Quick Fire start not maintained in U18 Hurling league match
April 15, 2023
Killavullen went down by 3 points in an entertaining Minor hurling league game, played last evening in Killavullen. Killavullen set the early pace, with a quick fire goal in the opening 30 seconds by Rory O Regan and led by as much as 5 points by the 18th minutes, with the points coming from Colm O Mahony and Owen Magner. Kilshannig came much more into the game in the 2nd quarter, and in Colin Ruby, they had a player of immense class, who tormented Killavullen from open play, and was deadly accurate from placed balls. By the interval, Kilshannig had come to the fore, in the scoring stakes, to lead by 0-09 to 1-05.
In the second half, Kilshannig, in this instance got the quick goal, and added some points, as against replies for us, from Colm Hayes and Owen again. Kilshannig kept their noses in front though, and their other wing forward, No. 12, scored a fantastic point, on the run, at full speed, and he being pursued to lead at the 3/4 mark stage by 1-12 to 1-07. Killavullen rallied with points from Colm O Mahony and determined play from Niall Feaheny and Darragh O Connor, to reduce the lead to two points, but then Kilshannig answered back with two more scores. A converted 65 metre shot and 3 frees in a row for Killavullen had the margin back to a single point but Kilshannig weathered the storm, and eked out the last two scores, to win by 1-16 to 1-13
The team was
- Charlie Cremin
- Darragh O Connor
- Barry Cotter
- Seamus Cronin
- Stephen Rea
- Niall Feaheny
- Thomas Fennell
- Colm O Mahony (0-10, 0-05F, 0-01 x 65)
- Eoin Magner (0-02)
- Dan Cronin
- James Lyons
- Colm Hannon
- Colm Hayes (0-01)
- Rory Regan (1-00)
- Ian O Mahony
Substitutes
- Eoin O Hanlon for Dan Cronin
- Evan Sheehan for Rory O Regan
- Yann O Súilleabháin for Colm Hannon