GAA Round Up | Division 2

John O'Neill Sand & Gravel Division 2

HUNTERSTOWN ROVERS 0-12

YOUNG IRELANDS 1-8

Hunterstown Rovers completed the first phase of the Division 2 league without defeat after a dramatic victory over Young Irelands at Pairc Eire Og on Saturday night. Ryan Ward was the hero for the visitors as he landed the winning point from a free two minutes into injury time.

It was a disappointing conclusion for the Dundalk men who twice appeared to have salvaged a draw in an entertaining conclusion. Firstly, Dean Maguire scored the only goal of the game on 55 minutes to draw his side level, only for David Finn to edge Rovers ahead again.

In the 60th minute, Jordan O’Donoghue tied things up again but Hunterstown displayed their quality once again as Ward held his nerve to send over the winning point.

The hosts went into the game hoping to close the gap on the leaders and scores from James Prendergast helped them go in level at five points apiece at half time. Ward and Finn shared the points for Rovers in the opening period.

The Mid Louth side had the slight edge in the third quarter and that cushion helped them withstand the Young Irelands fight back in the closing stages.

HUNTERSTOWN: Donovan Sheridan; Cillian Taaffe, Micheal Reid, Euan Woodlock; Daithi Carroll, Patrick Taaffe, James Russell; Shane Halpenny, Tony McKenna; Jamie O’Callaghan 0-1, David Finn 0-4, Martin Lennon; James Rogers, Ryan Ward 0-6, Glen Mathews.

Subs: Paul Carrie 0-1, Ciaran Russell, Marc Ward.

YOUNG IRELANDS: Fergal Sheekey; Conn O’Donoghue, Ciaran Murray, Sean Murphy; Jamie Browne, Jordan O’Donoghue 0-2, Liam McStravick 0-1; Brendan Prendergast, Peter Nixon; Cian O’Donoghue 0-1, Dermot Mone, Dean Maguire 1-0; Caolan McCabe 0-1, James Prendergast 0-3, Cian O Naraigh.

Subs: Lee O’Donoghue for B Prendergast, Jack McArdle for P Nixon, Jack Watters for S Murphy.

ST JOSEPHS 1-21

STABANNON PARNELLS 0-10

In this final round match in Division 2 in Cluskey Park between neighbours St. Josephs and Stabannon Parnells it was the home side who came out on top on a score line of 1-21 to 0-10.

Jake Corrigan opened the scoring for Stabannon with a fine score from wide right and Killian McDonnell responded immediately for the Joes before Pearse Grimes Murphy responded first to a loose ball to put the Joes ahead.

Oisin McGuinness (2), Ben Collier and Alan Quigley saw the Joes open up a four-point gap and they continued to dominate before the break with scores from Conall McCaul helping them to lead by 0-10 to 0-3 at half time. Harry Butterly replied for Parnells.

Stabannon started the second half strongly with a Colm Giggins point but the Joes regained control of the game when Grimes Murphy drove a low shot to the far corner of net for the only goal of the game to put the Joes ahead by 1-12 to 0-6.

Stabannon rallied briefly with points from Harry Butterly (2) and Robert Callaghan, but the Joes finished strongly, adding a string of points from six different scorers - Conal Smyth with two, Gabriel Bell, Oisin McGuinness, Alan McKenna, Conall McCaul and Pearse Grimes Murphy - to run out convincing winners.

ST JOSEPHS: Adam Cassidy; Rian Devlin, Michael Staunton, Cormac McKeown; Killian McDonnell (0-2), David Kieran, Cian Sheridan; Conor Neary, Alan McKenna (0-2); Alan Quigley (0-1), Conall Smyth (0-2), Conall McCaul (0-4); Pearse Grimes Murphy (1-3) Oisin McGuinness (0-4, 1,) Ben Collier (0-1).

Subs: Gabriel Bell (0-2), Evan McEnteggart, Cormac Marmion, Jack Mulligan, Aidan Kieran.

STABANNON PARNELLS: Shane Brady; Mark Byrne, Barry McCoy, Alan Reynolds; Daniel Clinton, Bobby Butterly (0-1), Johnny McGee; Colm Giggins (0-1), Ryan Shevlin (0-1); Jake Corrigan (0-1), Niall Cluskey, Barry Lynch; David Cluskey, Dylan Shevlin, Harry Butterly (0-4).

Subs: Tadhg Carroll for D Clinton, Padraig Reynolds for N Cluskey, Dean Lynch for D Cluskey, Robbie Callaghan 0-2 for D Shevlin.

ST BRIDES 2-16

LANNLEIRE 1-11

St Brides got back to winning ways in Division 2 when they proved too strong for Lannleire in Dunleer on Saturday night.

Goals in the opening half from Stephen Hoey and Josh O’Hare made the difference as the Knockbridge men made the trip home with a welcome victory.

The visitors got off to a bright start and took a grip on the game when Stephen Hoey rattled the net on ten minutes.Lannleire’s opening point came from the boot of Paul Callan and the same player got them back into the game when he found the net on 18 minutes.

However, Josh O’Hare added a second goal for the Brides to send them in with a 2-8 to 1-4 lead at the break.The Knockbridge men were in a strong position at the restart and were never really threatened in the second half as they went on to win by eight points.

