Eire Og and Ballinabranna both put up decent scores.
Carlow Junior B Football Quarter Finals
Eire Og 3-16, Old Leighlin 2-9
By Stephen Bambrick
A good start for Eire Og with them 1-4 to the good by the 10th minute set the platform in Tinryland for their progression to the Junior B semi final.
Philip Hegarty”s 1st minute goal (injuries to Padraic Coughlan and Michael Meaney soon after were a blow for Old Leighlin’s hopes) added to by Shane Murphy (3)and Eoin Myers before an Eoin Bambrick free in the 12th minute in reply.
Myers notched his 2nd in the 15th minute with Old Leighlin getting the better of the 2nd quarter, Marc Corcoran called on to deal with some tricky ball before Michael Meaney (Blackbush ) with (3) , Liam Coughlan and a Mark Brennan free also got on the scoresheet, Murphy and Liam Ryan (2) for Eire Og ensuring they headed for the interval 1-8 to 0-6 to the good.
Ryan and Myers had the gap out to 7 points before Michael Meaney gave Old Leighlin a lifeline burying past Marc Corcoran with the same player adding a point all in the 37th minute for 1-10 to 1-7 to Eire Og.
The next score was probably the clincher as Liam Ryan gave Aaron McDonald no chance to restore an Eire Og 6 point lead in the 44th minute, Murphy adding Eire Og’s 3rd goal in the 50th minute after Mark Brennan and sub Ruairc Murray had swapped scores, 3-11 to 1-8 with 10 minutes left on the clock.
Eire Og’s bench provided their remaining scores through Shane Corcoran (2) , Murray (2) and Ryan O’Grady with Mark Brennan’s 2nd free and Derek Butler’s hard work rewarded for Old Leighlin with a goal in reply leaving Eire Og to advance on a scoreline of 3-16 to 2-9 to the semi finals.
Eire Og – Mark Corcoran , Joseph Travers, Lee Mulhall, Thomas Donohue, Philip Hegarty (1-0), Dylan Salter, Paul Behan , Cathal Myers, Eoin Myers (0-3), Cathal Brady, Donal Crotty ,James Ruth ,Ryan Donnelly Finn, Liam Ryan (1-3), Shane Murphy ( 1-4, 0-3f)
Subs – Shane Corcoran (0-2f), Ruairc Murray (0-3), Ryan O’ Grady (0-1)
Old Leighlin – Aaron McDonald, Matt Burke, Padraic Coughlan, Daniel Roche, Declan Gough, Michael Meaney (Jukebox) , James McDonald, Mark Brennan ( 0-3, 0-2f), Ben Stanley, Eoin Bambrick ( 0-1f), Derek Butler (1-0) , Evan Callaghan, Richie Burke, Michael Meaney ( Blackbush ) ( 1-4) , Liam Coughlan (0-1)
Subs – John Hayden, Darren Hayden, James Roche , Eoin O’Neill, Thomas Lynch
Referee – Lar Murphy
Elsewhere Ballinabranna had a 1-13 to 2-2 win over Clonmore.
Junior B Semi Final Fixtures
Both Friday 20th of September at the Training Centre in Fenagh
Rathvilly v Ballinabranna – 19:30
Kildavin/Clonegal v Eire Og – 19:45
