Frewen All-Ireland Semi-Final

[givehimaball]

St Brendan's 5-25 St Mary's 0-4 in All-Ireland semi-final

Hadn't realised the Frewen had an All-Ireland element now

Sem apparently had 3 goals disallowed in the first half

[himself]

Until last year, U16.5 college competitions ended at Munster Final stage. Last year an All Ireland stage was introduced. Rochestown, including Kingston and Powter, beat the Sem by a point on the Wednesday. The following Saturday they won the All Ireland semi-final but were well beaten in the final.
As a new grade, obviously it will take a while to synchronise the standards between the provinces - remember that the extra year in the Northern Ireland curriculum means that very few of these players will have any experience in the McRory Cup, whereas a fair few of the Sem (Chris and Niall O'Donoghue, Billy Courtney and David Shaw, Dara Moynihan, David Clifford, Donnchadh O'Sullivan) have had game time in either the Corn Ui Mhuiri or O'Sullivan Cup - I'm only guessing that's a factor.
I didn't see the game but my sister was at it, she said that the Sem were always on top, Dara Moynihan and David Clifford were outstanding in a one-sided match. She was very impressed by the St. Marys supporters, cheered their team all the way through and gave them a standing ovation as they came off the pitch. Nice touch.

[playitfair]

Mar 23, 2015 17:19:42 GMT himself said:

Until last year, U16.5 college competitions ended at Munster Final stage. Last year an All Ireland stage was introduced. Rochestown, including Kingston and Powter, beat the Sem by a point on the Wednesday. The following Saturday they won the All Ireland semi-final but were well beaten in the final.
As a new grade, obviously it will take a while to synchronise the standards between the provinces - remember that the extra year in the Northern Ireland curriculum means that very few of these players will have any experience in the McRory Cup, whereas a fair few of the Sem (Chris and Niall O'Donoghue, Billy Courtney and David Shaw, Dara Moynihan, David Clifford, Donnchadh O'Sullivan) have had game time in either the Corn Ui Mhuiri or O'Sullivan Cup - I'm only guessing that's a factor.
I didn't see the game but my sister was at it, she said that the Sem were always on top, Dara Moynihan and David Clifford were outstanding in a one-sided match. She was very impressed by the St. Marys supporters, cheered their team all the way through and gave them a standing ovation as they came off the pitch. Nice touch.

Where are St. Marys from? it looks very one-sided from the scoreline.

[givehimaball]

Mar 23, 2015 18:07:25 GMT playitfair said:

Where are St. Marys from? it looks very one-sided from the scoreline.

Clady in Co.Derry

Over the weekend St Mary's Clady boss Paddy Bradley, one of the finest footballers that Ulster football has produced, said that he had absolutely no issue with the result. When it was put to him that his side may have been weary after their Ulster final exertions - which went to extra time- Bradley was not for making any excuses either.

"Brendans were just too strong for us," he admitted. "We wouldn’t have as large numbers in our schools and I suppose from that point of view it was a real mismatch. On the field they were bigger and stronger too and I have to say that, physically, they were like 18 year olds and not 16 year olds so they are obviously working very hard there.

"You just have to accept how good they are. They play with real pace and directness. They cut us open time and time again and that was with us trying to be defensive. I have to say that their centre and full forwards (Dara Moynihan and David Clifford) are very good players.

"But their forwards in general had unreal movement and only for that they eased up, made changes and took points near the end the score-line would have been harsher on us. It was a great run, however," Bradley admitted. "And our lads will be stronger for this experience."

The other semi-final was Good Counsel, New Ross 4-9 Rice College, Westport 0-7

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[misteallaigh abú]

The match was played in round towers pitch in Kildare town. The Sem were big men and powered through St Mary's. It was a mismatch from beginning to end so hard to judge the merit of their performance. St Mary's are from somewhere in Derry. Good Counsel, New Ross are their opponents in the final. They won the u16 all Ireland last year and are decent again this year. However, having seen both in action, I believe the sem will be too strong for Counsel.