Senior Hurlers Lose Out to Carrigtwohill - 2014-05-30 06:02:00
County Senior Hurling Championship Round 1Carrigtwohill 1-21 Bride Rovers 2-13
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Ronan Dwane wore the look of a man who just had his shoulders relieved of the heavy load which stubbornly sat there from the 48th minute of Saturdayâs evening contest.
That was the moment Carrigtwohillâs apparently unassailable advantage was carefully deconstructed by the Rathcormac/Bartlemy men.
It forced Dwaneâs outfit to stay afloat through Bride Roversâ dominant phase, at times funnelling 12 men inside their own half to stem the tide of scores, while at the other end attempting to re-launch their first round championship bid.
The success of that operation became apparent in the third minute of stoppages as Tomás Hogan brought his tally into double figure to propel the 2011 champions into the bowl for round four.
Carrigtwohillâs win was far less comfortable than it should have been, but, in many ways, that made it all the more satisfactory as it proved their resolve was very much intact.
âWe got a fair old fright there at the finish,â said a relieved Carrigtwohill boss.
âWe did let them back into it, but anyone who knows anything about Bride Rovers knows they are the one club in Cork that will never ever die. Their commitment is incredible really. It got really hairy there at the end. We steadied up again and showed good composure. We struck some good scores to see it out.â
Ahead by 1-10 to 2-4 at the break, Daniel Dooley and Shane Walsh supplying Roversâ green flags, Carrigtwohill tightened the noose around their opponentsâ neck early in the second period, swatting six unanswered minors. Tomás Hogan (0-2), Robert White, Shane Fives, Michael Fitzgerald and Jay Horgan found the target to prize open a nine-point gap. The flow of scores aside, Carrigtwohillâs movement and creativity was most impressive â two second-half wides testament to their economy.
It was from this platform, however, which the favourites dropped swiftly down through the gears, content a sufficient advantage had been constructed.
And so began the shift in supremacy.
Liam Forde teed up half-forward Daniel Dooley in ending Bride Roversâ 22-minute barren spell. Thereafter, Barry Hazelwoodâs charges forced open the sluice gates and swept all before them. Dooley again split the posts, with Barry Johnson taking from his lead in pilfering four of their next five scores.
Five minutes from home, Carrigtwohillâs lead had been eroded to two-points, 1-16 to 2-11. Waterfordâs Shane Fives, released by Déise manager Derek McGrath for the contest, struck the gameâs crucial score in the subsequent action, gathering William MacCarthyâs delivery and splitting the sticks from halfway. Had Bride Rovers closed the deficit to the bare minimum, youâd wonder which way this verdict would have swung.
Dooley posted his third of the afternoon on 57 minutes, but Carrigtwohill imminently responded through substitute Pádraig Hogan. Injury-time efforts courtesy of Hogan and Michael Fitzgerald, provider of their sole green flag, ended Roversâ rescue mission.
âThey never got it back to a one-score game and it was very important we never let them get any closer,â noted Dwane.
âEven at two that is a dangerous lead. There was always that threat of a goal. We are delighted with the win. We knew it was going to be a ferocious battle and that is exactly what it was.
âSometimes in games you lose the momentum and it is hard to get it back.â
Scorers for Carrigtwohill: T Hogan 0-10 (6f, 1 65), S Fives 0-4, R White 1-1, M Fitzgerald 0-3, P Hogan, D OâMahony, J Horan 0-1 each.
Scorers for Bride Rovers: Barry Johnson 0-8 (4f), Daniel Dooley 1-3, Shane Walsh 1-0, Owen Murphy, M Liddane 0-1.
CARRIGTWOHILL: W MacCarthy; R Power, A Garde, P OâSullivan; S Forbes, N Furlong, M OâRiordan; C OâConnell, S Fives; L OâSullivan, D OâMahony, T Hogan; R White, M Fitzgerald, J Horgan.
Subs: P Hogan for Horgan (53), J Horan for OâConnell (60).
BRIDE ROVERS: Dinny Fitzgerald; Declan Carr, Brendan Walsh, M Liddane; Liam Forde, Brian Murphy, Michael Kearney; Jason Pratt, Cian OâConnor; Barry Johnson, Barry Murphy, Daniel Dooley; MichaelCollins, Shane Walsh, Stephen Glasgow.
