BFL5: Carnaross and Boardsmill draw
May 16, 2015
Cian O'Reilly Carnaross
Carnaross 2-13
Boardsmill 2-13
Two late points from Cillian Comaskey and Cian O'Reilly gave Carnaross a share of the spoils following an action packed encounter with Boardsmill.
There was a threat of rain prior to throw in but thankfully the sun came out and the game which followed was a highly entertaining clash where a draw was probably the fairest result. Both sides started well and exchanged two points each early on with Pierce Fleming and Shane Casserly getting the Carnaross scores. Boardsmill then took the early advantage when they scored the game's first goal in the ninth minute. Cillian Comaskey added a point but Boardsmill stretched their advantage with two more points. Carnaross replied with points from Colm McDonagh and Shane Casserly who was unlucky to see his penalty attempt clip off the crossbar for a point. Boardsmill got two more points before Pierce Fleming finished the first-half scoring to leave Carnaross trailing the home side by 1-6 to 0-6.
The high tempo continued after the restart and Boardsmill edged five clear when they outscored Carnaross 0-3 to 0-1 in the opening five minutes with Clom McDonagh getting the Carnaross score. However, a minute later there was only a point between the sides after Colm McDonagh fired to the net and Shane Casserly immediately added a point. The end to end action continued with both sides trading two points each with the Carnaross scores coming from Pierce Fleming and a Cillian Comaskey '45. The lead then changed when Colm McDonagh got his second goal to give Carnaross a two point advantage with ten minutes remaining. Boardsmill almost replied straight away at the other end but had keeper Shane McNiffe to thank for keeping the goal attempt out. Liam Brogan added another point for Carnaross but Boardsmill hit back once again and went on to take a two point lead with one minute remaining. However, Carnaross refused to throw in the towel and were rewarded with two points in added time from Cillian Comaskey and Cian O'Reilly to earn Carnaross a valuable point.
Carnaross: Shane McNiffe; Peter T. Farrelly, Stephen Dawson, Matthew O'Reilly; Cian Yore, Brian Comaskey, Ciaran McDonagh; Colm Carpenter, Pierce Fleming (0-3); Enda Gillic, Cillian Comaskey (0-3), Shane Casserly (0-3); Colm McDonagh (2-2), Barry O'Connor, Jack Yore; Subs: Aidan Lynch for Cian Yore; Cian O'Reilly (0-1) for Jack Yore; Liam Brogan (0-1) for Enda Gillic; Dean Connell for Stephen Dawson (BC); HJ Muldoon for Pierce Fleming;
