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Junior Hurling championship quarter final 2nd replay played in
Athenry on Saturday September 8th
Kilnadeema/Leitrim 0.10
Rahoon/Newcastle 0.11
The Junior B hurling championship quarter final saga which had
gripped the county in recent weeks saw Kilnadeema/Leitrim and
Rahoon/Newcastle meet for the third time in four week to try and
sort out who would meet Abbeyknockmoy in the semi-final. As had been
the case in the other two games this was a very close game with the
result in doubt right up to the full time whistle. Cathal Shiel who
suffered rib injuries in the previous game opened the scoring with a
point from play on 4 minutes and this was followed shortly by
another from Brian Costello to give his side the perfect start. We
then had to wait until the 15th minutes for our next score and it
was the opening score for Rahoon/Newcastle when Sean Heffernan
scored a point from a free to close the gap before Kevin Molloy
added a pointed free for Kilnadeema/Leitrim shortly afterwards
to leave the score reading 0.03 to 0.01 after 16 mins.
Rahoon/Newcastle know they were now in a match yet again and decided
to wake up with four points in a five minute period to take the lead
for the first time. Sean Heffernan scored the first before Bob
O'Connor scored from play on 20 minutes. Raymond Conneely who was
equally effective in the drawn games soon added two more points both
from play. The scoring spree continued for the city side two mins
later when their centre half back stole up to add a point from play
to leave his side ahead 0.06 to 0.03. Kilnadeema/Leitrim were stung
into action soon afterwards when Kevin Molloy showed leadership with
two points, one from play to close the gap to one point and this
changed again on 32 mins when Brian Costello brought the game all
level with another point from play to leave it all level at the
break 6pts each. Rahoon/Newcastle were fast out of the blocks in the
second half and added two points very quickly through Bob O'Connor
and Raymond Conneely on 2 and 3 minutes. Kevin Molloy from a free
and Brian Costello soon had the game all level again and we wondered
would these team ever be separated. We had to wait until 20 minutes
for the next score when Sean Heffernan put Rahoon/Newcastle back in
front with a point from play before he scored a wonderful Line ball
four minutes later to open up a two point gap. Kilnadeema/Leitrim
were defending brilliantly at this stage but were making very little
progress up front and soon their was three point between the sides
as a Rahoon/Newcastle substitute scored from play. Kevin Molloy
tried so hard to keep the dream alive for this side and he soon
scored a point from play on 30 minutes before he added another point
from a free a minute later to close the gap to just one point. Kevin
with a overhead pull which flashed just wide and a Raymond Larkin
shot at goal from a difficult angle was as near as
Kilnadeema/Leitrim came to that crucial equaliser and so
Rahoon/Newcastle had prevailed by the narrowest of margins over 220
minutes of championship hurling as the dream died for
Kilnadeema/Leitrim. They will be very disappointed as they never
reached their potential in any of the three games
Scorers: Kevin Molloy 6 pts, Brian Costello 3pts, Cathal Shiel 1 pt.
Team Lineout:
Noel Callagy, Eoin Larkin, Mark Whelan, Mark Costello, Aiden
Spaight, Fergal Conneely, Ian Burns, Jason Collins,
Raymond Larkin, Padraig McLoughlin, Brian Daniels, Brian Costello,
Cathal Shiel, Kevin Molloy, Danny Burke.
Subs used: Brian Gardiner, Vincent Fallon, Tony Kelly
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