With two
round of the League Section of this year’s JJ Kavanagh and Sons County Senior
Hurling Championship played, we are already beginning to get an indication as
to how the championship could pan out.
Roanmore are the surprise package
in group one. They followed up their draw against reigning champions Passage
last weekend with a two point win over a fancied Fourmilewater side at Fraher
Field.
The city side made it very
difficult for Fourmilewater throughout the game crowding their own back line
while without the ball and then once in control of the ball broke quickly into
the opposite end of the field.
Gavin O’Brien was his sides best
player on the day and will have caught the eye of any Waterford inter county
selector in the stand.
Roanmore leas 1-7 to 0-3 at the
break, the goal coming from Shane Nolan mid way through the half after he
reacted quickest to a short puck out which was never properly dealt with by the
Fourmilewater defence.
Jamie Barron was to again finish
as top scorer for his side, hitting nine points in a 1-9 to 0-10 defeat for his
side to the seventeen he scored at the same venue a week earlier.
Fourmilewater are only team not
to have raised a green flag in this years championship something that they will
be hoping to rectify when the championship resumes after a break to allow Derek
McGrath and his charges prepare for the upcoming Munster Championship game with
Cork.
De La Salle top group one after
they recorded a second win in this years championship.
County Minor Hurling Captain
Shane Ryan hit a first half goal for the three time champions at Walsh Park but
it was not to be enough to give them the lead at the turn around as Abbeyside
went to the dressing rooms holding a 0-9 to 1-4 advantage.
The teenager struck a second goal
on thirty nine minutes which gave his side a 2-7 to 0-9 lead, but the Village
side refused to throw in the towel and they hit a late goal of their own,
Patrick Hurney getting the final touch to a long Mark Ferncombe delivery to
leave just one between the sides heading into the closing phases of the game (2-10
to 1-12) but a late point from Kevin Moran ensure that De La Salle would end
the weekend with their perfect start to this years championship still in tact.
Reigning champions Passage
recorded their second draw in this year’s championship when they drew with
Lismore at Fraher Field.
The side from the Heritage town started
without Maurice Shanahan had an excellent start to this game when David Prendergast
hit an early goal, and it proved to be the difference between the sides at the
break as Lismore retired holding a 1-7 to 0-9 advantage.
For the second weekend running
the champions depended on Owen Connors for the bulk of their scores and his
contribution despite a second Lismore goal from, David Prendergast on forty
seven minutes gave them a 0-18 to 2-11 advantage with just three minutes to
play. But come the hour cometh the man, in the final minutes Maurice Shanahan who
was introduced to the Lismore team at the break hit a point which earned his
side their first point of this year’s championship.
In group two, Ballygunner top the
group after two rounds of games on score difference over Mount Sion after both
of the big city sides won their opening games of the season.
On Friday evening, Mount Sion
proved too strong for Ballyduff Upper at Fraher Field.
At the break, the winners held a
1-8 to 0-7 advantage, Stephen Roche’s early goal proving to be the main
difference between the sides.
In the second half, Richie Roche
hit a hat-trick for the Monastery Men, to which Ballyduff Upper had no response,
and at the end of the hour they found themselves behind on a 4-18 to 0-15 score
line.
At Walsh Park Ballygunner proved
far too strong for last years Intermediate Champions Ardmore.
The city side had a 3-11 to 1-4
advantage at the break. Brian O’Sullivan hit their first goal just past the
half way mark in the opening half. Ardmore goalkeeper Clinton Hennessy beat a
three man Ballygunner wall from a penalty soon afterwards, but Stephen Power
put a 20 metre free in the Ardmore net and before the break Barry O’Sullivan
struck for a third Ballygunner goal.
Stephen Power had the ball in the
Ardmore net for his second and Ballygunner’s fourth goal on thirty six minutes
which ended the game as a contest.
The Gunners had Philip Mahony
helped from the field during the course of the game with a leg injury. The extent
of his injury is not fully known, but early indications are that it could be a
serious one which will be a concern to Derek McGrath just three weeks from
Waterford’s Munster Championship game with Cork as indications are that he
could well be without a number of other players for the game.
Dungarvan are in third place in
the table after they recorded a 2-20 to 2-12 win over Tallow at Lismore. Cathal
Curran and Bob McCarthy swapped first half goals as the winners ended the half
holding a 1-8 to 1-3 cushion.
Cormac Curran added a second goal
for Dungarvan which gave his side a 2-12 to 1-7 advantage, but Bob McCarthy hit
a second goal fro the Bride-siders to close the game to five points.
JJ Kavanagh
& Sons Senior Hurling Championship – Group One
De La Salle 2 2 0 0 4
Roanmore 2 1 1 0 3
Fourmilewater 2 1 0 1 2
Passage 2 0 2 0 2
Lismore 2 0 1 1 1
Abbeyside 2 0 0 2 0
JJ Kavanagh
& Sons Senior Hurling Championship – Group Two
Ballygunner 2 2 0 0 4
Mount Sion 2 2 0 0 4
Dungarvan 2 1 0 1 2
Ballyduff 2 1 0 1 2
Tallow 2 0 0 2 0
Ardmore 2 0 0 2 0
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