Junior Hurling Championship 2020
July 19: Rapparees 2-7, Ferns St. Aidans 0-11
Two first quarter Diarmuid Cullen goals gave Rapparees a serious foothold in Sunday’s first round Permanent TSB Junior Hurling Championship Group D duel on the sun-drenched home ground of Ferns St. Aidans.
Recent Ferns senior star Tommy Dwyer attempted to snatch the spoils from a placed ball six minutes into added time before Paddy O’Leary was denied from the follow-up, seconds shy of the final whistle.
In what transpired to be a low-scoring affair, there was a sense even from an early stage that ‘Dee’ Cullen’s couple of early majors would have a considerable bearing on matters.
Lee Quigley pointed Ferns in front from a fifth minute free before Cullen made his goal-scoring presence felt on six minutes, when a delivery from Peter O’Sullivan was quickly shifted on by Joe Cullen for ‘Dee’ to rattle the town end net.
This teak-tough high noon contest packed plenty of intensity. But amid the robust challenges, the Rapps were banking serious credit as Diarmuid Cullen stuck his second goal on 14 minutes after a long delivery from Seán Breen found the poacher to the left of the goal.
Consequently, the Rapps led by 2-0 to 0-1 at the first water break.
Poor finishing troubled Ferns – they notched eight more wides than the Rapps over the hour – but they were within 2-4 to 0-7 at half time with the aid of doubles from both P.J. O’Neill and Tommy Dwyer.
The effort again certainly wasn’t lacking during the second half, but the scores remained at a premium, with the sides exchanging points three times across the first 26 minutes, before substitute Paddy O’Leary had Ferns within a couple of points with three minutes to go.
Rapps’ substitute Aaron Ronan had a solid effort on goal denied, before Ferns added three costly wides.
Regardless, the home side remained spirited as they pressed right to the finish, and six minutes into added time Tommy Dwyer saw his powerful free blocked before Paddy O’Leary also met a wall of defiance from the rebound. The end quickly followed and the hosts were left to ponder their troubled finishing.
Ferns St. Aidans: Mick Walsh; Peter Nolan, Patrick O’Hagan, Christopher Davitt; Seán Walsh, Declan Breen, Barry O’Toole; Tommy Dwyer (0-2, 1 ‘65’, 1 free), Derek Thorpe; Peter O’Toole (0-1), Pádraig Walsh (0-1), P.J. O’Neill (0-4); Lee Quigley (0-1 free), Edward Walsh, Anthony Dwyer. Subs: Brian o’Neill (Ferns) for B. O’Toole (16), Paddy O’Leary (0-2) for E. Walsh (h/t), Páraic Kinsella for A. Dwyer (h/t), Brian O’Neill (Clone) for P. Walsh (inj., 44), Jack O’Hagan for Davitt (51).
Rapparees: David Doyle; Matthew Balfe, Tom Wall, Cathal Ryan; Seán Breen, Eoin Quigley, Michael Delaney; Peter O’Sullivan, Conor Farrell; Diarmuid Cullen (2-1), Ed Tobin (0-4, 2 frees, 1 ‘65’), John Ryan; Mikey McVeigh, Joe Cullen (0-1), Michael Dempsey (0-1). Subs: Caolan Carty for Dempsey (35), J.P. Farrell for McVeigh (51), Anthony Peare for C. Farrell (51), Ronan Kirwan for Wall (temp., 52-58), Aaron Ronan for J. Cullen (inj., 56).
Referee: Eddie O’Sullivan (Kilanerin).
July 31: Glynn/Barntown 2-19, Ferns St. Aidans 3-6
Glynn/Barntown did exactly what was required of them when overcoming Ferns St. Aidans by 2-19 to 3-6 in Friday’s conclusion to Group D of the Permanent TSB Junior Hurling Championship in Killurin.
Ferns only needed a draw to advance to the quarter-finals instead of the opposition, and backed by a stiff breeze blowing towards the scoreboard end, they generally hovered around the parity mark for the majority of the first half, until things started to unravel for them just before the break.
Seán Walsh opened the visitors’ scoring with a wind-assisted long-ranger after only 18 seconds, only for Glynn/Barntown’s top scorer Aaron Kehoe to respond with a nice effort from the left wing.
Peter O’Toole converted a free he won himself on seven minutes, with Pádraic Wafer equalising with an excellent point two minutes later.
Otherwise, it was a rather uneventful opening quarter, with Ferns guilty of a string of careless wides before the game’s first water break allowed both sides to re-assess.
To be fair to Ferns, Derek Thorpe fired over at the end of a well-worked move involving Tomás Hawkins and Paddy O’Leary, and when veteran Anthony Dwyer followed the flight of Jack O’Hagan’s dropping point attempt, he flicked to the net right on the periphery of the square to edge Ferns in front by 1-3 to 0-5 after 22 minutes.
Two Kehoe points (one free) swung the game back in the hosts’ favour, and after J.J. Doyle and Dwyer traded points, Glynn/Barntown opened up a 1-8 to 1-4 cushion at the break when Kehoe cleanly struck a penalty to the net after Cormac Cooney was fouled.
