Adrigole vs Urhan : Beara Junior B semi final 12/8/2018
August 13, 2018
Adrigole and Urhan must do it all again after a nail biting draw in the first of the Beara Junior B Championship semi finals played in Castletownbere on Sunday.
Having played county intermediate championship the night before, Adrigole were without a number of their team that had won the league final a few weeks previous, but it didn’t distract them as Adrigole raced into an early 3 point lead with 2 points from Kenneth O’ Neill and another one from their captain Eoin O’ Sullivan. Urhan themselves responded with 3 points with Sean O’ Sullivan twice and Alan O’ Donoghue raising the white flag to leave the score 3 points a piece after 11 minutes. Adrigole playing with the aid of a breeze in the first half scored 2 fine points in quick succession from the Carey brothers Darragh and Fergus to put Adrigole 2 points ahead but again Urhan replied with points from Sean O’ Sullivan and Alan O’ Donoghue. Urhan took he lead for the first time in the 20th minute with a point from Martin O’ Neill. Adrigole drew level in the 28th minute with a free from Eamon Jer O’ Sullivan. Both sides traded points at the end of the first half with scores from Joseph Sheehan and Eamon Jer O’ Sullivan to leave the half time score 7 points a piece.
Despite playing into the wind for the second half, it was Adrigole that made the brightest start, Eamon Jer O’ Sullivan put Adrigole ahead with a point in the 34th minute, and when Darragh Carey floated a long ball deep into the Urhan defense it was Kenneth O’ Neill who was at the end of it to score the first goal of the game in the 36th minute. Urhan quickly responded and were awarded a penalty in the 40th minute and James Healy sent to ball to the goalkeepers left hand corner of the net to reduced the lead to a point. Eamon Jer O’ Sullivan extended Adrigole’s lead to 2 points when he slotted over a free in the 42nd minute. It was now Urhan’s turn to have a period of dominance and they scored 3 points in succession with points from Sean O’ Sullivan and 2 from Martin O’ Neill to put Urhan 1 point ahead in the 56th minute. A free from Eamon Jer O’ Sullivan, Adrigole’s first score in 17 minutes, levelled the game in the 59th minute. Adrigole seemed to have won it when Jamie O’ Sullivan sent the ball over the bar in the 61st minute. Urhan to their credit kept their composure and worked the ball up the field, and won a free and Sean O’ Sullivan slotted the free over the bar in 64th minute to ensure both sides must meet again.
Teams Adrigole: Aidan Cremin, Sean O’ Sullivan Green, Sean Joe O’ Sullivan, Conor O’ Sullivan, Stephen O’ Sullivan, Jason Goggin, Dan Crowley, Darragh Carey, Mike Joe O’Sullivan, Jamie O’ Sullivan, Eamon Jer O’ Sullivan, Eoin O’ Sullivan (Captain), Fergus Carey, Paul Goggin, Kenneth O’ Neill. Substitute Pat O’ Sullivan for Conor O’ Sullivan (Half time)
Urhan: Diarmuid O’ Sullivan, Kieran O’ Sullivan, Niall Dwyer, David Cronin, Michael Shea, Joseph O’ Sullivan, Ryan Quirke, James Healy, Emmet Lyons, Joseph Sheehan, Martin O’ Neill, Turlough Connolly, Kevin Hartnett, Alan O’ Donoghue (Captain), Sean O’ Sullivan.
Referee Martin Hegarty (Castletownbere)