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Post by southward on Nov 30, 2014 16:27:41 GMT
Very poor shooting by both sides today, and no wind or anything. Nire scored 1-1 in the last 50 mins.
Referee was dreadful for Stacks.
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Post by glengael on Nov 30, 2014 17:39:56 GMT
Well done to the Stacks. Nice to see the Kerry dominance of this competition continue!
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Post by ballynamona on Nov 30, 2014 17:48:29 GMT
I was reading during the week that The Nire draws from the same small pool as a separate hurling club and the population of the village..Ballymacarbery is about 300. The romantic in me wanted them to win today and they were 1.02 up after 5 mins. Then Shane Carroll gets a second yellow and soneone has to stand up for the Stacks or tis curtains. That man was Shane OCallaghan. Not alone is he skillful off both feet but his can fetch a high one over his head and that's a priceless asset as we saw with Paul Geaney in 2014. So I would expect Shane to be "inside in Killarney" sometime in 2015. Agreed, O'Callaghan is surely well in line for a run. Stack's AI campaign may restrict his opportunites in the McGrath Cup and early league games, but he was on the extended panel this year so that's great to have under his belt. The keeper made a bad mistake for that goal in the first half, but O'Callaghan still had a good bit to do.
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Post by Chinatown on Nov 30, 2014 18:44:24 GMT
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Post by seamo on Nov 30, 2014 18:46:34 GMT
Well done to Stacks. Good to see a great year for Kerry football continuing into the depths of winter.
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Post by townend on Nov 30, 2014 19:44:44 GMT
good win for the stacks but as i wrote before hand the Nire are a poor side and it was prove today. as for O'Callaghan getting a run with Kerry maybe a few league games but way off championship level for Kerry when the summer comes.
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Post by townend on Nov 30, 2014 19:50:39 GMT
Well done to the Stacks. Nice to see the Kerry dominance of this competition continue! lets hope they can go all the way on paddies day unlike DR.Crokes the last 3 years i think thats what came again Crokes over the last 3 munster titles they came out of munster to handy besides the Cork winners theres nothing much in munster club football.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2014 20:39:49 GMT
Well done to stacks but unlikely they will go much further.
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Post by sullyschoice on Nov 30, 2014 20:58:24 GMT
They are a bit below the standard to win the competition. The attempts at shooting by both sides was way below the standard required. And it wasnt all from long range either.
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Post by Deise Exile on Nov 30, 2014 21:06:49 GMT
The stacks supporters deserve fierce credit. There was a savage atmosphere at the game today. If there was a FairPlay award for supporters they would win it hands down. I can't see why the stacks can't go all the way to the final. Vincent's may be a step too far but why not dream. Wouldn't it be great if some if this support could be brought to the Kerry county team, most times in croker we are well out shouted and supported. Not so with the Rockies
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Post by sullyschoice on Nov 30, 2014 22:11:02 GMT
It would be great if they could make it all the way, but I dont think they will.
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Post by Deise Exile on Nov 30, 2014 22:20:42 GMT
I know the standard wasn't great today but the surface in PUIC was shocking. Whatever reconstruction goes on there I hope they sort out the pitch. It's great to be talking football in nov/dec though. Sure the days will be getting longer soon enough!!
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 30, 2014 22:25:08 GMT
a great contest today between Omagh and the Derry champs Slaughneil. Six Bradleys played with Slaughtneil and another Bradley at midfield. Christopher Bradley kicked 4 points including the winner at the death but his marker scored 1.01 in what was a fascinating battle between them.
Slaughtneil will beat the Stacks team that showed up today. But if Stacks perform to their potential then it could go either way.
Donaghy revealed on the radio after the game that Shane Carroll was ill and had been getting sick this morning. His two fouls were that of a man not on his game
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Post by fitz on Nov 30, 2014 22:26:42 GMT
Star has been like Moses since August, Promised land after Promised land, hard to know the quality of the Derry champs are, but I think they've a great shot to get to the final and well that's for another day.
