deficit to only two at the break at 1-9 to 1-7.

But, undeterred, Ballyea were also on the front foot on the resumption with points by Kelly (2) and Cathal Doohan extending their lead to four by the 39th minute.

However, once Peter Duggan scored a 45th minute rebound goal after Daffy’s shot was initally saved, Clooney/Quin turned the tide and gradaully eased away to record the win that keeps their championship hopes very much alive.

A third goal in the 54th minute decided the game with veteran Cathal Egan putting the finishing touches to a move that also involved Fergal Lynch and Daffy and while Tony Kelly had another 20 metre free saved at the other end soon after, Ballyea were unable to halt Peter Duggan’s matchwinning display that saw him excel from both placed balls and play.

It means that Clooney/Quin are still in the hunt for honours while Ballyea’s young side will have to build on their experience in their final two matches.

Clooney/ Quin
Damien O’Halloran (7), Joe O’Loughlin (7), Conor Harrison (8), Shane McNamara (6), Mike McNamara (7), Donncha Murphy (6), Enda Harrison (7), Padraig Ward (6) (0-3f), Martin Duggan (8) (0-2), Peter Duggan (9) (1-9 5f), Fergal Lynch (7), Sean Conheady (6), Mike Daffy (7) (1-0),Adrian Fleming (7), Cathal Egan (7) (1-1)

Subs
Cillian Duggan (7) for Ward (HT), John Earls (7) for Conheady (HT)

Ballyea
Shane O’Neill (7), Paul Flanagan (7), Brian Carrig (7), Jack Browne (6), James Murphy (6), Paddy O’Connell (6), Cathal Doohan (7) (0-1), Gearoid O’Connell (7) (0-1), Francie O’Reilly (7), Tony Griffin (7) (0-2), Niall Keane (7) (0-2), Niall Deasy (6) (0-1),Tony Kelly (8) (1-6 1-2f), Kevin Sheehan (6), Francie Neylon (6) (0-1)

Subs
Brian Murphy for Deasy (55 mins),Alan Carrig for P. O’Connell (57 mins)

Man of the Match
Peter Duggan (Clooney/ Quin) Referee TomStackpool (Ennistymon)

Cratloe 1-9 St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield 0-5 At Shannon

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Clonlara 2-19 – Killanena 1-06 O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge

THE LAST time these sides met at championship level, the thrilling 2007 intermediate decider, will live long in the memory and essentially could have gone either way.

Their paths since then have differed however, with the intermediate champions going on to claim a senior double the following year, another final appearance in 2009 before being edged out in last year’s semi-final after a replay.

Killanena on the other hand, finally got over the intermediate line last year but unfortunately due to emigration, have been unable to do themselves justice at the top tier. However, to their credit, despite missing Mark and Ronan Flaherty, Noel Sheedy, Gerry McNamara and John Noonan, they certainly made it more difficult for Clonlara than what was generally expected before the throw-in, even if the dam broke as the second period developed.

Much like their previous tie against Broadford, Clonlara struggled to put away their opponents early on which against more seasoned opponents might have cost them dearly. Granted, they were without county seniors Domhnall O’Donovan and Darach Honan, whose loss would devastate most sides but their lacklustre first half allied to 16 wides gives them a lot to work on ahead of this weekend’s tie against Smith O’Brien’s.

On the plus side, they never looked like losing the tie and in the end, all but goalkeeper Ger O’Connell and the full-back trio got on the scoreboard. Nicky O’Connell and Cormac O’Donovan dominated proceedings while Shane O’Brien completed a memorable three days of debuts with a solid display.

What seemed like a procession at the time began with Clonlara converting five points in eight minutes to open up an early lead but Killanena dug in and through the accurate freetaking of David McNamara, they pulled it back to a two point game by the break at 0-7 to 0-5 following a succession of poor wides from the leaders.

Killanena’s resolve appeared to be broken on the restart when Cormac O’Donovan (2) and Pat O’Hare hit three unanswered points in as many minutes while Donal Madden had a shot smothered in front of goal. However, when the hardworking Fintan McNamara picked out substitute Eoin McMahon to cancel out that early work, Killanena were handed a lifeline.

It was a lifeline that they didn’t cling to however and would only score one more point for the remainder. Instead, that goal apeared to anger the beast and Clonlara lashed back with a further 2-9 in the final 22 minutes.

Essentially, Cormac O’Donovan’s 43rd minute goal was the killer blow in a move that had both greatness and fortitiude at its roots. Pat O’Hare and Nicky O’Connell started the move that gave O’Donovan a lot of work to do around the centre.

However, the county senior controlled the ball expertly and drove at the defence before attempting to pick out Donal Madden with a pass off the hurley that evaded both the full-forward and goalkeeper David Noone before nestling in the corner of the net.