ST BRIDES: Aaron Devin 0-2; Ross Murnaghan, Cillian Kirk, Andrew Smyth 0-3; Daniel McArdle, Paddy Reilly 0-2, Darren Bailey; James Costello, Jack McNamara; Stephen Hoey 1-1; Robert McCaghey, Rónán Bailey; Kevin Hearty, Josh O’Hare 1-2, Laurence Steen 0-6.

LANNLEIRE: Liam Callan; Paul Doyle, Paul McGeough, Alex Carroll; Jason Torris, Darragh Goodman, Matthew Malone; Kyle Van Rhyn, Briain McGuinness; Cian Kearney 0-1, Niall Lennon, Ryan McArdle; Paul Callan 1-4, Ian Mulroy 0-1, Darragh Malone 0-3.

Subs: Colin Murphy 0-2 for R McArdle, Cathal Mc Evoy for N Lennon, Ciarán Dunne for K Van Rhyn, Mark Grogan for M Malone, Aaron McArdle for P McGeough.

KILKERLEY EMMETS 1-11

ST KEVINS 0-6

Kilkerley Emmets moved into third place in the Division 2 table at the end of phase one of the league thanks to an eight-point victory over St Kevins.

The home side was in charge from the outset and emerged with a deserved victory as Fintan Brady scored the only goal of the game.

Kilkerley took a grip on the game from the opening whistle and Brady’s goal helped them post the first 1-6 without reply as Tadhg McEnaney (3), Conor Quigley, Shaun McElroy and Brian Brady found the target.

St Kevins finally got off the mark in the closing stages of the half as Cian Callan’s point cut the gap to 1-6 to 0-1. The Philipstown side raised their game in the opening 20 minutes of the second half and outscored the hosts by 0-5 to 0-3.

However, a comeback was never really on the cards and Kilkerley sealed victory with two late points from Micheal Begley.

KILKERLEY EMMETS: Ultan McEnaney; Ewan McEnteggart, Cillian Mulligan, Ronan Deery; Cormac Bellew, Kieran Murtagh, Fintan Brady 1-0; Conor Quigley 0-1, Ciaran Bellew; Michael Kirby 0-1, Shaun McElroy 0-1, Brian Brady 0-1; Tadhg McEnaney 0-4, Micheal Begley 0-3, Fionn Cumiskey.

Subs: Cathal Bellew for Ciaran Bellew; Aidan Corrigan for M Begley; Conal McEnaney for S McElroy; Oran McMahon for Cormac Bellew; Kieran Lennon for M Kirby.

ST KEVINS: Danny Crosbie; Sean Powderly, Brian Callaghan, Dylan Maher; Andrew Hynes, Cameron Maher (0-3), Darren McMullan; Evan Maher; Caolan McMullan; Ciaran King, Tom Matthews, Robbie Matthews (0-1); Keelan Maher, Cian Callan (0-2), Jacob Finlay.

Subs: Joe McArdle for C McMullan, Cormac Rogers for J Finlay.

CLAN NA GAEL 2-22

O RAGHALLAIGHS 0-8

Clan na Gael brushed aside the challenge of the O Raghallaighs at home on Saturday night to record their fifth win of the campaign.

The struggling Drogheda side were unable to mount any real challenge as they suffered a heavy defeat that sees them remain just one point ahead of bottom side Lannleire in the table.

On a night when the Clans had eleven different scorers, it was Shay Coleman who emerged as the top marksman as he finished with 2-1 to his name.

Shane Carroll also found the net, while Billy Smith, Robbie Curran and Liam O’Hanlon all ended the game with four points.

At half time the winners had built up a 1-10 to 0-3 advantage with Coleman scoring the first goal for Clans.

CLAN NA GAEL: Sean Smyth; Brian McDonnell, Craig Callan, Conor Smith; Paul Crewe 0-3, Conor Noonan, Jack Callan 0-2; Robbie Curran 0-4, Gerard Curran; Micheal McDonnell 0-1, Mark McGeown 0-1, Liam O’Hanlon 0-4; Shane Carroll 1-0, Shay Coleman 2-1, Billy Smith 0-4.

Subs: Farouq Ibrahim 0-1 for M McDonnell, Aodhan Kirk 0-1 for B Smith, Cillian Rice for S Smyth, Ellis O’Carroll for S Carroll, Kevin Carroll for J Callan.

DUNDALK GAELS 1-9

GLEN EMMETS 0-7

Dundalk Gaels finished the first phase of the Division 2 campaign on a positive note after getting the better of Glen Emmets in Tullyallen on Saturday night.

The hosts went into the game hoping to pick up a victory that would have eased them further up the table, but defeat means that they remain just three points clear of bottom spot.

The first half saw both teams limited in their scoring opportunities with Ronan Grufferty accounting for all three of the Emmets points, including two from frees.

However, the decisive score came from the Gaels when they found the net with their opening score of the night on seven minutes to lead by 1-3 to 0-3.

The hosts kicked the first point of the second half through James Butler, but it was the Dundalk men who gradually took a grip on the game and added six points to clinch their fourth win of the season.

GLEN EMMETS: Ian O’Reilly; Conor Kelly, Andrew Mooney 0-1, Keith Boylan; Calum Wogan, Evan English 0-1, Brian Maguire; Ronan Grufferty 0-3, Sam Kenny; Darragh Russell, David Bracken, Cian Talbot; Paddy McHugh, James Butler 0-2, Lorcan Lynch.

Subs: D Cullen for R Grufferty, A Carolan for D Bracken, T Grimes for L Lynch, R Fordham for K Boylan.