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Post by Mickmack on Nov 30, 2014 22:28:50 GMT
good win for the stacks but as i wrote before hand the Nire are a poor side and it was prove today. as for O'Callaghan getting a run with Kerry maybe a few league games but way off championship level for Kerry when the summer comes. All I said was that he is good enough to be called up. In a few years he could be a serious operator. Look how long it too Maher, Donnacha, Buckley even Tomas OSe to get to that level.... only a few such Colm, JOD, Paul Murphy and Declan make it straight away.
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Post by homerj on Nov 30, 2014 23:23:27 GMT
fantastic day for Stacks and caps off a great year for Kerry football.
i think the winner will come from Corifin or Vincents, but they can definately take the Slaughtneil team if they improve on today.
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Post by townend on Dec 1, 2014 0:16:01 GMT
i think the Stacks will beat Slaughtneil the presure is off them now, as for the winner don't forget Vincents haven't Rhode beaten yet.
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 1, 2014 7:55:37 GMT
By Tony Leen Sports Editor
Austin Stacks (Kerry) 3-5 The Nire (Waterford) 2-4 Sometime soon, Austin Stacks are going to hand someone a six or seven-point start in a match and not reel them in.
The neutrals at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday would ideally have organised a good start for The Nire and an early Stacks sending off to ensure this provincial decider was edgy and tight, and the Kerry champions seemed happy to comply in a bizarre opening 15 minutes of this gruntfest.
The game hadn’t ticked over into its eighth minute when The Nire’s stellar young talent Conor Gleeson surged through to put his side 1-3 to 0-0 ahead. It might have been worse for the raging favourites from the Kingdom, with Michael O’Gorman almost capitalising on sloppy Stacks defending for a second goal.
Never mind. The Tralee men would soon ensure that slope got a bit steeper with Shane Carroll picking up a needless second yellow card in the 14th minute. But if they have form in terms of slow starts, they’ve also shown themselves especially resilient when it comes to digging themselves out of a hole. They have the hallmarks of a team managed by a man who’s had his fair share of dog-day afternoons in the North Kerry championship at this time of year.
And in classy attacker Shane O’Callaghan — Stacks have had one or two of the genre in their time — the Kerry side had a get-out-of-jail card they were willing and happy to play at every opportunity. A fringe panellist with Kerry this year, he showed the full repertoire — strength, good in the air, cuteness, patience and finishing power — to slip home a ninth minute goal that was Stacks’ first score and their toehold in the game. Michael O’Gorman, Shane Ryan and young Gleeson were still causing plenty of bother for the Tralee defence, but the Carroll sending off brought about a strange transformation in proceedings. For starters, it meant that Kieran Donaghy was midfield for keeps for Stacks, and that O’Callaghan and David Mannix were specific inside target men. It also meant that The Nire had a man spare, and how they used him — or not, as the case may be — had a decisive bearing on the final.
It was admirably honest of Benji Whelan afterwards to admit that they didn’t plan for an extra man at any stage, but they had a half-time interval to regroup.
They needed it. In the 18th minute, keeper Tom Wall’s Russian roulette-style short kick-outs inevitably came a cropper when Stacks’ David Mannix was an unintended recipient. He goaled the gift pass. Two scores, both goals, and the Kerry champions were only a point adrift.
You could almost hear the air-release from The Nire’s balloon when Mannix pointed again from a free two minutes later. Level at the break, 2-1 to 1-4, a travesty in some respects.
Kieran Donaghy was a clever, sitting midfielder but he was a bit chatty with referee Conor Lane and his frustration showed when he was booked before the break for a high tackle.
Stacks could have no quibble with Carroll’s two yellow cards, but in the second half, they felt a lot of frustration with some of Lane’s decision-making, especially with what seemed black card fouls by The Nire players.
Shane O’Callaghan was floating serenely above all that, slaloming past three defenders to point off his weaker (really?) left foot in the opening minute of the second half. When Mikey Collins added another to put Stacks 2-3 to 1-4 ahead, we assumed the form book had righted itself.
