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On Friday Night week last June 25th, our Junior A
Hurlers were defeated by Russell Rovers in the
opening round of the Junior A Hurling
Championship.
Pat Walsh opened the scoring in the
3rd minute with a point for the Rovers. Russell Rovers had their first score
from a pointed free by Joseph Walsh in the 7th minute. The same player put
Russell Rovers ahead minutes later but a Barry Hazelwood free has the sides
level for a second time. Russell Rovers preceded to score four points
without reply to lead 0-6 to 0-2, a point from Trevor Maloney in the 24th
minute reduced the deficit before another pointed free from Joseph Walsh had
Russell Rovers leading 0-7 to 0-3 at half-time.
Playing with the wind in the second
half, the Rovers started to create a lot of chances & by the 19th minute had
drawn level, 0-7 each, with the Rovers points coming from Barry Hazelwood
(0-3) & Shane Murphy. The Rovers defence were playing well with George
Johnson impressive in goals as were Brendan O'Driscoll
& Pat Walsh.
Strangely though this was to be the
last of the Rovers scoring, having kept Russell Rovers scoreless for the
first 20 minutes of the second half, they in turn kept Bride Rovers
scoreless for the remainder of the game. Final Score was 0-07 to 0-10. The
Junior Hurlers will now play Killeagh in the losers group.
Team & Scorers:
George Johnson, Mark
O'Connell, Brendan O'Driscoll, Ivan O'Keeffe, Gavin O'Flynn, Batt O'Connell,
Mike Kearney, Pat Walsh (0-1), Nevin O'Regan, Barry Hazelwood (0-4), Cormac
Collins, Pa O'Driscoll, Trevor Maloney (0-1), Jim O'Connor, Shane Murphy
(0-1).
Subs: Eoin
O'Flynn, Alan O'Keeffe.
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