County Senior Hurling League Round Up

by County PRO Ger Ryan

Senior Hurling League Premier Division

Upperchurch Drombane 1-15            Nenagh Éire Óg 0-13

Nenagh Éire Óg lost their 100% record in this year’s county league following a five point loss to Upperchurch on Friday evening last in MacDonagh Park. Upperchurch opened the scoring with a point from play after two minutes. Eire Og replied with two points from play through Shane Maher and Declan O Meara but by the tenth minute Upperchurch had it back level at two points apiece. Both sided traded scores from then on until half time but some poor shooting by Upperchurch left them behind at the break on a score line of 0-9 to 0-5 in favour of Éire Óg.

After the break, Eire Og opened a five point lead through a Kevin Tucker free. From there on, Upperchurch took over and scored 1-5 without reply including the goal after after fifteen minutes by Pat Shortt to put them three points ahead. Eire Og were finding it hard to get scores throughout the second half and by full time Upperchurch were ahead by five points and were full value for their win. Best for Upperchurch were James Barry, Pat Shortt and Colm Stapleton while Nenagh were best served by Sean Healy, Eoin Fitzgibbon and Kevin Tucker.

Teams and scorers:

Nenagh Éire Óg: Sean Healy, Alan Kelly, John Flannery, Eoin Fitzgibbon, Brian Maxwell, Mark Flannery, Hugh Flannery, Paul Ryan (0-1), Brian Dillon, Kevin Tucker (0-7 frees), Shane Maher (0-2), Declan O Meara (0-1), Eoghan Slattery (0-1), Paddy Murphy, Mark Tuite (0-1).

Subs: Daire Quinn for Ryan, Sean Geaney for Kelly, Cliff Maloney for O’Meara, David Ryan for Maxwell.

Upperchurch Drombane: Paul Ryan; Matt Ryan, Jack Ryan, Paudie Stapleton; James Greene, James Barry (0-1), John Quinn; LJ Ryan, Owen Shortt (0-1); Pat Shortt (1-3, 0-1 free), Colm Ryan (0-2),  Paudie Greene (0-5); Colm Stapleton (0-3), Mikey Ryan (D), Peter Ryan.

Subs: Matthew Greene for Peter Ryan

Holycross Ballycahill 3-20                 Drom and Inch 1-14

Drom-Inch 1-14           Holycross Ballycahill 3-20

Drom-Inch were hosts to Holycross Ballycahill in the Ragg in the county senior hurling league on Sunday last on a fine humid afternoon. Despite both teams fielding below strength teams this contest served up some great passages of play. Drom-Inch started brightest and racked up some very good scores from play. Holycross fought back with a combination of points from play and placed balls. Drom got the breakthrough they needed when some nice passing among the half forward resulted in Liam Ryan finishing to the net. Paddy Kennedy, Phillip Looby and Michael Cantwell caught the eye in the first half with some good scores. At half time the home side were ahead by 4 points, 1-10 to 0-9.  Drom-Inch would have hoped to continue on from where they left off in the first half and they started brightly with scores from Michael Cantwell and Paddy Kennedy. However this was to be their last score for a long period as Holycross took control and scored goals through Rob Stakelum (2) and the impressive James Dunne which gave them the upper hand and a comfortable victory in the end by 12 points. Best for Holycorss were John Ferncombe and goal scorers Stakelum and Dunne while the defence were well on top in the second half.  Best for Drom-Inch were Paddy Kennedy, Michael Cantwell, Matthew Ryan, who all registered some fine scores, while they were best served in the defence by Donncha Kennedy and Liam Kennedy.

Teams and Scorers:

Drom-Inch: Paul Connors, Cathal Flynn, Tom Cantwell, Liam Kennedy, Donncha Kennedy, Matthew McGrath, Matthew Buckley, Philip Looby (0-2F), Joe Egan, Matthew Ryan (0-2), Paddy Kennedy (0-3), Liam Ryan (1-0), Michael Cantwell (0-8, 0-3F), Mike Long, Enda Walsh.

