Templenoe / Tuosist 1-19, Cromane 2-06
Templenoe / Tuosist finished out as comfortable winners in this 2nd round league match, played in sunny but very cold conditions in Templenoe.
The home side opened the match brightly and registered the first three scores through Will Sheehy and a brace from Ciaran Crowley. Cromane responded quickly and followed their opening point with a quick goal from corner forward Shane Aherne. Both teams swapped points before Templenoe / Tuosist registered three points from Will Sheehy, Ciaran Crowley and Tom Looney.
Cromane, who had the aid of a strong breeze in the first half, responded with another goal, again from Shane Aherne from a long ball kicked from midfield. Will Sheehy and Fintan Davis from a quick free reduced the arrears, but Cromane finished off the half strongest with two points from midfielder Shane O’Neill. Half time saw the scores, Templenoe / Tuosist 0-09, Cromane 2-04.
Replicating their first half opening, Templenoe / Tuosist started quickly again, and scored two points through Ciaran Crowley and Darren Maye. Cromane matched that with points from their midfielders Shane O’Neill and Darragh Moriarity. This proved to be the end of the scoring for Cromane as Templenoe / Tuosist started to gain control of the game. Tom Looney pounced on a lucky break of the ball to score Templenoe / Tuosists only goal, leaving the score 1-11 to 2-06 early in the 2nd half. Points from Tadhg Sugrue, Ciaran Crowley and a lovely left legged point from Aaron Morris extended the home teams advantage.
Cromane battled hard to get back into the game in the final the minutes, but Templenoe / Tuosist were playing some good football at this stage and closed out the match with some fine scores. The pick of these were from substitute Tadhg Sugrue, Ian O’Connor and a lovely long range point from Aaron Morris.
The match was played in a very sporting manner and had some great performances from both teams. Most notable of these were Ciaran Crowley, Will Sheehy, Aaron Morris and Tadhg Sugrue. On the Cromane team, midfielder Shane O’Neill and goal scorer Shane Aherne were their most notable.
Teams:
Templenoe / Tuosist: Ryan Sheehan, Moosa Mathibela, Dara O’Connor, William Gudgen, Fintan Davis, Jordan Smidth, Aaron Morris, Darren Maye, Eoin Murphy, Dara Sweeney, Will Sheehy, Joey Quinn, Ciaran Crowley, Tom Looney, Tadhg Sugrue, Ian O’Connor, Mattie O’Sullivan.
Scorers: Ciaran Crowley 0-07, Will Sheehy 0-04, Tom Looney 1-01, Tadhg Sugrue 0-02, Aaron Morris 0-02, Darren Maye 0-01, Ian O’Connor 0-01, Fintan Davis 0-01,
Cromane: James Teehan, Jack Spain, Mark Teehan, Aaron Heffernan, Patrick Moroney, Ruadhan O’Sullivan, Darragh Moriarty, Shane O’Neill, Louis Mangan, Timmy Fealey, Dylan Fitzgerald, Patrick Foley, Shane Ahern, Shane Scannell, Jamie O’Shea, Adam Prendergast, Jamie Naughton, Jack O’Shea, Michael O’ConnorScorers: Shane Ahern 2-00, Shane O’Neill 0-05, Darragh Moriarty 0-01
