Another seriously detailed blow by blow account of Sunday’s Final Replay.
2024 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship Final Replay
SCORES BY THE CLOCK
By Leo McGough
2: Chris Nolan opens the scoring with when gathering the ‘break’ of a long clearance from goalkeeper Dean Grennan (who had received a Michael Doyle pass-back) and from 45m in front of the posts drifts a right hand shot over the dressing room end bar. Mount Leinster Rangers 0-1, St Mullins 0-0.
3: Paddy Boland point from the left of the posts 13m out after a Marty Kavanagh catch-run-and-pass on Kevin Kehoe’s long puck-out after Chris’ opener. 0-1 apiece.
4: Marty Kavanagh points a 20m free slightly to the left of the posts after James Doyle nicked the ball off of Kevin McDonald before his run on goal was illegally impeded, St Mullins 0-2, Mount Leinster Rangers 0-1, the first time St Muslins led in draw or replay.
GOAL CHANCE- Paddy Boland catch-run-and-pass to Jason O’Neill after touch-and-strike cross field Paudie Kehoe clearance, just got away from Jason, tipped to safety by Dean Grennan and covering defender.
6: Mouse point on the run from close range, half chance of a goal after high John Doyle catch and quick hand- pass on long Paul Doyle clearance. 0-3 to 0-1
8: RED CARD: Dean Tobin, off the ball, helmet interference on Ciaran Harris, after consultation with linesman
9: Jason O’Neill points from well outside the 65m line right wing have received a long hand-pass from Ger Coady who had picked up a breaking ball from an Mount Leinster Rangers puck-out. 0-4 to 0-1
10: Donagh Murphy sweet point stand wing side-line 30m out having flicked a long Dean Grennan puck-out into space. 0-4 to 0-2
11: Mouse points a left wing ’65’ after twice going for goal, firstly from play from slightly to the left of the posts, parried by Dean Grennan, then from the 20m free (blocked bay Michael Joyce) awarded for the foul on John Doyle who on the 20m had caught along delivery from Jack Kavanagh before passing to the Mouse. 0-5 to 0-2
12: Chris Nolan a point on the run from just on the 45m line after Donagh Murphy broke a long Dean Grennan puck-out back to Evan Kealy who found the scorer with a deft stick pass. 0-5 to 0-3
13: Ted Joyce points a 45 free from close to the left wing side-line after Jon Nolan fouled. 0-5 to 0-4
14: Conor Kehoe a fantastic point on the run after collecting a well struck Paul Doyle line-ball on the 65m line and speeding to the edge of the D before rifling over, Doyle’s line ball taken from his own 45m line. 0-6 to 0-4
16: Jason O’Neill cuts over a superb point from a 13m line-ball, right wing, the lead up to the that score another line-ball around half-way won and taken by Jack Kavanagh, 0-7 to 0-4
17: Mouse point, a catch-turn-and-shot just inside the 20m line, slightly to the left of the posts, the catch of a long Michael Walsh delivery, from the terrace wing, he having been placed by an Eamonn O’Shea back-pass via his stick having gathered a mid-distance Kevin Kehoe puck-out, 0-8 to 0-4
18: Conor Kehoe with another great point on the run, this one from the 65m line to the 20m line, the build up involving a Jack Kavanagh one-handed stick-pass to Ger Coady and a Coady clerarance that Conor collected on a high bound, 0-9 to 0-4
19: Paddy Boland point from the edge of the D, John Doyle having cleverly got a flick of a stick on a Ger Coady clearance to free the scorer, 0-10 to 0-4
19: Jason O’Neill goal and what a team goal it was. Ger Coady baulks a Rangers player from getting ball to hand on a Dean Grennan puck-out, Paddy Boland picks up the break and hand-passes back to James Doyle who makes room for himself and from inside his own 65 drifts a long ball down the terrace wing where John Doyle ’s sleight of hand releases the Mouse whose short run and hand pass finds Jason O’Neill on the edge of the small square, juggling a little with the ball on his stick before dispatching to the net without handling. 1-10 to 0-4
20: Chris Nolan catches Dean Grennan’s long puck after the goal on the 65m line races at a angle to the 45m line and side-line from where he posts a glorious point, 1-10 to 0-5
20: Paddy Boland point, huge Kevin Kehoe puck-out gathered by the Mouse on the left wing, he pops a stick pass to the scorer who from the 20m line slight to the left of the posts arrows over a rising shot. 1-11 to 0-5
21: Paddy Boland point from 40m, John Doyle disrupting a Rangers possession on a dropping Jack Kavanagh delivery, he having been placed by a Ger Coady hand-pass. 1-12 to 0-5
22: Mouse points a 20m free, Conor Kehoe fouled on the run having revived a stick pass from Kavanagh after a Eamonn O’Shea catch had instigated the move, 1-13 to 0-5
22: Another great Chris Nolan point, breaking a Dean Grennan puck-out to himself on half-way, racing down the right wing, hopping the sliotar of the ground before shooting over from the 45m line, 1-13 to 0-6