Silly us. Craig Guiry, The Nire midfielder, teed up overlapping defender Seamus Lawlor behind the Stacks cover and Michael Moore applied a crisp 38th minute finish — their only score of the second half.
Now was a time for steady hands, but The Nire were criminally guilty of another defensive howler two minutes later, forcing keeper Tom Wall to leg block Greg Horan’s goal effort for Stacks. Penalty. And converted by wing back Pa McCarthy.
3-3 to 2-4 now, but it was evident Stacks had finally taken a firm grip on the final, despite being a player shy. The Nire were all out of sail-wind. Greg Horan was outstanding around the middle for Stacks, and Daniel Bohan did his best work dropping deep as cover.
They are not as ornate as some of their Rock Street predecessors but in today’s football climate, that’s no bad thing. Stephen Stack drafted in Jerome Stack and Billy Lee to give them that extra 10% they’ve been missing and if they are to be beaten in the All-Ireland series, it won’t be for stickability. There’s a very North Kerry feel to these townie aristocrats.
A Mannix free put them a goal in front, and when Donaghy did drift inside, he made it count — fielding and placing sub Fiachna Mangan for their fifth point with five minutes left.
William Kirby was introduced, and as his manager pointed out afterwards, became a veritable magnet for the ball. He’ll be in his 40th year when the All-Ireland semi-final against Derry’s Slaughtneil comes around in February.
But there’s 2014 to celebrate first.
Scorers for The Nire: S Ryan (1-1, one free); M Moore (1-0), B Wall (free), M O’Gorman, C. Gleeson (0-1 each).
Scorers for Austin Stacks: D Mannix (1-2, two frees); S O’Callaghan (1-1); P McCarthy (1-0, pen); M Collins, F Mangan (0-1 each).
Subs for Stacks: J Dennis for O’Connell (half-time); F Mangan for Collins (43); W Kirby for Guthrie (47); D Long for Mannix (55); M O’Donnell for Bohan (56).
Subs for The Nire: K Guiry for Walsh (40); T Cooney for Ryan (49); D Ryan for S Lawlor (blood sub, 55); D Ryan for C Guiry (57).
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) AUSTIN STACKS: D O’Brien; F McNamara, B Shanahan, C. O’Connell; P McCarthy, C. Jordan, D. McElligott; W. Guthrie, G Horan; S. O’Callaghan, S. Carroll, D. Bohan; D.Mannix, K. Donaghy, M. Collins. THE NIRE: T Wall; J Walsh, T. O’Gorman, M. O’Gorman; D Wall, B. Wall, S Lawlor; C Guiry, S. Walsh; M Moore, M. O’Gorman, J Barron; C Gleeson, L Lawlor, S Ryan.
Game-changer
The game-changing moment came from the game-changing player — Shane O’Callaghan’s ninth minute goal, quarried from nothing, gave Stacks a foothold in a final that was getting away from them at 1-4 to 0-0.
Talk of the town
The Stacks fans. They hoovered up every available bus in Tralee and got themselves a base camp for refuelling at Cork Constitution’s club grounds in Temple Hill. From there they marched, loudly, to Ballintemple, a riot of black and amber dress codes. And then the music started. A credit to the club.
Did that just happen?
Tom Wall, The Nire keeper, is evidently a bit of a thrill-seeker. Unfazed by the palpitations his short kick-out routine is causing every Nire player, coach and supporter, he persisted throughout yesterday — even after gifting a crucial second goal to Stacks in the 18th minute. You almost saluted his utter defiance.
Best on show
Once again, Shane O’Callaghan’s suite of talents shone like a lighthouse. His powerful build is an asset in terms of winning the dirty ball he so frequently emerges from rucks with, but he has the football and the balance to match. And kicks scores off both feet. What’s not to like?
Black card watch
Referee Conor Lane shied away from what appeared three blatant black card offences.