Another Kehoe free was followed by Wafer striking over his second eye-catching point of the night, while substitute Kevin Mahoney also registered in his first involvement following an initial clearance from Thomas Doyle, an emerging talent with strong family ties to Ferns.
Defender Matt Banville got in on the scoring act too as the difference grew to 1-13 to 1-4 by the 39th minute, with the industrious Thorpe ending Ferns’ scoreless streak when returning a sloppy pass over the bar.
A chink of light emerged when O’Leary connected overhead to a dropping ball to cut the gap to a more manageable 1-14 to 2-5 at the end of the third quarter.
However, four of the next five points all came from Glynn/Barntown as they continued to display impressive accuracy in their shooting.
Thorpe kept Ferns’ ever-fading hopes alive though, with as good a goal as you’d see at any level, when he caught Dwyer’s Crossfield pass before shimmying past two would-be challengers and planting the ball high to the net (1-18 to 3-6).
However, Glynn/Barntown – who will now meet Monageer/Boolavogue – finished with authority, with Kehoe bringing his personal tally to 1-10 with his seventh free, before laying on a simple goal for Michael Laffan to slap home in injury time.
Ferns St. Aidans: Michael Walsh; Peter Nolan, Patrick O’Hagan, Christopher Davitt; Brian O’Neill (Clone), Seán Walsh (0-1), Brian O’Neill (St. Aidans); Derek Thorpe (1-3), Jack O’Hagan; Peter O’Toole (0-1 free), Tomás Hawkins, PJ O’Neill; Pádraig Kinsella, Paddy O’Leary (1-0), Anthony Dwyer (1-1, 0-1 free). Subs: Stephen Warren for Davitt (30+1), Edward Walsh for O’Hagan (42), Barry O’Toole for S. Walsh (45), Barry Murphy for B. O’Neill (47), Shane Breen for PJ O’Neill (60+1).
Glynn/Barntown: Tom Butler; Barry Doyle, Murtagh Joyce, Shane Doyle; Thomas Doyle, Shane Codd, Matt Banville (0-1); Colm Moore, Pádraic Wafer (0-2); Charlie McClair, Cormac Rowe, Aaron Kehoe (1-10, 0-7 frees, 1-0 pen); JJ Doyle (0-2), Michael Laffan (1-2), Cormac Cooney. Subs: Kevin Mahoney (0-2) for McClair (half time), PJ Carley for Laffan (47), Laffan for Rowe (55).
Referee: James Flood (St. Mary’s Maudlintown).
Two first quarter Diarmuid Cullen goals gave Rapparees a serious foothold in Sunday’s first round Permanent TSB Junior Hurling Championship Group D duel on the sun-drenched home ground of Ferns St. Aidans.
Recent Ferns senior star Tommy Dwyer attempted to snatch the spoils from a placed ball six minutes into added time before Paddy O’Leary was denied from the follow-up, seconds shy of the final whistle.
In what transpired to be a low-scoring affair, there was a sense even from an early stage that ‘Dee’ Cullen’s couple of early majors would have a considerable bearing on matters.
Lee Quigley pointed Ferns in front from a fifth minute free before Cullen made his goal-scoring presence felt on six minutes, when a delivery from Peter O’Sullivan was quickly shifted on by Joe Cullen for ‘Dee’ to rattle the town end net.
This teak-tough high noon contest packed plenty of intensity. But amid the robust challenges, the Rapps were banking serious credit as Diarmuid Cullen stuck his second goal on 14 minutes after a long delivery from Seán Breen found the poacher to the left of the goal.
Consequently, the Rapps led by 2-0 to 0-1 at the first water break.
Poor finishing troubled Ferns – they notched eight more wides than the Rapps over the hour – but they were within 2-4 to 0-7 at half time with the aid of doubles from both P.J. O’Neill and Tommy Dwyer.
The effort again certainly wasn’t lacking during the second half, but the scores remained at a premium, with the sides exchanging points three times across the first 26 minutes, before substitute Paddy O’Leary had Ferns within a couple of points with three minutes to go.
Rapps’ substitute Aaron Ronan had a solid effort on goal denied, before Ferns added three costly wides.
Regardless, the home side remained spirited as they pressed right to the finish, and six minutes into added time Tommy Dwyer saw his powerful free blocked before Paddy O’Leary also met a wall of defiance from the rebound. The end quickly followed and the hosts were left to ponder their troubled finishing.
Ferns St. Aidans: Mick Walsh; Peter Nolan, Patrick O’Hagan, Christopher Davitt; Seán Walsh, Declan Breen, Barry O’Toole; Tommy Dwyer (0-2, 1 ‘65’, 1 free), Derek Thorpe; Peter O’Toole (0-1), Pádraig Walsh (0-1), P.J. O’Neill (0-4); Lee Quigley (0-1 free), Edward Walsh, Anthony Dwyer. Subs: Brian o’Neill (Ferns) for B. O’Toole (16), Paddy O’Leary (0-2) for E. Walsh (h/t), Páraic Kinsella for A. Dwyer (h/t), Brian O’Neill (Clone) for P. Walsh (inj., 44), Jack O’Hagan for Davitt (51).
