ALLIANZ RACKARD LEAGUE HURLING ROINN B FINAL GLYNN 5-9 MONAGEER 2-7 A classy display by the Glynn forward division proved too much for a determined Monageer outfit in this keenly contested Allianz hurling final played in a sun drenched Wexford Park last Tuesday. Glynn, despite playing with the wind in the first half and exerting much of the early pressure fell behind to two early points from Monageer's Graham O'Reilly and James Walsh. Aaron Kehoe who was a constant threat opened the scoring for Glynn with a pointed free but this was quickly cancelled out by another O'Reilly free and JamesWalsh tagged on another point after a mazy run to make it 0-4 to 0-1 with fifteen minutes gone. Glynn were beginning to find their rhythm and rattled the net for the first time when Matt Doyle flicked home Ben O'Shea;s centre. Boolavogue bounced back to edge ahead with a fine Cormac Byrne point. Towering centre forward Luke Rafter combined with Aaron Kehoe for Glynn's second major but again Monageer answered with a O'Reilly point to make it 2-01 to 0-6 with twenty one minutes gone. However in the closing stages Glynn powered on and reeled off a succession of points from Rowan White, Rafter and Aaron Kehoe and rounded it off with a brilliant goal from Kehoe on the stroke of half time to make it 3-5 to 0-6 at the interval. Straight from the throw in Fionn Cooney goaled for Glynn but again Monageer hit back immediately with a Shay Gahan goal. Adam Dunne saved brilliantly from a Rowan White piledriver only for Aaron Kehoe to fire the rebound over the bar. Graham O'Reilly and Kevin O'Mahony swapped points before Cormac Byrne was quickest to react to the breaking ball and fire to the Glynn net to make it 4-7 to2-7 with eight minutes left.This was as close as Monageer managed to get but they battled superbly to the final whistle. Aaron Kehoe and theimpressive Rowan White added further minors before White's long range effort found the back of the net to conclude the scoring. This was a fine game of hurling with both teams showing excellent skills and high workrate and they are a credit to their schools, teachers and parents. Monageer had excellent performers in Adam Dunne Larence Gahan, Sean Roche, Camon O'Brien Shane Gahan and Patrick and James Walsh while Glynn had outstanding hurlers in Adam Kennedy, David Clarke, Shane Wilde, Rowan White, Ben O'Shea, Luke Rafter and Aaron Kehoe. Glynn. Adam Kennedy, Kevin Doyle, Paul Brazzill, Shawn Kehoe, David Clarke, Shane Wilde, Dylan Roche, Matthew Joyce, Rowan White, Ben O'Shea, Luke Rafter, Kevin O'Mahoney, Aaron Kehoe, Rian O'Neill, Matt Doyle. Also Fionn Cooney, John Leacy, Aengus O'Neill, James Stafford, Stephen Lyne, Sean Maher, Cillian Joyce, Ciaran Joyce, Conor Cullen, Kevin Birney, Bill Joyce and John Crean. Monageer. Adam Dunne, Padraig McCarthy, Laurence Gahan, Diarmuid Fenlon, Sean Roche, Camon O'Brien,Peter Breen, Shane Gahan, Graham O'Reilly, Shay Gahan, Patrick Walsh, James Squance, Joseph Fitzgerald, James Walsh, Robert Donnelly. Also Liam Egan,Cormac Byrne, Cathal O'Leary, Brian Mackey. As part of the young whistlers programme two pupils from Camolin N.S.Conor O'Leary and Ciaran Kinsella officiated as linesmen for both matches and they did an excellent job supporting experienced whistler Jack O'Brien. Tweet

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