Another final after close encounter in pitch perfect Buttevant


Another final after close encounter in pitch perfect Buttevant

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Another final after close encounter in pitch perfect Buttevant

September 13, 2019

On a game played in glorious autumn sunshine on a pitch, which was in immaculate condition for hurling, the fine run of Killavullen under age continued when they prevailed against Liscarroll – Churchtown Gaels, here after called Churchtown in the semi-final of the Division 2 hurling championship.


Scores were at a premium for the opening 20 minutes when both teams were guilty of some efforts that were wide of the mark. Churchtown were first to score and added a second point before we got our opening score from Mikey O Connor. Churchtown got their 3rd point but in a period when they were on top, Killavullen were grateful for resolute defending by their back line, and particularly the half back line of Chris O Callaghan, Fionn Magner and Brian Cotter. Behind them, the full back line cleared their line effectively on several occasions. Against the run of play, we went ahead, when Cian O Cotter gathered a centre on the edge of the square, and finished to the net, to have us leading 1-01 to 0-03 after 20 minutes.


Churchtown hit back quickly but Mark Nagle and a hard earned free by Mikey O Connor pushed up further ahead. Churchtown reduced the deficit to a single point with a free before the interval, to leave us winning by a solitary point, at the break, 1-03 to 0-05.


We got a great start to the second half when Mark Nagle, hovering at the edge of the square capitalised on a defensive mix up and finished to the net. Churchtown hit back with two scores, before we edged further ahead with a Mikey free, and then another point from the sweet striking Darragh O Grady, who was now operating around the middle of the field, in a rejigged forward line. Jamie Magner was sprung from the bench, and he was to add a significant potency to the attack. Liam Fox pushed us further ahead with a point in the 17th minute following by another point from Darragh in the very next minute.


Churchtown stayed in touch with a converted score and then Jamie added two sublime scores to effectively seal the win, from right out on the touchline, on the town side. Churchtown tacked on a point to bring the margin back to 5 points, and made for an interesting last few minutes when they reduced the margin to 2 points with a late goal. However we weathered the storm, and added a point late on, courtesy of Michael Cagney.


The final score was 2-10 to 1-10.  Killavullen will play Kilara Óg in the final, on next Sunday night, the 15th.


The team was


  1. Padraig Cronin
  2. Conor Griffin
  3. Ronan Barry
  4. Michael Looney
  5. Brian Cotter
  6. Fionn Magner
  7. Chris O Callaghan
  8. Michael Cagney (0-01)
  9. Mikey O Connor (0-03, 0-02F)
  10. Cian O Connor (1-00)
  11. Liam Fox (0-01)
  12. Noah Butler
  13. Colm Looney
  14. Darragh O Grady (0-02)
  15. Mark Nagle (1-01)


Substitutes –

  1. Jamie Magner (0-02)
  2. Seamus O Mahony
  3. Michael Walsh
  4. Colin Carey
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