Sideline superior
Stephen Stack opted again not to pigeonhole his marquee man, Kieran Donaghy, on the edge of the square, instead playing him at midfield. He got a good return from Star, and from the two inside attackers, Shane O’Callaghan and David Mannix. The Nire’s Benji Whelan first used Justin Walsh as his spare man after Stacks had a man sent off, then Diarmuid Wall. Neither decision paid dividends.
The man in black
Or red, as was the case for Cork’s Conor Lane yesterday. I like the Banteer man as a referee, but he did not have a good afternoon. His sending off of Shane Carroll was correct, but his interpretation of what constituted — or what didn’t — a black card, left a lot of people scratching their heads in the covered stand.
What’s next?
Apart from the small matter of a Tralee Town Championship semi-final against mighty Ballymacelligott, Stacks will now look forward to Christmas. However, using the holiday season wisely is not something all provincial club champions have done in the past. It is worthy of serious analysis. Stacks meet Ulster champions Slaughtneil in February’s All-Ireland semi final.
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 1, 2014 7:58:10 GMT
By Denis Hurley, Fitzgerald Stadium
Ardfert (Kerry) 1-12 Valley Rovers (Cork) 1-10 With 20 minutes remaining under the peaks of the McGillycuddy Reeks, it looked like it would be a day for Valleys.
An excellent free from John Cottrell, on the back of points by him and Eoin Manning, put the Cork side four points clear, 1-9 to 0-8, but Ardfert are made of tough stuff.
They had been faced with a four-point deficit in the first half and responded well to trail by just one at half-time; this time, they did even better. Damien Wallace’s third point left just a goal in it and, even though they lost full-back Rory Horgan to a black card on 44 minutes, the goal wasn’t long in arriving.
Throughout the game, the North Kerry side had shown themselves to be able to put together incisive attacking moves when they managed to get past halfway and the goal was a prime example of that. Darren Wallace, Michael Moloney and John Egan were all involved as the ball was worked to sub Brandon Barrett. Though Joe Lynch got in a great block on his shot, Damien Wallace was there to pick up possession and slot home.
That made it 1-9 to 0-9 and Shane Griffin pointed straight after to put them ahead for the first time since the 18th minute. It would prove to be a lead they wouldn’t relinquish, 1-4 to 0-1 the score for those last 20. Valleys manager Gerard Slyne accepted that Ardfert’s experience had been a factor.
“They’re a very dangerous team,” he said, “very slick forwards, the experience was there and it told.
“We looked to be holding our own after we pushed it out to four points in the second half but to lose a goal like we did… maybe we should have fouled further out. We had chances to level and didn’t take them, then they came down and took the right options.
“There was one passage where we trying to work it out of the corner and we did and created a scoring chance, maybe if we got it, it would have been a big psychological boost.
“Kevin Canty was a devastating loss. He had been our talisman all year and we were looking to him to drive it on and it was tough to lose him so early.
“You learn from your experience and these lads will be better for it.”
The loss of Canty was costly. He suffered an ankle injury in the third minute and attempted to run it off but had to be substituted. That meant a re-jigging of the team, with Fiachra Lynch coming from full-forward to midfield, and the upheaval affected Valleys as it took until the 15th minute for them to score, a Cottrell free.
That made it 0-2 to 0-1 after Ardfert had started better only for poor shooting to prove costly. When Egan pointed following a nice pass from centre-back Stephen Leen, there were no signs of the overall pattern changing but then Gary Farrell pointed for Valleys after a lay-off from Manning, who had come on for Canty. From the kickout, Farrell gathered the ball again and produced a powerful run. Despite the attentions of Darren Dineen, he managed to get his shot away and while Nicholas O’Sullivan saved well — injuring himself in the process — Cottrell was there to tuck away the rebound.
Even though Egan had an immediate response after another well-worked move, the goal had swung the momentum firmly and Manning and Hughie O’Donovan (two) added more points to push them 1-5 to 0-4 clear.
As they would later show, Ardfert had no problems when faced with challenges like that and two from Griffin and one by Damien Wallace left just a point in it at half-time.
“We’re better when our backs are to the wall,” said Ardfert joint-coach Pat O’Driscoll.
