Homeland Senior Football Championship
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 2-06 Tourlestrane 0-16
Saturday Sept.4th
Collooney
Last Saturday afternoon saw what was a
repeat of last year’s County final in round 3 of the Homeland Senior Football
Championship between Drumcliffe/RossesPoint and Tourlestrane and the game
didn't disappoint. With almost perfect
conditions Drumcliffe/Rosses Point were the first to get scores on the board,
kicking 2 unanswered points in the first 5 minutes.
Tourlestrane took their time getting settled
but levelled things off by the 10 minute mark 2 points apiece. Neither side
went too far ahead with scores being exchanged frequently, with Liam Gaughan(8
points on the day) continually causing havoc for the Drumcliffe defence but a
fumble close to the Tourlestrane goal line 5 minutes before the half way
whistle saw another Gaughan this time Eoin Gaughan of DRP take his chance and
scored his first of 2 goals of the afternoon, leaving it DRP1/4 to Tourlestrane’s
7 points at half time. The current holders Tourlestrane seemed to return to the
field meaning business increasing their lead but equally DRP were hungry for
the points on the table and a battle for the win ensued. The introduction of
Rian Bailey for an injured Patrick Harte early in the second half gave
Tourlestrane the legs they needed and he kicked a fine point within minutes of
entering the playing field. Drumcliffe
were well set up with Cian Lally a fast and skillful player keeping Tourlestrane
on their toes and Adrian Mc Intyre back from a recent injury proved himself a
force to be reckoned with. Both sides had a number of wides but just 5 minutes
into the second half the smart sharp shooter Eoin Gaughan added another goal to
his tally for the day leaving it 2/4 to 8 points and Tourlestrane needed to
start taking control as DRP appeared to be in the driving seat with men such as
Sean Waldron, a player matching height with strength and Paul Durcan also an
imposing figure in the goals. Over the
next number of minutes both teams continued to swap leads and level on more
than one occasion but with 5 minutes and injury time remaining Tourlestrane
took command of the game and kicked 4 points to widen the gap and secure the
win.
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point
Paul Durcan Lee Cummins Ciaran Mc Loughlin
Aaron Mc Cormack Neil Ewing Sean Power Ciaran O Reilly Sean Waldron Cian Lally
Eoghan Smith(1 point) Jamie Gillen (1 Point)Stephen Regan Eoghan Gaughan (2
goals 2 points)Niall Colleary (1 Point) Paul Logan (1 point)
Tourlestrane:
Adam Broe JP Lang Niall Durkin Noel Gaughan
Oisin Kennedy John Francis Carr Cathal Henry(3 points) Feidhlim O Donnell
Adrian McIntyre Kenny Gavigan(1 point) John Kelly James Leonard(2 points) Liam
Gaughan(8points) Gary Gaughan(C) Patrick Harte
Subs :Rian Bailey (2 points) for Pat Harte,
Conan Marren for Feidhlim O Donnell Darren Leonard for John Paul Lang