Lory Meagher Cup
Round 3
Sligo
3-18
Warwickshire 3-11
@Sligo Centre of Excellence
Sligo got their first win of the Lory
Meagher Cup as they had 7 points to spare against 14 men Warwichshire. In very
wet conditions for hurling it was Sligo who started very positive as they found
back of net on 11 minutes as Keith Raymond 65 ended in the corner of the net as
ball took a deflection on its way to the goal. Further points from Cormac Behan
and Gerard O’Kelly Lynch extended the gap. John
Bergin kept the visitors in the contention with a fine point but Sligo extended
the gap once again when O’Kelly Lynch got his first of his two goals to put
Sligo in control after 22 minute of play . But Warwickshire came right back at
Sligo and scored 1-1 without reply Pauric Crehan on the mark but three Sligo
points before the break from Ronan Cox and Raymond had Sligo in front at the
break 2-10 – 1-5. Both sides cancelled each other out in the early stages of
the second half and the game was put beyond doubt 15 minutes of the second half
when O’Kelly Lynch went on a glorious run where he ran with ball for 70 metres
taking on man after man before hitting the ball into the right corner of the
net . It got worse for the visitors when full back Willie Allen was shown a
straight red card to see his side reduced to 14 men. Sligo would only score
three further points in the remaining 20 minutes as the visitors had purple
patch where they outscored 7-3 in this period the visitors got their third goal
of the match just before injury time when substitute with Keith Dwyer netting
for Warwickshire. Raymond added his 12 point of the match before the end to
ensure Sligo got their first win of the campaign.
Sligo
Niall McGrath, Ronan Redmond, Tom Brennan, Gavin
Feely, Eoin Comerford, Ciaran Brenan, Liam Reidy, Ronan Cox(0-3),Keith
Raymond(1-12,8fs,2,65),Ruairi Brennan, Cormac Behan(0-2,2fs), Matthew Davey, David
Collery, Gerard O'Kelly Lynch(2-1), Fabio Cretaro
Subs used : Peadar Leonard for Ruairi Brennan
(43), Mark Comerford for Fabio Cretaro (61), Patrick Burke for David Collery
(70)
Warwickshire
Michael Cremin, Chris Brough, Willie Allen, Michael
O'Reagan, Joe Meagher, Paraic Treacy (0-1), Donncha Kennedy, John Bergin (0-1),
Liam Reale (0-2), Shane Morrissey (0-2),John Reddan(0-2), Shane Conlon, Jac
Quinn, Pauric Crehan (1-2,1f), Ogie Long (1-1),
Subs used Kieran Boxwell for John Bergin(44), Conor
Robins for Shane Conlon (49), Keith Dwyer( 1-0)for Ogie Long
Referee : James Connors
(Donegal)