Subs: Kevin Butler for Michael Long, Trevor Hassett for Enda Walsh, James Ryan for Liam Kennedy, Brian Costello for Liam Ryan

Holycross Scorers: John Ferncombe 0-7 (0-5 frees), Rob Stakelum 2-1, James Dunne 1-5, Dara Duggan 0-4, Kevin O’Dwyer 0-3

Senior Hurling Lg Division (1)

Lorrha Dorrha 3-17                           Kilruane MacDonaghs 0-14

Lorrha has a dream start with a first minute goal while playing against the breeze. However, 5 points from play by Tipp minor hurling manager, Mark O’Leary kept Kilruane well in the game and there was only one point between the teams at half time with Lorrha ahead 1-7 to 0-9. However, Lorrha took control in the second half scoring 2-10 to only 5points for MacDonaghs and ran out comfortable winners 3-17 to 0-14. Thomas Williams and Mark O’Leary were best for Kilruane.

Teams and scorers:

Kilruane MacDonaghs: Thomas Williams, Eanna Hogan, Stephen Murphy, Martin Walsh, Gavin McAvinchey, Diarmuid Cahill (0-1), Kevin Ryan, Liam Gibson, Mark O Leary (0-6), James Keogh (0-4), William Cleary (0-1), Darren Killackey, Ger Corcoran, Pat Williams (0-2) and Mikey Costello. Subs: Freddie Williams, Declan Barrett and Pat Conway

Portroe 5-13                                       J.K.Brackens 1-23

JK Brackens were in the driving seat for long periods of this game and looked set to come back to Templemore from their Shannonside trip with a good victory. They led by 4 points at half time and remained comfortably ahead until Portroe rocked them with 4 goals in quick succession to secure a 2 point win that looked unexpected half way through the second half. Best for Portroe were John Sheedy up front and Charlie Wilford and veteran Noel O’Halloran in defence.

Teams and scorers:

Portroe: D. Gleeson, D. O’Halloran, N. Ryan, M. Creamer; P. Hickey, N. O’Halloran, C. Wilford;  C. Gleeson, P. Malone; J. Creamer (1-0), M. Gennery (0-3), J. Sheedy (1-7, 0-4 frees); J. Ryan (1-0), D. Hogan (1-1), M. Sheedy (0-1)

Subs James Ryan for M. Sheedy, David Gleeson (1-0) for P. Malone

Kildangan 0-18                                   Kilruane MacDonaghs 0-09

After a close first half, Kildangan had a 1 point lead on a scoreline of 0-7 to 0-6. However, Kildangan were dominant in the second half and outscored their neighbours by 11 points to 3 points and ran out 9 point winners by 0-18 to 0-9. A feature of the game was the outstanding display in goals for Kilruane MacDonaghs by Tomas Williams.

Teams and scorers:

Kilruane MacDonaghs: Tomas Williams, Diarmuid Cahill, Stephen Murphy, Gavin McAvinchey, Eanna Hogan, Ray McLoughney (0-5), Kevin Ryan, Liam Gibson (0-1), William Cleary, Shane Quinlan, Declan Barrett, Mikey Costello (0-1), Pat Williams (0-1), Thomas Cleary (0-1) and Sean Hayes. Subs: Mark O’Leary and David Williams

Senior Hurling Lg Div (2)

Boherlahan Dualla 1-14                     Ballingarry 0-12

A last minute goal by Darragh Hickey made Boherlahan’s victory look more comfortable than it was in what was in reality a keenly contest game throughout. Boherlahan led by  appoint at half time 0-8 to 0-7. It was nip and tuck throughout the second half and it took two good points from Ger Flanagan towards the end of the game to put Boherlahan in front before Hickey’s goal sealed the result. Best for Boherlahan were Fionn McCullagh, Ger Sullivan, Derek Patterson, Darragh Hickey and Ger Flanagan while Ballingarry were best served by Philip Ivors,  Brian Cooney, Kevin Fitzgerald, Ger Fitzgerald, Ciaran Shelly and Laim Cahill.

Teams and scorers:

Boherlahan Dualla: Brian Quinn, Paul Ryan, Seamus Hickey, Willie Hickey, John M. Geehan, Ger Sullivan, Darragh Kennedy, Fionn McCullagh, Derek Patterson (0-1), Darragh Hickey (1-5), John Dwyer (0-1), Brian Maher (0-1), Seamie Leahy (0-2), Ger Flanagan (0-3), Aidan Maher (0-1). Subs: Darragh Devane, James Ryan, Willie Dwyer, Gary Crowe.

Ballingarry: Liam Cahill (0-8, 0-6 frees), Ciaran Shelly (0-2), Richard Butler (0-2)