“I said to the lads at half-time that I’d prefer to be down one or two, not too much, but that’s the way we play football, we’re better coming from behind.”
From the throw-in, Darragh Murphy launched a good ball into Cottrell, whose catch and kick were of the highest order to extend the lead again. David Griffin responded for Ardfert but when Valleys reeled off those three in a row, their odds had shortened significantly.
Instead, Ardfert had found a renewed energy and Damien Wallace’s point made it 1-11 to 1-9. Valleys sub Aidan Walsh did give them hope but a couple of equaliser attempts fell short and Egan’s third point wrapped it up in injury time for Ardfert.
Scorers for Ardfert: Damien Wallace 1-4 (one free), S Griffin, J Egan 0-3 each, D Griffin 0-2.
Subs for Ardfert: B Barrett for Leen (38, injured), J Wallace for R Horgan (44, black card).
Scorers for Valley Rovers: J Cottrell 1-4 (two frees), H O’Donovan (one free), E Manning 0-2 each, G Farrell, A Walsh 0-1 each.
Subs for Valley Rovers: E Manning for Canty (10, injured), M Power for Delaney (half-time), T O’Brien for B Murphy (40), A Walsh for Lyons (50), T Cummins for J Murphy (53).
Referee: R Hickey (Clare).
Game-changer
No questions about this one: Damien Wallace’s goal drew Ardfert level at 1-9 apiece when it looked like the game might have been slipping away.
Talk of the town
Ardfert’s love for the club championship – in 2005/06 they were All-Ireland junior champions and the following year went all the way in intermediate. Can they do it again?
Did that just happen?
Despite the time of year, Ardfert managed to score all but one of their scores from play.
Best on show
Damien Wallace scored 1-4 for Ardfert and was heavily involved in a series of nice passing moves.
Black card watch
Ardfert full-back Rory Horgan was the only one and there were no complaints from the Kerry side. No other real candidates.
Sideline superior
Valley Rovers were unlucky that the loss of Kevin Canty meant that Fiachra Lynch was needed in midfield and he couldn’t impact the scoreboard as he might have done from full-forward. Ardfert lost their starting full-back Horgan and centre-back Stephen Leen to injury but their switches worked.
The man in black
Rory Hickey did seem to allow advantage to run on too long once or twice but no other complaints.
What’s next?
Ardfert have an All-Ireland final against Warrenpoint (Down) to look forward to. The year ends for Valleys but senior football awaits in 2015.
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 1, 2014 8:10:41 GMT
It shouldn't be like this, Ulster football in the depths of winter.
You might have expected more turgid stuff but this was different. Maybe it was because history was on the line but the province's club final, played in front of almost 10,000 people under the Athletic Grounds lights, was engaging from the off.
There was no shortage of the usual uncompromising stuff that you might expect but this game was decorated with moments of real quality. There was no score from a placed ball until the 38th minute. And Slaughtneil were an example of efficiency, kicking just two wides for the hour.
Like all good dramas, this went down to the wire. When Christopher Bradley landed the winning point for Slaughtneil deep in injury-time, the move had started from a free inside their own 14-metre line.
It was cruel on Omagh who had made much of the running early in the game but for Slaughtneil, it was the culmination of a dream year that saw the club pick up Derry titles in hurling and football with a dozen players lining out in both codes.
Slaughtneil got a dream start. There was scarcely 60 seconds on the clock when Cormac O'Doherty gathered a long raking ball over the head of Hugh Gallagher and blasted past Ryan Clarke in the Omagh goal.
However, they failed to build on that early momentum as Omagh felt their way into the game.
Conor O'Donnell, who was playing closest to goal for Omagh, opened their account when he might have played in Barry Tierney for a goal chance. If that served as a warning as to Tierney's intentions, then Slaughtneil didn't heed them.
Breathless
Over the remainder of a breathless half, Omagh chipped away at the deficit. O'Donnell and Aaron Grugan all found their range while Gallagher also punched a hole in the Slaughtneil defence for a score.
