O’BYRNE CUP GROUP C ROUND 3
DIT………………………………. 3-12
IT CARLOW…………………… 0-16
SECOND-HALF goals by Darren O’Reilly and Tomas O’Connor were decisive as DIT secured a five-point victory over a spirited IT Carlow.
A 1-1 salvo from Offaly corner-forward Bernard Allen gave DIT an early advantage. Allen, Ciaran Reddin (two), corner-back Gary O’Hare and Niall Scully all added to the Dublin college’s tally, but thanks to a series of well-worked scores for Carlow, including 0-3 from Tipperary’s Liam Boland, the sides were on level terms (1-6 to 0-9) at the mid-way point.
Indeed, when DIT netminder Cian Daly was penalised for an infringement on opposing full-forward Tommy Durnin seven minutes after the restart, it looked like the pendulum was ready to swing in Carlow’s favour, but Daly produced a superb double save from Boland’s subsequent penalty.
Reddin’s fourth point on 49 minutes edged DIT back into the asecendancy, before a neat finish by O’Reilly offered gave then breathing space.
Carlow kept within touching distance but a third goal late on by Kildare star O’Connor sealed a hard-earned triumph for DIT.
DIT: C Daly; G O’Hare, B Menton, M O Hehir; N Devereux, P Acheson, K O’Brien; T O’Connor, M Shields; S O’Connor (D McCabe 62), C Reddin, D O’Reilly (C Sutton 68) B Allen, R Hazley, N Scully (S Cooney 65).
Yellow Cards: C Reddin, G O’Hare, K O’Brien.
Wides: 8 (2). Frees: 12 (3).
Scorers: B Allen 1-3 (0-1f), T O’Connor, D O’Reilly 1-1, C Reddin 0-4, N Scully (f), G O’Hare, R Hazley 0-1.
IT CARLOW: T Kinsella; E Lynch, A Nolan, P Crowley (G Haran 69); E Walsh, M Mangan, K McGrath; B Kinahan, D White; K Mulvany (T Dever 67), C Reynolds, B McHugh; L Boland (G Haran 67), T Durnin, M Gunning (J Dillon h/t).
Yellow Cards: B Kinahan, L Boland, J Dillon.
Wides: 12 (8). Frees: 17 (7)
Scorers: L Boland 0-4 (1f), T Durnin (0-1f), K Mulvany 0-3 each, D White 0-2, T Dever (f), K McGrath, B McHugh J Dillon 0-1.
Referee: N McKenna (Kildare).
DAIRE WALSH