Maynooth roll over ‘Bridge
JOE MALLON (RENAULT) MOTORS SFC GP B, RD 1
MAYNOOTH 3-12
JOHNSTOWNBRIDGE 2-12
Daire Walsh at Manguard Plus, Hawkfield
Maynooth overcame a late Johnstownbridge rally to get their SFC Group B campaign off to a perfect start.
JTB raced into a five-point lead with a brace of Kelvin McNally scores, as well as one each from Daniel Flynn, Sean Hurley and Sam Doran. After the water break Cathal McCabe (two), Mark Donnellan and Phillip Murphy all found the range.
While their opponents responded with a goal from Glenn Doran, Eoin Donnellan did likewise to leave the sides tied at 1-6 apiece. The loss of Mark Donnellan to injury could have deflated Maynooth, but it didn’t.
After sharing six points Maynooth edged in front when McCabe angled a shot beyond Ryan Comeau. Their Coolree counterparts replied with a Ronan Scanlon point, before Maynooth stepped up a gear.
Jonathan Flattery and Darren Maguire posted points, Kevin Dunne rattled the net, Dan Flynn hit 1-2 but it was too little too late.
Scorers: Maynooth: Cathal McCabe 1-3, Eoin Donnellan, Kevin Dunne 1-0 each, Mark Donnellan 0-3, Neil Flynn (’45’), Jonathan Flattery 0-2 each, Darren Maguire, Phillip Murphy 0-1 each.
Johnstownbridge: Daniel Flynn 1-3 (0-1f), Glenn Doran 1-0, Sean Hurley 0-3 (2 marks, 1 free), Kelvin McNally 0-2, Des Holton, Ronan Scanlon, Sam Doran, Darragh Sloane 0-1 each.
MAYNOOTH: Odhran Cussin; Darragh Hurley, Conor Lynch, Paul Maguire; Cathal Quinn, Darren Maguire, Neil Flynn; John McAndrew, Callum McCabe; Phillip Murphy, Jonathan Flattery, Cathal McCabe; Niall O’Sullivan, Mark Donnellan, Eoin Donnellan. Subs: Fionn O’Giollain for M Donnellan (28), Kevin Dunne for Murphy (45), Conor Coyle for Quinn (61).
JOHNSTOWNBRIDGE: Ryan Comeau; Aidan Higgins, Thomas Van Englebrechten, Eoin O’Donoghue; Joey Higgins, Des Holton, Cathal McNally; Kelvin McNally, Seamus McNally; Ronan Scanlon, Daniel Flynn, Shane Flynn; Sam Doran, Sean Hurley, Glenn Doran. Subs: Darragh Sloane for S Flynn (27), Shane Flanagan for O’Donoghue, Ian McKeown for Higgins (both half-time), S Flynn for A Higgins, Aaron McNally for G Doran (both 53).
REFEREE: Ray Kelly.