Christopher and Gerald Bradley mustered replies for Slaughtneil but the sides were level after 24 minutes when Joe McMahon surged forward and clipped over a score with the outside of his boot.
Omagh were starting to click now and they struck for their goal just before half-time. Conan Grugan's injection of pace took him clear of the cover and this time Tierney's barnstorming run wasn't ignored. Grugan's pass was inch-perfect and the Omagh centre-back lashed to the net off the crossbar.
Tierney, who was infamously marking James O'Donoghue when the Kerry star hit a hat-trick in a league fixture, was one of Omagh's best players on the day. His score ensured the Laurence Strain and Barry McGinn managed side would go in 1-5 to 1-2 up at the break. They might have been further ahead but for six wides.
In the end, Joe McMahon conceded, those wides proved costly though he suggested Omagh had been denied a clear free at a crucial juncture.
"Slaughtneil took their chances," he admitted. "We could maybe look back to the Jason McAnulla incident when he was going through and he got a push in the back and I think everyone in the ground saw it bar the referee. Maybe we could feel aggrieved at that.
"It could have been a big turning point with Jason through for a goal or a point that might have made a difference but we are not going to get hung up on decisions like that. Credit to Slaughtneil, you can't take it away from them; they worked hard fair play to them."
With both teams boasting a happy knack of producing late surges, the second half was nicely set up.
Tierney grabbed the first score of the restart but Mickey Moran's side emerged with a different attitude. Barry McGuigan raided forward for a score while O'Doherty and Ronan Bradley also pointed as the Derry men hit three on the bounce to cut the gap to the minimum.
At the back they were much tighter too. Tierney's early point was the only score they conceded from play after the restart.
Even though they had the upper hand it remained tense. Heading into the final quarter, they pulled level when Christopher Bradley raced through the middle.
From there, it was a matter of who would blink first. The sides were level on two more occasions before Bradley emerged as the game-breaker. Omagh, who had introduced Conor Clarke just five months after he suffered a cruciate injury, had pinned Slaughtneil back but a free allowed them to lift the siege.
Patient
As they had been all day, Mickey Moran's side were patient in possession and worked the ball up field. Eventually, Bradley got enough of a sight of goal to have a go.
Having kicked three already, confidence was high. His shot probably went as high as it did long but it never wavered off course and split the posts. There was hardly any time for the kick-out to be taken. Slaughtneil had made history. And Moran had masterminded a win over the side he managed to a Tyrone title 1988.
"We know how to come back," an elated Gerald Bradley said afterwards. "There is hurt in our team. As Mickey Moran always talks about, it's about hard work and honesty and it came through for us in the end. Every player earned their place. It's the best day of my life.
"We've been doing it all year. We came back from the dead against Dungiven in the semi-final and against Ballinderry in the final when we got a goal. We never know when we are beaten, we just keep grinding and grinding."
Next it's on to a date with Kerry and Munster champions Austin Stacks in February.
"You're talking about one of the best forward lines in the country," goalscorer O'Doherty said, allowing his mind to wander briefly. "But we'll enjoy this one first, enjoy the Christmas, and think about that in the New Year."
That can wait. History was made, and in the most dramatic fashion.
Scorers - Slaughtneil: C O'Doherty 1-2, C Bradley 0-4, G Bradley, R Bradley, Paul Bradley (1f), B McGuigan 0-1 each.
Omagh: B Tierney 1-1, R O'Neill (2f), C O'Neill 0-2 each, H Gallagher, Joe McMahon, A Grugan, C O'Neill 0-1 each.
Slaughtneil - A McMullan; C Cassidy, K McKaigue, B Rodgers; F McEldowney, C McKaigue, B M Guigan; Patsy Bradley, P McGuigan; P Kelly, C Bradley, R Bradley; G Bradley, Paul Bradley, C O'Doherty. Subs: P Cassidy for Kelly (40), P McNeill for Rodgers (42), S McGuigan for R Bradley (47).