23: Mouse goal, wizardry in right corner, a slight touch on a ground ball, a quick lift, sees him round his marker cut in along the end line and shoot low and hard to far corner. The ‘assist’ was down to big John Doyle who having failed to gather a Kevin Kehoe puck-out got dug-in the subsequent ruck from which he emerged ball in hand and then cleverly sent a flicked half-stroke deep into the corner, 2-13 to 0-6
23: James Doyle with a dexterous flick and short run went from one 65 to the other before sending over a sweet point, Ger Coady having got his stick to a dropping Dean Grennan puck-out to knock the ball into the path of the scorer, 2-14 to 0-6
28: Ted Joyce points a free from inside the 45m line to the left of the posts, Eddie Byrne fouled running to a low Evan Kealy delivery, , 2-14 to 0-7
29, Paddy Boland point from the 45m line after running back into space, he having broken a long Kevin Kehoe puck-out that James Doyle flick-kicked to the scorer, 2-15 to 0-7
30: Kevin McDonald points free from the terrace wing, 65m out close to the sideline after Chris Nolan was fouled contesting a Dean Grennan puck-out, 2-15 to 0-8
31: Ted Joyce points a 20 free after he himself was fouled as made a run for goal after an Eddie Byrne hand pass after a Kevin Mc delivery, 2-15 to 0-9
34: Mouse points ’65’ after having close range free awarded for a foul on Conor Kehoe blocked out over the line by Kevin McDonald, 2-16 to 0-9
35: Jon Nolan superb individual point when winning a long Dean Grennan puck-out inside the 45m line right wing, cutting in on a angled run, flicking the ball to himself, regaining possession, half-fouled but now the far side of the posts, wriggled clear to fire over from outside the 20m line, 2-16 to 0-10
35: Mouse point a free from the terrace side-line, just inside the 65m after his quickly taken side-line ball off a Rangers player manufactured the free
Half-time: St Mullins 2-17, Mount Leinster Rangers 0-10
32: Mouse point ’65’, John Doyle shot point shot from right wing deflected out, Conor Kehoe having earlier caught Kevin Kehoe’s long puck-out and passed to Doyle, 2-18 to 0-10
33: Mouse point, good inter-play down the right wing by John Doyle (a stick pass having gathered an angled Paudie O’Shea clearance) and Jack Kavanagh (a crossed ball to the brother), who had to avoid the referee before dispatching left handed from 40m 2-19 to 0-10
34: Ted Joyce point free from just inside the 45m line, close to the sideline after he himself had won the free, 2-19 to 0-11
35: Jason O’Neill point from right in front of the St Mullins supporters on the terrace, a great score from close to the sideline having gathered a long Paudie O’Shea clearance down the line after he had accepted a short puck out from Kevin Kehoe, 2-20 to 0-11
36: Paddy Boland point, a gift, intercepting a short Dean Grennan puck out and popping over from just outside the 20m line, 2-21 to 0-11
37: Ted Joyce point free, 40m, slightly, he himself fouled after Dean Grennan puck out, 2-21 to 0-12
38: Chris Nolan goal, having caught a long angled ball Kevin McDonald after Paul Coady got in a tackle on a soloing St Mullins player, Chris cutting in from the 40m mark and having swerved away from a would-tackler dispatching a low hard left hand shot to the net, 2-21 to 1-12
39: Kevin McDonald a magnificent point from a free his own 45m line won by Tony Lawlor, 2-21 to 1-13
40: Ted Joyce ’65’ after Chris Nolan went for goal from free awarded for a foul on Donagh Murphy who had been put through by Joyce, 2-21 to 1-14
45: Chris Nolan goal, cleverly half-batted to the net from close range on the run after his brother Jon emerged from a ruck near the sideline 45m out and manoeuvred out to the 65 from where he sent a dropping ball into the D for Chris to gather, the original ruck created by good work by Donagh Murphy and Richie Coady, 2-21 to 2-14
49: Mouse point free near side-line 45m after James Doyle was fouled emerging from a ruck having been earlier involved in getting a pass back to Ger Coady whose delivery brought play to the scoring zone, 2-22 to 2-14
50: Ted Joyce points free from the 65m line, right wing, a free awarded for a foul on Tony Lawlor and brought forward for delaying tactics, 2-22 to 2-15
52: Jack Kavanagh point having from 45m line right wing having received a hand-pass back out the field by Jason O’Neill who had gathered from an Eamonn O’Shea run and delivery after the No 4 had collected a short puck out from Kevin Kehoe, 2-23 to 2-15
55: James Doyle point from 45m right wing after Mouse in attempting to catch a Paudie O’Shea clearance knocked the ball back to the scorer, 2-24 to 2-15
60: Chris Nolan point lovely point from the right wing 40m after getting a hand-pass back from Eddie Byrne who had won a long Kevin McDonald delivery, 2-24 to 2-16
62: Kevin McDonald goal from a free on his own 65 close to the side-line won by Richie Cody floated into unguarded net bereft of a goalkeeper, who was ‘discussing tactics’ on the 13m line! 2-24 to 3-16
63: James Doyle points a 45m left wing, won by Paddy Boland who was fouled after catching at the second attempt a Kevin Kehoe puck-out, the goalkeeper not dwelling on his AWOL episode!
Full-time: St Mullins 2-25, Mount Leinster Rangers 3-16
