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Fine Points Tally But The Concession Of 2-10 Would Be A Worry

March 09, 2019

0-18 to 2-10 9th March 2019 Vs. St. Dominics


Killavullen, scoring 9 points in each half defeated St. Dominics in the 1st round of the 

Killavullen, scoring 9 points in each half defeated St. Dominics in the 1st round of the 

Avondhu B Grade Under 21 championship in Grange on Saturday last, on a final score of 0-18 to 2-10 


Glanworth were first to score but Killavullen had garnished 3 points from the deadly accurate boot of Michael Fresh, all from frees by the 11th minute. A feature of this opening period was the slick hand passing movement of Killavullen and their ability to hold onto possession. Padraig Looney scored a lovely point in the 13th minute from play and then the same player raced in on goal from an angle after being released by his brother and sensibly fisted over the bar. Padraig again scored in the 19th minute to open up a commanding lead 0-06 to 0-01. We wasted a number of scoring opportunities but the defensive spine of the team looked good, and our half back line of Patrick Angland, Paul O Sullivan in the centre and Fionn Magner on the opposite wing were marauding forward and providing good overlaps. 


The Glanworth / Shanballymore combination scored a point in the 20th minute bur Jack O Connor cancelled out that score with a point from a free from an audacious angle. We gifted St. Dominics a goal in the 25th minute, a goal that showed up some defensive frailties that had not been apparent, here to now. Glanworth were right back in the mix when they scored a free immediately after the goal to leave only a point between the teams. Michael Fresh got two more points from frees, before the interval to leave the half time score 0-09 to 1-03 in our favour. 


On the resumption, and now playing with the advantage of playing down the hill towards the road, the Killavullen spectators would have expected us to kick on but St. Dominics are nothing but dogged. Our opponents scored the 1st point of the second half, but Michael Fresh was unerring in his next free kick opportunity in the 2nd minute of the half. St. Dominics scored another point in the 5th minute and then sensationally, took the lead in the 10th minute from another attack that Killavullen should have cleared. Despite having the lion’s share of possession, and looking the more accomplished outfit as a team, we found ourselves in arrears. Michael Fresh stayed calm and equalised for us, but the game was in the melting pot now, and St. Dominics sensed an unlikely victory. St. Dominics scored again in the 13th minute to forge ahead again, but in a crowded St. Dominics goal mouth, Liam Fox gathered a ball from the air and rifled it over the bar. Colm Looney then scored a nice point in the 17th minute to go ahead once more. 


St. Dominics equalised once more in the 20th minute of the half before going ahead once more in the 24th minute from a free. Padraig Looney scored a booming point in the 27th minute to equalise, before our captain and centre back scored a real impressive team score in the 28th minute to put us in the lead again. It did not last long, as St. Dominics equalised in the 28th minute. However we were gathering a lot of possession in and around midfield, with Eddie Cotter strong in this department, and his high relieving clearance was gathered very well by Liam Fox and he worked the ball to Darragh O Grady who scored a peach of a point. Padraig Looney scored another point to make it a two point lead for us, a dangerous lead in any game. 


True to form, St. Dominics tried right to the end and had a chance to snatch a victory but the dangerous shot just whizzed over the bar. The final score of this absorbing game came from another free from Michael Fresh to being his scoring tally to 0-08 and our final score to 0-18. 


A good win but the concession of those two goals will need to be corrected if Killavullen are to advance past the next round, which will be the semi-final of this competition. The team and those that scored are as follows; 

  1. Cian Lankford 
  2. Brian Cotter 
  3. Seamus Fox 
  4. Padraig Cronin 
  5. Patrick Angland 
  6. Paul O Sullivan (0-01) 
  7. Fionn Magner 
  8. Eoin Buckley 
  9. Eddie Cotter 
  10. Colm Looney (0-01) 
  11. Jack O Connor (0-01F) 
  12. Michael Fresh (0-08, 0-07F) 
  13. Mikey O Connor 
  14. Padraig Looney (0-05) 
  15. Liam Fox (0-01)  

Substitutes;

  1. Darragh O Grady (0-01) for Eoin Buckley
  2. Liam Eoin Nagle for Padraig Cronin
  3. Eoin Buckley for Colm Looney
  4. Sean Woulfe for Mikey O Connor
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