Omagh - R Clarke; H Gallagher, Justin McMahon, S Mullan; C McLaughlin, B Tierney, C McMahon; Joe McMahon, C Grugan; A Grugan, J McAnulla, C O'Neill; C O'Donnell, R O'Neill, C Meyler Subs: J Colton for O'Donnell (50), C Clarke for for O'Neill (53), D Kerr for C McLaughlin (60)
Ref - C Branagan (Down)
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 1, 2014 8:15:57 GMT
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Post by riverfeale on Dec 1, 2014 14:09:12 GMT
Congrats to Ardfert and Austin Stacks, let's hope Brosna can make it 3 in a row next weekend versus Glin in the Junior Final
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2014 16:14:10 GMT
In my opinion, I think pushing the all Ireland senior Club semi finals out to February is too far.They could play Stacks v Slaughtneil in say a week or two weeks time and play Corofin v Vincents/Rhode in January.There is no real need to have finals on Paddy's day.I Know there is the Hurling side of things aswell but I'm sure that can be worked out
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Post by westmeathman on Dec 1, 2014 22:15:06 GMT
In my opinion, I think pushing the all Ireland senior Club semi finals out to February is too far.They could play Stacks v Slaughtneil in say a week or two weeks time and play Corofin v Vincents/Rhode in January.There is no real need to have finals on Paddy's day.I Know there is the Hurling side of things aswell but I'm sure that can be worked out Have to disagree there.paddys day without the club finals would be like Christmas without santa.its a tradition.hit the high stool early watch the finals and not be able to remember who was playing at 8 that night.lol
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Post by mossie on Dec 2, 2014 1:51:14 GMT
I was reading during the week that The Nire draws from the same small pool as a separate hurling club and the population of the village..Ballymacarbery is about 300. The romantic in me wanted them to win today and they were 1.02 up after 5 mins. Then Shane Carroll gets a second yellow and soneone has to stand up for the Stacks or tis curtains. That man was Shane OCallaghan. Not alone is he skillful off both feet but his can fetch a high one over his head and that's a priceless asset as we saw with Paul Geaney in 2014. So I would expect Shane to be "inside in Killarney" sometime in 2015. This was always going to be tricky after that massive game v Ballincollig. They ground it out and just about deserved it. Conor Gleeson was the lynchpin at CHB for the Waterford minor hurlers last year. Clearly he an even better footballer. I heard Shane O'Callaghan was inside in Killarney this summer mick mack but didn't make the formal squad The Nire have a bigger pick than 300. They take in a few small villages\parishes. pick is still smallish though and great dual men around there
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Post by buck02 on Dec 2, 2014 9:37:19 GMT
Shane Callaghan played in the McGrath Cup last year did he not?
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Post by givehimaball on Dec 2, 2014 10:51:24 GMT
Shane Callaghan played in the McGrath Cup last year did he not? Yup - all 3 games
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Post by G_S_J on Dec 2, 2014 13:11:31 GMT
Slaughtneil have requested the GAA change the date of the semi-final from Saturday the 14th to the 15th because of a wedding.
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Post by Joxer on Dec 2, 2014 14:02:01 GMT
Shane Callaghan played in the McGrath Cup last year did he not? Yup - all 3 games and Shane should play in the McGrath cup and Nat League in 2015 if available...he has more than earned his opportunity in my opinion..that is if we place value on what guys do at club level and what they show etc..
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Post by G_S_J on Dec 2, 2014 19:37:17 GMT
and Shane should play in the McGrath cup and Nat League in 2015 if available...he has more than earned his opportunity in my opinion..that is if we place value on what guys do at club level and what they show etc.. Doesn't get a whole pile of scores on the board is the only thing, but he wins a lot of close in frees on account of his ability to get by players. 1-1 the last day was his biggest score all championship, the next closest is the Dingle semi-final when he got a goal. After that we're talking one or two points a game, but he is scoring and he is making a difference every time he's out. Maybe if Donaghy was played around the square exclusivly they could have kicked up a partnership and tagged on a few more scores.
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