No one could do anything about the second goal only five minutes later however as a Nicky O’Connell lineball picked out fellow county senior John Conlon who cut inside to strike a shot that was saved by Noone, only for Cathal O’Connell to bat the rebound to the net.

It was damage limitation stuff after that as a rampant Clonlara hammered home their victory but still saw a Paul Nihill penalty go the wrong side of the crossbar while Noone was equal to Colm Galvin’s late shot.

Killanena were also reduced to 14 men when substitute Stephen McMahon received a straight red late on but by that stage, Clonlara had the points well wrapped up.

Clonlara
Ger O’Connell (7), Shane O’Brien (7), John Moloney (7), Senan Nihill (7), Nicky O’Connell (8) (0-1f), Paul Nihill (7) (0-1 Pen), Pat O’Hare (7) (0-1), Cormac O’Donovan (8) (1-3), Neilie Ryan (7) (0-3), ColmGalvin (7) (0-2),Tomás O’Donovan (7) (0-1),Tommy Lynch (7) (0-1), John Conlon (7) (0-5 4f), Donal Madden (6) (0-1), Cathal O’Connell (7) (1-0)

Subs
James Hastings (6) for Madden (45 mins), Paul Collins for Nihill (50 mins)

Killanena
David Noone (7), Pat Noone (7), Joe Clancy (7), Barry Noone (7), Shane Moroney (5), John O’Mara (7),Alan McNamara (7), Mikey Noone (6), Enda Collins (7), Martin Glynn (6), Fintan McNamara (7), Declan Noonan (6), Colin McNamara (6), David McNamara (7) (0-6f), Padraig Brady (5)

Subs
Eoin McMahon (6) (1-0) for Brady (25 mins), Stephen McMahon (6) for Noonan (43 mins), John O’Brien (6) for Glynn (47 mins)

Man of the Match
Cormac O’Donovan (Clonlara) Referee KevinWalsh (WolfeTones)

Shannon Gaels 0-9 – St Joseph’s Miltown 0-6 at St Michael ’s Park, Kilmihil

SHANNON Gaels opened up the group once more following their fully merited victory over a disappointing Miltown side on Sunday. Such was the control of the Gaels for the majority of this tie that they could afford to kick 12 wides and play with only 14 men for the final 22 minutes of the game and still comfortably come out on top.

However, as much as that was a testament to the battling qualities of Shannon Gaels, it was also a clear indictment on a Miltown side that failed to muster up the same intensity and character that saw them beat the same opposition at the same venue to win the Cusack Cup just over a year ago.

Granted, they were without county senior captain Gordon Kelly, Kevin Burke and Gearoid Curtin but after an encouraging opening against St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield, they quickly sunk back down to earth in this crunch encounter.

Instead, it was the Gaels who forced the pace for the majority, even if they were quite wasteful with the wind at the backs in the opening period. Following Joe Curtin’s opening point for Miltown in the fourth minute, the Gaels settled with four Michael Coughlan frees to open up a 0-4 to 02 lead by the 14th minute. However, despite a large share of possession, they failed to build upon that advantage, kicking seven wides for the remainder of the half and it opened the door for Miltown to hit back with two Eoin Curtin frees and gain parity by the break.

Now with wind advantage, Miltown were expected to kick on from that juncture but instead, the Gaels dug in and upped the ante once more with John Bermingham, Michael Coughlan and John Paul O’Neill adding points in the opening seven minutes to push 0-7 to 0-4 clear.

However, just as it seemed that the game was slipping away from Miltown, the harsh dismissal of Shannon Gaels midfielder Noel Kennedy handed them an unlikely lifeline. It was a second chance that Miltown simply couldn’t benefit from however as they failed to supply their forward unit adequately while the Gaels’ determination saw them actually pull further away through Coughlan and O’Neill to lead by 0-9 to 0-4 by the 52nd minute.

The expected Miltown fightback eventually arrived, but it was much too little too late as they finally opened their second account in the 57th minute with a Dessie Molohan point from distance, while Sean Malone added a second on the hour mark.

Following their first round defeat to Cratloe, the Gaels’ championship hopes are back in their own hands, with a final round showdown with bottom side Doora/Barefield to come before they realise their fate. Miltown are also in with a shout but will have to be much transformed side to oust leaders Cratloe from their lofty perch.

Shannon Gaels
Keith Ryan (7), Frank Cleary

(7), John Neylon (9), Fergal Kenny (7),Tomás Madigan (7), Brian Bermingham(7),Tomás Cleary (8), Michéal O’Donoghue (8), Noel Kennedy (7), John Bermingham(7) (0-1), Sean Reynolds (8), Cathal O’Neill (6), Michael Coughlan (7) (0-6f), John Paul O’Neill (7) (0-2), David Neylon (7)

GOLDEN Vale milk Clare community games had a very successful weekend at the natioanl finals in Athlone I.T. They had great success in the boys pitch & putt from Doora/Barefield winning gold as did Doora/Barefield sisters Roisin & Ciara Cahill in Judo. Winning gold also was Eoin Rouine of Ennistymon/Lahinch/Liscannor and Rory McEvoy Doora/Barefield in swimming events. The 3 silver medals were won in the judo.