Subs: Owen Murphy for Glasgow (ht), Dean Lenihan for Murphy (45), Shane Kearney for Forde (60).
Referee: Joe Larkin (Douglas).
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It forced Dwaneâs outfit to stay afloat through Bride Roversâ dominant phase, at times funnelling 12 men inside their own half to stem the tide of scores, while at the other end attempting to re-launch their first round championship bid.
The success of that operation became apparent in the third minute of stoppages as Tomás Hogan brought his tally into double figure to propel the 2011 champions into the bowl for round four.
Carrigtwohillâs win was far less comfortable than it should have been, but, in many ways, that made it all the more satisfactory as it proved their resolve was very much intact.
âWe got a fair old fright there at the finish,â said a relieved Carrigtwohill boss.
âWe did let them back into it, but anyone who knows anything about Bride Rovers knows they are the one club in Cork that will never ever die. Their commitment is incredible really. It got really hairy there at the end. We steadied up again and showed good composure. We struck some good scores to see it out.â
Ahead by 1-10 to 2-4 at the break, Daniel Dooley and Shane Walsh supplying Roversâ green flags, Carrigtwohill tightened the noose around their opponentsâ neck early in the second period, swatting six unanswered minors. Tomás Hogan (0-2), Robert White, Shane Fives, Michael Fitzgerald and Jay Horgan found the target to prize open a nine-point gap. The flow of scores aside, Carrigtwohillâs movement and creativity was most impressive â two second-half wides testament to their economy.
It was from this platform, however, which the favourites dropped swiftly down through the gears, content a sufficient advantage had been constructed.
And so began the shift in supremacy.
Liam Forde teed up half-forward Daniel Dooley in ending Bride Roversâ 22-minute barren spell. Thereafter, Barry Hazelwoodâs charges forced open the sluice gates and swept all before them. Dooley again split the posts, with Barry Johnson taking from his lead in pilfering four of their next five scores.
Five minutes from home, Carrigtwohillâs lead had been eroded to two-points, 1-16 to 2-11. Waterfordâs Shane Fives, released by Déise manager Derek McGrath for the contest, struck the gameâs crucial score in the subsequent action, gathering William MacCarthyâs delivery and splitting the sticks from halfway. Had Bride Rovers closed the deficit to the bare minimum, youâd wonder which way this verdict would have swung.
Dooley posted his third of the afternoon on 57 minutes, but Carrigtwohill imminently responded through substitute Pádraig Hogan. Injury-time efforts courtesy of Hogan and Michael Fitzgerald, provider of their sole green flag, ended Roversâ rescue mission.
âThey never got it back to a one-score game and it was very important we never let them get any closer,â noted Dwane.
âEven at two that is a dangerous lead. There was always that threat of a goal. We are delighted with the win. We knew it was going to be a ferocious battle and that is exactly what it was.
âSometimes in games you lose the momentum and it is hard to get it back.â
Scorers for Carrigtwohill: T Hogan 0-10 (6f, 1 65), S Fives 0-4, R White 1-1, M Fitzgerald 0-3, P Hogan, D OâMahony, J Horan 0-1 each.
Scorers for Bride Rovers: Barry Johnson 0-8 (4f), Daniel Dooley 1-3, Shane Walsh 1-0, Owen Murphy, M Liddane 0-1.
CARRIGTWOHILL: W MacCarthy; R Power, A Garde, P OâSullivan; S Forbes, N Furlong, M OâRiordan; C OâConnell, S Fives; L OâSullivan, D OâMahony, T Hogan; R White, M Fitzgerald, J Horgan.
Subs: P Hogan for Horgan (53), J Horan for OâConnell (60).
BRIDE ROVERS: Dinny Fitzgerald; Declan Carr, Brendan Walsh, M Liddane; Liam Forde, Brian Murphy, Michael Kearney; Jason Pratt, Cian OâConnor; Barry Johnson, Barry Murphy, Daniel Dooley; MichaelCollins, Shane Walsh, Stephen Glasgow.
Subs: Owen Murphy for Glasgow (ht), Dean Lenihan for Murphy (45), Shane Kearney for Forde (60).
Referee: Joe Larkin (Douglas).
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