Rapparees: David Doyle; Matthew Balfe, Tom Wall, Cathal Ryan; Seán Breen, Eoin Quigley, Michael Delaney; Peter O’Sullivan, Conor Farrell; Diarmuid Cullen (2-1), Ed Tobin (0-4, 2 frees, 1 ‘65’), John Ryan; Mikey McVeigh, Joe Cullen (0-1), Michael Dempsey (0-1). Subs: Caolan Carty for Dempsey (35), J.P. Farrell for McVeigh (51), Anthony Peare for C. Farrell (51), Ronan Kirwan for Wall (temp., 52-58), Aaron Ronan for J. Cullen (inj., 56).
Referee: Eddie O’Sullivan (Kilanerin).
July 31: Glynn/Barntown 2-19, Ferns St. Aidans 3-6
Glynn/Barntown did exactly what was required of them when overcoming Ferns St. Aidans by 2-19 to 3-6 in Friday’s conclusion to Group D of the Permanent TSB Junior Hurling Championship in Killurin.
Ferns only needed a draw to advance to the quarter-finals instead of the opposition, and backed by a stiff breeze blowing towards the scoreboard end, they generally hovered around the parity mark for the majority of the first half, until things started to unravel for them just before the break.
Seán Walsh opened the visitors’ scoring with a wind-assisted long-ranger after only 18 seconds, only for Glynn/Barntown’s top scorer Aaron Kehoe to respond with a nice effort from the left wing.
Peter O’Toole converted a free he won himself on seven minutes, with Pádraic Wafer equalising with an excellent point two minutes later.
Otherwise, it was a rather uneventful opening quarter, with Ferns guilty of a string of careless wides before the game’s first water break allowed both sides to re-assess.
To be fair to Ferns, Derek Thorpe fired over at the end of a well-worked move involving Tomás Hawkins and Paddy O’Leary, and when veteran Anthony Dwyer followed the flight of Jack O’Hagan’s dropping point attempt, he flicked to the net right on the periphery of the square to edge Ferns in front by 1-3 to 0-5 after 22 minutes.
Two Kehoe points (one free) swung the game back in the hosts’ favour, and after J.J. Doyle and Dwyer traded points, Glynn/Barntown opened up a 1-8 to 1-4 cushion at the break when Kehoe cleanly struck a penalty to the net after Cormac Cooney was fouled.
Another Kehoe free was followed by Wafer striking over his second eye-catching point of the night, while substitute Kevin Mahoney also registered in his first involvement following an initial clearance from Thomas Doyle, an emerging talent with strong family ties to Ferns.
Defender Matt Banville got in on the scoring act too as the difference grew to 1-13 to 1-4 by the 39th minute, with the industrious Thorpe ending Ferns’ scoreless streak when returning a sloppy pass over the bar.
A chink of light emerged when O’Leary connected overhead to a dropping ball to cut the gap to a more manageable 1-14 to 2-5 at the end of the third quarter.
However, four of the next five points all came from Glynn/Barntown as they continued to display impressive accuracy in their shooting.
Thorpe kept Ferns’ ever-fading hopes alive though, with as good a goal as you’d see at any level, when he caught Dwyer’s Crossfield pass before shimmying past two would-be challengers and planting the ball high to the net (1-18 to 3-6).
However, Glynn/Barntown – who will now meet Monageer/Boolavogue – finished with authority, with Kehoe bringing his personal tally to 1-10 with his seventh free, before laying on a simple goal for Michael Laffan to slap home in injury time.
Ferns St. Aidans: Michael Walsh; Peter Nolan, Patrick O’Hagan, Christopher Davitt; Brian O’Neill (Clone), Seán Walsh (0-1), Brian O’Neill (St. Aidans); Derek Thorpe (1-3), Jack O’Hagan; Peter O’Toole (0-1 free), Tomás Hawkins, PJ O’Neill; Pádraig Kinsella, Paddy O’Leary (1-0), Anthony Dwyer (1-1, 0-1 free). Subs: Stephen Warren for Davitt (30+1), Edward Walsh for O’Hagan (42), Barry O’Toole for S. Walsh (45), Barry Murphy for B. O’Neill (47), Shane Breen for PJ O’Neill (60+1).
Glynn/Barntown: Tom Butler; Barry Doyle, Murtagh Joyce, Shane Doyle; Thomas Doyle, Shane Codd, Matt Banville (0-1); Colm Moore, Pádraic Wafer (0-2); Charlie McClair, Cormac Rowe, Aaron Kehoe (1-10, 0-7 frees, 1-0 pen); JJ Doyle (0-2), Michael Laffan (1-2), Cormac Cooney. Subs: Kevin Mahoney (0-2) for McClair (half time), PJ Carley for Laffan (47), Laffan for Rowe (55).
Referee: James Flood (St. Mary’s Maudlintown).