Clare had 98 competitors at the finals & brought home a total of 78 medals which is a great achievement for any county. 9 Gold, 3 silver, 15 bronze & 51 of the lovely 4th place medals. All 5 judo competitors brought home medals.

The standard in swimming was extremely high but most of Clare children qualified for semi finals.

In cycling all 4 competitors took to the track in very wet conditions with 3 of them qualifying for finals. Standard was extremely high with last years gold medalist Lauren McConway getting a well deserved bronze and Cathal Browne also of Quin/Clooney who fought hard for the 4th place.

On Saturday evening the variety group team from Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry took to the stage and put on a brilliant display of music, song, dance & comedy and won them- selved 4th place.Following their long tradition of representing the county.

Doora/Barefield did extremely well in the medals.

In the gymnastics u-14 boys Peter Stack of Clarecastle/Ballyea has represented Clare in the national finals for seven years and this was his 1st medal.

Results
Gold – Eoin Rouine – Ennistymon/Lahinch/ Liscannor in u-10 freestyle Rory McEvoy-Doora/Barefield u-14 backstroke Roisin Cahill – Doora/Barefield – judo up to 25kgs Ciara Cahill – Doora/Barefield – judo up to 50kgs Boys pitch & putt Doora/Barefield – Colum Devine, Niall Keane, Cathal Clune, Danny Mungovan, Sean Myatt Silver –Tara Walsh – Ennis St Johns – judo up to 30kgs Nicki hardiman – Doora/Barefiel – judo up to 25kgs IkemUgwuery – Ennis St Johns – judo up to 45kgs Bronze – Lauren McConway – Quin/Clooney – cycling u-14 Hugh McMahon – Doora/Barefield – u-14 freestyle Dianne Carmody – Doora/Barefield – gymnastics u-10 Eleanor O’Loughlin – Ennistymon/ Lahinch/Liscannor Gymnastics u-12 Hugo Kinahan – Cratloe – gymnastics u-10 Peter Stack – Clareccastle/Ballyea – gymnastics u-14 Girls pitch & putt – Ennis St Johns – Hannah Bredin,Aisling Maher, Rachel Coote, Emma Neylon, Elana Bradley Boys swimming squad u-16 – Doora/Barefield – Rory McEvoy, Lorcan Casey, Patrick Cooney, Hugh McMahon 4th place medals –Cathal Browne – Quin/Clooney – cycling u-12 Dara Gleeson – Ennis St Johns – u-14 butterfly Laura Culliney – Doora/Barefield –gymnastics u-16 Girls u-13 swimming squad – Ennistymon/Lahinch/ Liscannor – Aoibhin O’Sullivan , Eva Guinane, Isabel Coleman, Lea Gosseau, Kate Gilna Girls u-16 swimming squad – Doora/Barefield – Sarah O’Reilly, Orlaith O’Neill, Hannah O’Brien, Eimear McGrath, JaneTaylor Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry variety u-16 – James Connor, Jennifer Gaule, Claire Corbett, Caroline Hogan, Shane Hayes, Eimear McDermott, Kim Stephen, Jenny Flynn, Dervla Murray, Jessica Wilmot, Leanne Gaule, Sarah Collins, Slaine Carey Ennis St Johns u-12 boys soccer – Jack Connolly, Frank Roche, IkemUgwuery, Jesse Onejekwe, Darren O’Brien, Kevin O’Connor, Josh Costin, Conor McDaid, PhilipoTalty, RobbieWoods, Ronan Lanagan, Fionn Nolan, Rory Brennan, Sam Ogundare, Stephen Kennedy Girls volleyball u-16 – Doora/Barefield – Kate Norton, Cliodhna Fanning, Gabrielle De Silva, Jessica O’Connor, Caoimhe Feerick, Meghan Fitzgerald, Claire Purcell, Niamh Courtney, Sarah Jane O’Connell, Jenny Hansbury

WHEN the final whistle blew Padraig Hickey was billeted in his left corner forward position – it was one of the few times – nay the only time – he was stationary, because for the previous hour he’d been a ball of energy.

He was everywhere, but most of all he was the man of the match by the near marathon it is in miles from Cusack Park to his home patch in Glenomora Park in Broadford. All to do with his tour de force of 1-4 over the hour that contributed more than anything else to Clare’s remarkable victory.

“1-4,” he says, “but it should have been 1-6 because I missed a few chances at the end. I’m delighted, not for myself, but for the team to be in an All-Ireland final. It’s brilliant.

