Corn Na Boinne: Nobber through to final
July 31, 2014
Nobber's Dale Larkin and Paddy Clarke St Michaels contest the ball.
Clann na Gael 1-3
Nobber easily accounted for Clann na Gael at Kilmainham on Wednesday evening to reach the final of the Corn na Boinne.
Dale Larkin got Nobber off to a lively start when firing over three well taken points from play in the 5th, 6th and 9th minutes before Clann na Gael responded with a 11th minute goal which was to be their only score of the half.
Nobber went on to control the half culminating in another Dale Larkin score this time a goal in the 30th minute.
Clann na Gael mounted a mini revival at the start of the second half with points in the 36th and 41st minutes before Nobber clicked into gear with points from Brendan Heffernan, Brian O'Reilly, Colin Clarke, Gordon Weldon and goals from Karl Casserly and Brian Kelly. Kelly's goal coming direct from a 45.
With the exception of Kellys goal all of both sides scores came from play with Nobber getting 9 players on the score sheet.
Best for Nobber: Richard Shields, Brendan Heffernan, Dale Larkin, Gavin Farrelly, Brian Farrell, Pauric Fox, Brian O'Reilly, Stephen O'Brien.
Scorers: Dale Larkin 1-3, Brian Kelly 1-1, Karl Casserly 1-0, Stephen O'Brien 0-1, Dean Halpin 0-1, Brendan Heffernan 0-1, Brian O'Reilly 0-1, Colin Clarke 0-1, Gordon Weldon 0-1.
Nobber - C O Reilly S O Brien B O Reilly B Cassidy B Heffernan R Shields P Fox G Farrelly B Farrell B Kelly G Weldon D Larkin T McCormack K Casserly D Halpin. Subs - C Clarke for McCormack, P Olwill for Farrelly, T McEntee for Casserly, A McEntee for Halpin.
Nobber ran out easy winners over Clann na nGael in this Corn na boinne semi final played in Kilmainham on Wednesday evening.
This was a very dissapointing performance and result, and in which they never got going, and were always chasing the game. A solitary goal from Gary Hanley seen the Athboy/Rathcairn lads go in at half time 1-6 to 1-0. In the second half all they could manage was 2 points from Graham Geraghty and one from Gary Hanley. Nobber were never in any real danger of losing this game.
Clann na Gael - 1 Anthony Swaine 2. Phil Garry 3. Brian Duffy 4. Gavin Browne 5. Carl Kelly 6. Ciaran Fitzsimons 7. Paddy Tiernan 8. Jamie Shaw 9.Luke Swaine 10. Gary Hanley (1-1) 11.Ronan McDonagh 12. Daragh Brogan 13. Martin Keogh 14. Graham Geraghty (0-2) 15. Gary Woods. Subs - Mick Priest for Ronan MdDonagh, Jack Doherty for Carl Kelly,
Colm Coneelly for Paddy Tiernan, Thomas Whelahan for Gary Woods. Tweet
