Kilnadeema/Leitrim

Last Updated
25/03/2008

Hurling Club

Cumanan Luthchleas Gael Cill na Dioma - Liathdroim

Kilnadeema/Leitrim under 21 team kicked into action with a first round championship game on Easter Monday against Padraig Pearses in Duggan Park, Ballinasloe. This was a repeat of the 2007 quarter final which Kilnadeema/leitrim won in extra time. Padraig Pearses still have 13 of that team available to them which was to make a very difficult game. In fairness to Kilnadeema/Leitrim they gave as good as they got in the first half with Eoin O'Toole in particular very accurate especially from free taking, but Padraig Pearses had their own sharpshooter in corner forward Emmet Ward who shot 13 points in all over the hour. Eoin O'Toole with a pointed free and a point from play from Eoin Larkin had Kilnadeema/Leitrim two in front early on before Damien Whynne and Emmet Ward soon levelled matters. Then we saw two good points from play from Eoin Larkin and Ward to leave it still level after eight minutes. Emmet Ward and Eoin O'Toole then swopted points, both from free's before Pearses took a two point lead through Thomas Flannery and Ward again with another pointed free on 15 minutes. Then we had Eoin O'Toole take over as he shot four points to one Emmet Ward effort to put Kilnadeema/Leitrim ahead again 0.09 to 0.08 after 29 minutes. Emmet Ward was not to be outdone though and soon shot two more points, the second from play. Paul Howard was then called on to make a great save and the half finished with points been swopted from Emmet Ward and a might effort from Padraig Stapleton from over 100 yards to leave the north Galway side leading 0.10 to 0.09 at the break. The second half sadly did not turn out to be as exciting or as close as Perses showed their class to move clear with ease. They got the perfect start to the half with a goal after only one minute through county star Jimmy Glisten. Emmet Ward with two points from play and another from a free soon had them seven points clear after eight minutes. Thomas Flannery then shot a point from play to leave it 1.14 to 0.09 a minute later. Two more Ward points followed before Eoin O'Toole shot Kilnadeema/Leitrim's only point of the second half, this time from a penalty. After Paul Howard made another great save further points followed from Jimmy Glisten, Richie Lally and Thomas Flannery to see the game out on a final score line of 1.19 to 0.10. While it was a disappointing result for this very young team, there was still enough good signs for the future and the next game which will be against Kilbeacanty next week.
Scorers: Eoin O'Toole 0.07, Eoin Larkin 0.02, Padraig Stapleton 0.01.
Team Lineout: Paul Howard, Kevin Kelly, Gearoid Whelan, Cathal Farrell, Shane Curley, Brian Gardiner, Padraig Stapleton, Michael Donoghue, Mark Kelly, Eoin Larkin, Ruairi Costello, Shane O'Looney, Eoin O'Toole, Colm Kelly, Gary Curley.
Subs used: Aiden Monaghan, Patrick Monaghan, Cathal Nevin.


Aiden Monaghan takes the ball out of defence against Pearses

Eoin Larkin sets up another Kilnadeema/Leitrim attack

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