“We were really on the back foot when it started out, but for the goal the ball kind of broke out to me. As a forward it’s nice to get a break like that and we got a bit of heart from that.

“In the forward line, we were in their to do a job. Get the ball over the bar and in the net. It’s as simple as that. The boys outside trust us to do that. We did it today.

“Galway could have been more ahead at half-time, but we kept it to three points. It was very important to get that goal, but keeping the scoreboard ticking over with points was just as important, because we were in the game from then and in touch with them.

“When we went in at half-time we talked about what happened – that we had conceded those two goals, yet were still only those three points down.

“We all knew those first ten minutes of the second half were going to be very important. Luckily we tacked on a few scores and we really rolled on in the final 20 minutes,” adds, before pausing to draw some breath.

And no player rolled better than Hickey, his 44th minute point when running onto a pass from Niall Gil ligan was sublime; the point a minute later showed his determination, while the all-important goal inside four minutes was the perfect riposte and strike that threw a badly needed life buoy to Clare’s All-Ireland final ambitions.

“Once we got back level and once we got the lead we knew that we’d beat them,” he says. “It was then that the Cork and Limerick games really stood to us. Galway had no championship game, but we’d be through two tough games.

“In the Cork game with 15 minutes to go, we really kicked on to win the game. We didn’t really kick on in the Limerick game, but we knew we had to do it against Galway. It took a huge effort, but everybody just set their mind to it.” Couldn’t compete with Kevin Keehan and was in all sorts of trouble early on. But brilliant in the second half in the corner.

WHITHER the big ball game in Kilkishen and the Mills was most definitely the cry when they were taken for 14 points by a rampant Kilmurry Ibrickane on June 5 last in Ballynacally.

But, it must have been a case of it being the darkest hour before the dawn, because since then they’ve won league honours and now, on the back of this 14-point win they’re back in contention for the Talty Cup.

For Kilfenora, who were crowned junior champions last year, it was a chastening experience, so much so that after back-to-back defeats and the prospect of facing group leaders Kilmurry Ibrickane in the final game, they are now haunted by the real threat of relegation and a quick return to the junior ranks.

They were simply outclassed here by an O’Callaghan’s Mills side that showed eight changes in personnel from that ill-fated maiden voyage against Kilmurry over the June Bank Holiday weekend.

The writing was on the wall as early as the 15th minute, by which time the Mills had raced into a 1-3 to no score lead. Early points by Fergus Donovan, Eoin Pewter and Bryan Donnellan settled the east Clare side before Donnellan rattled the Kilfenora net at the midway point of the half.

The centre-forward, who was the game’s most influential performer coolly dispatched a penalty passed Liam Keane – a penalty Donnellan himself won when being bundled over just outside the small square.

From there futher points by Donnellan (2), full-forward Noel Nash helped the Mills into an unassailable 1-7 to 0-1 interval lead.

Kilfenora, who were a pale shadow of the team that beat Éire Óg in last year’s junior A final, needed goals, but all they could muster were five points over the hour as the Mills tacked on a further nine points in the second half as they complete superiority continued unchecked.

Killian and Aidan Malone showed well at times in the Kilfenora full-forward line, registering point each for their efforts, while Jason Connolle and sub James Brody also found the range, as the Mills followed up their recent Division 5 league final win over Kilrush Shamrocks with their best performance of the year.

The final game against Kildysart is now a winner take all affair. The met a few years ago in a junior champions final, with victory going to the east Clare side.

O’Callaghan’s Mills
Enda McNamara, Gary Neville (Capt), Niall Donovan, Gerry Cooney, John Lyons, Declan Donovan, Patrick Donnellan, Conor ‘Rocky’ Cooney (0-1), Conor Cooney, Fergus Donovan (0-2), Bryan Donnellan (1-5), James Murphy (0-1), Eoin Pewter (0-2), Noel Nash (0-2), James Hook (0-1).

Subs
Padraig Hickey for Pewter, Billy Donovan for Nash, Sean O’Connor for Gerry Cooney, Flann McMahon for Declan Donovan, Eoin Kelly (0-1) for Conor ‘Rocky’ Cooney.

Kilfenora
LiamKeane, Shane Longe, Diarmuid Nagle, MJ Malone, Paudie Ireland, Cathal Nagle, Paul Reddan, Pat Connole, Jonathon O’Gorman (0-1), Jason Connole (0-1), James Keane, Kevin Theasby,Austin Kelly,Aidan Malone (0-1), Cillian Malone (0-1). Subs LiamO’Brien for Reddan, Daniel Egan for Killian Malone, James Brody (0-1) for Theasby.

Man of the Match
Bryan Donnellan (O’Callaghan’s Mills) Referee JimHickey (Cratloe)