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Coolderry 1-22 Mount Leinster Rangers 1-16
A combined 1-17 aggregate of goalkeeper Stephen Corcoran and corner striker Brian Carroll and Kevin Connolly laid the groundwork for Coolderry's victory in a titanic battle between the 2011 and 2013 Leinster Champions at Bord na Móna O Park. Connor in Tullamore this afternoon.
Kevin Brady and Mark Bergin were both sent off for the Offaly Champions in the second half of this game, but the home team remained firm to record a six-point win. Corcoran saved a penalty late in the game to ensure victory. .
It was a dramatic encounter from start to finish that captivated the crowd until the last minutes. However, in terms of quality, the first half lived up to everything that was produced on this Tullamore property throughout the year.
The Mount Leinster Rangers made the same trip last winter to face Kilcormac-Killoughey but were easily dismissed by Faithful County officials on that occasion, but despite starting with 14 players, it was a completely transformed team. year and were desperately unlucky to score four points, from 1-13 to 1-9, at the halftime whistle.
They shot four of the first six points of the game, all pulled from the game. Chris Nolan caught the eye with a superb shot from the right. Corner strikers Denis Murphy and Jon Nolan also scored high, while the half-goals and half-goals of the Mount Leinster Rangers were excellent in the preliminary trade, competing well under the puckout. ensuring a regular supply of balloons to their fencers.
At the other end of the field, Richard Kelly controlled his battle with veteran Coolderry and mountain man Joe Brady. It was up to club captain Kevin Connolly to face Mount Leinster Rangers with a series of magnificent points from a variety. angles. After 17 minutes, Connolly gave Coolderry their first lead of the match. Chris Nolan sent the ball into goalkeeper's net to allow Mount Leinster to score in the net after a good action by players Eddie and Diarmuid Byrne.
Coolderry's response was instant and no less categorical: Brian Carroll raised the top of the net to 25 yards with a powerful shot at the end of the next attack. The score restored the back of Coolderry, but allowed Offaly's club to regain momentum and take full advantage of it to bolster its lead at half-time.
Two excellent long-term points from Mark Bergin added that advantage at half-time, but the game changed dramatically when the center of Coolderry and former Offaly player Kevin Brady were sent off for his second offense to book after 37 minutes.
Joachim Kelly's players were guilty of some misplaced compensation directly to Richard Coady, who quickly found himself as the free man on the back line of the Mount Leinster Rangers, and visitors very well used the Defending balloon to set up a series of Diarmuid Byrne, in particular, was found at the end of a series of defensive patient movements.
A succession of wide pbades in the middle of half-time allowed Coolderry to continue to enjoy a reasonable margin of maneuver, but the gap was reduced to three points and ten minutes to play. Jack Murphy, Ted Joyce and Eddie Byrne all scored one after the other.
It was as tight as ever when Coolderry held on, with Mark Bergin scoring his third distance point before joining Brady after seeing Red Red Coady, while Brian Carroll won a free match. the left corner of the attack that he 's converted to the last score of the match.
Eddie Byrne still had time to score for Coolderry and get a penalty after being coached by Trevor Corcoran, but Trevor's brother, Stephen, was about to dive to his right and parry the ball at the Shelter, preventing Mount Leinster from their much needed life line.
Coolderry: Stephen Corcoran (0-05f); Stephen Connolly, Trevor Corcoran, Stephen Burke; Barry Teehan, Kevin Brady and Brian Kelly; Mark Bergin (0-03), David King; Conor Molloy (0-02), Martin Corcoran, Eoghan Parlon; Brian Carroll (1-05, 0-03), Joe Brady and Kevin Connolly (0-07).
Subs: Cathal Parlon for J Brady (HT), Willie Malone for M Corcoran (45), Declan Parlon for E Parlon (47), Daniel Miller for Carroll (60 + 3).
Mount Leinster Rangers: Dean Grennan; Gary Kelly, Richard Kelly and Michael Doyle; Kevin McDonald, Richard Coady, Gary Lawlor; David Phelan, Diarmuid Byrne (0-03); Jack Murphy (0-02), Michael Malone (0-01), Eddie Byrne (0-02); Denis Murphy (0-03, 0-02), Chris Nolan (1-03), Jon Nolan (0-01).
Subs: Paul Coady for D Murphy (37), Ted Joyce (0-01) for Phelan (43), Willie Hickey for G Lawlor (52), James Kelly for J Nolan (60 + 1).
Arbitrator: John Keenan (Wicklow)
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