Cavan claimed their fourteenth Fr Manning Cup success following their 3-7 to 1-4 win over Longford at Pearse Park in August. It was the first win in the u16 competition since 2002 and the side s later qualification of the final of the Gerry Reilly Tournament, showed what a talented bunch this present group are. Finbar Jordan and Cian Mackey opened the scoring for the Blues who had qualified for the final after a win over Roscommon in the penultimate round. Both sides missed a number of chances before Raymond Galligan shot to the Longford net following good work by Mackey and Ray Cullivan. Longford hit back immediately with a goal of their own but Enda Gaffney responded with a point to leave the eventual winners three points to the good before the home side tagged on two late points to leave then trailing by just 1-2 to 1-3 at the interval. After just seven-minutes of the second half Dame Fortune smiled on Killian Lynch when his goal bound effort deflected off a Longford defender and found its way to the net. Shane Reilly followed up with a point before Longford scored two neat points through substitute Eugene Clarke to reduce the deficit to a goal. Reilly scored his second consecutive points before Gaffney had a goal disallowed. Reilly again and Killian Lynch pointed to extent the lead to six points and Lynch finished off the scoring with his county s third goal. Cavan Stephen Crowe (Kildallan); Colm Lynch (Crosserlough), Paudie Reilly (Castlerahan), Sean Higgins (Cavan Gaels); Finbar Jordan, Capt. (0-1), Ciaran Smith (Kildallan), Ronan Flanagan (Castlerahan); Ray  Cullivan (Ballyhaise), Kevin Fitzsimons (Mullahoran); Shane Reilly (Kildallan) 0-3, Raymond Galligan (Lacken) 1-0, Cian Mackey (Castlerahan) 0-1; Killian Lynch (Cuchulainns) 2-1, Daniel Lynch (Castlerahan), Enda Gaffney (Crosserlough) 0-1. Subs - John Fitzpatrick (Drumlane) for Raymond Galligan, Barry Kiernan (Ballymachugh) for Killian Lynch, Dominic McCabe (Crosserlough) for Enda Gaffney, Thomas McEvoy (Crosserlough) for Kevin Fitzsimons (injured). The other members of the panel were Ciaran Brady (Gowna), Michael Duff (Killinkere), Donal Leddy (Butlersbridge), Sean Lynch (Drumalee), Colm Lynch (Crosserlough) Michael Curran (Swanlinbar), Pauric Smith (Castlerahan), Dane O Dowd (Drumlane), Niall Reilly (Ballinagh), Enda McCaffrey (Shannon Gaels), Paddy Brady (Mullahoran), Terry Smith (Ballinagh), Donnacha Dunne (Cuchulainns), David O Reilly and Michael Meehan (Cavan Gaels), Daniel Lynch (Castlerahan) and Damien Sexton (Killinkere). Tweet

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