Carnaross 0-11
Drumconrath 0-7

Carnaross left Drumconrath with two valuable A League points when they had four to spare at the end of a tough encounter.

It was Carnaross who dominated the opening period and had three points on the board after just five minutes thanks to two converted frees from John L McGee and a Patrick Nugent point from play. Two more excellent John L McGee points from play edged the visitors further in front before Drumconrath opened their account after twenty minutes. Dermot McGee restored the five point advantage for Carnaross a minute later and both sides exchanged a point each before the break with John L McGee hitting the target for Carnaross to leave them 0-7 to 0-2 ahead.

The opening exchanges of the second-half were very tight and this was reflected on the scoreboard. When Drumconrath finally opened the scoring after eleven minutes they had been reduced to fourteen following the dismissal of their full-forward. Cillian Comaskey pointed for Carnaross but the home side hit back strong and hit three points without reply to reduce the margin to just two points. Carnaross had Thomas Nugent dismissed for a second yellow but they remained composed and three points in a two minute spell from John L McGee, Cillian Comaskey and Charles Brogan put the result beyond doubt before Drumconrath added a point deep in injury time.

Carnaross: Ollie Murphy; Tomás Plunkett, Thomas Nugent, Peter S. Farrelly; Eamonn Comaskey, Ian Donoghue, Peter Carpenter; Charles Brogan (0-1), Dermot McGee (0-1); Cillian Comaskey (0-2), Cian O'Reilly, Patrick Nugent (0-1); Shane Casserly, John L McGee (0-6), Colm McDonagh; Subs: Barry O'Connor for Shane Casserly;

Drumconrath Report

Carnaross 0-11
Drumconrath 0-7

In what was a Pre-Championship joust and the 4th clash between these Clubs in 2015, Carnaross's good start seen them secure the points in this 6th Round League game.

This results leaves the score at 2 each in the games this year and now the Championship game next Friday week is a big decider in more ways than one.

Carnaross with John L Magee proving a handful had 5 points on the board by the 18th minute before a 19th minute Stephan Crosby free opened the home sides tally. Crosby pointed again from play late in the half as the visitors added two more scores to end an error ridden half by the Drums as the trailed 0-7 to 0-2.

Carnaross stretched the lead with an early 2nd half point and while half time substitutes Tomas Conlon and Conor O'Halloran added points to leave 4 points in it as the last quarter started.

Crosby narrowed the gap to two points as both sides were reduced to 14 players in separate incidents. Carnaross added 3 further points and while Crosby pointed two late free's Carnaross had done enough to win the game.

Drumconrath: Sean Kane; John Lynch, Thomas Carolan, John McDermott; Damien Glass, Peter Tighe, Colm McEvoy; Peter McEvoy, Christopher Tighe; Sean McMahon, Stephan Crosby (0-5), Eoin Martin; Derek Duff, Alan Byrne, Aiden Tighe. Subs; Conor O'Halloran (0-1) for C McEvoy, Tomas Conlon (0-1) for McDermott, Gavin Finnegan for McMahon, Daniel Myles for Duff

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