St John the Baptist BNS, Cashel 3-8
St Mary’s CBS, Clonmel 4-4
Leahy Park, Cashel, 28-4-2015
Referee: Fergal Horgan
St John the Baptist BNS (Cashel) overcame St Mary’s Primary School (Clonmel) by a puck of the ball in a tense and exciting U13 Roinn A championship encounter in Leahy Park recently.
Conditions were difficult for both sides as gusts of wind and driving rain made fluid and fast hurling challenging.
However, it was the home side that started the brighter, taking advantage of the strong breeze to charge into a 3-7 to 2-2 half time lead. Cashel captain Jack McGrath, playing at centre forward, led from the front as he bagged an impressive 2-3 before the interval.
St Mary’s struck goals at either side of half time to bring the Clonmel team right back into contention. They pressurised the Cashel back line for large parts of the second half and will count themselves unlucky not to get something out of the match.
The Cashel boys scoring response to the St Mary’s second half onslaught was a solitary Conor O’Dwyer point who had a very impressive outing i lár na páirce.
Ronan Connolly and Evan Moloney were the other scorers for the team in yellow and blue.
St Mary’s had already drawn with Carrick CBS and will need the Cashel boys to do them a favour against Carrick if they are to progress to the next round of the championship.
All in all, this was an excellent game played by two committed and spirited teams and it was a pity that there had to be a loser in such an engaging contest.
Cashel U13 Panel:
- Ross Whelan
- Alex Dunne
- Eoghan Murphy (Vice-Capt)
- Patrick Quinlan
- Ross Minogue
- Ethan Gayson Molloy
- Fabian Ryan
- Cathal Quinn
- Conor O’Dwyer
- Ronan Connolly
- Jack McGrath (Capt)
- Andrew Burke
- TJ Barron
- Ben White
- Evan Moloney
16. Corey Hynes, 17. Dillon Murphy, 18. Liam Corcoran, 19. Dónal Ryan, 20. Cian McGrath, 21, Andrew Irwin, 22. Lee O’ Riordan
